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Handling a vulnerable customer

Spotting when a customer may be vulnerable and adjusting service so they are treated fairly and safely.

Good work shows: Notices signs of vulnerability; adapts pace and method of contact; records needs and refers to specialist help.

Handling a vulnerable customer is one of the customer service skills on FinderK.

The job simulations and Skill Paths below include work that is checked for this skill. You do the work in an original fictional company and get feedback on it.

Job simulations

Plan the substation outage

Outage planner at Northvale Electricity Networks

About 60 minutes. Included in Plus.

A failing transformer must be swapped by crane before winter, with 2,168 customers kept on supply through a neighbouring feeder that can carry only so much. Find a window the load allows, look after the people who depend on medical equipment, and replan when a pre-check cuts the backfeed.

Skills: Read demand profiles against network capacity; Choose a work window within safety and field rules; Plan support for customers who depend on medical equipment; Replan quickly and within authority when capacity changes

Recover the schedule after the fog

Duty operations controller at Skerry Air

About 80 minutes. Included in Plus.

Fog has held twelve morning flights and three crews whose duty limits are running out. Build a recovery plan that stays inside the limits without leaning on captains' discretion, look after the passengers, and replan when an island airport says it will close early.

Skills: Rebuild a flying programme within crew duty limits; Choose which service to protect when not all can run; Refuse to plan on discretion under pressure; Arrange passenger care and priority help through the right team; Replan quickly when a new constraint arrives

The missed bins after the breakdown

Customer services officer at Northbrook Borough Council

About 55 minutes. Included in Plus.

Fourteen missed bin reports after a breakdown and a short staffed route. Decide who gets a crew back under the policy, reply honestly to residents, and answer a councillor without promising special treatment.

Skills: Apply a published service policy case by case; Protect vulnerable residents through escalation; Reply to residents honestly without blame; Answer an elected member within the rules

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