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Overview

Course Duration

2 years

Type of course

Full-time

Campus where course is offered

ITE College Central ITE College East ITE College West

Course Certification

Nitec
Would you like to “wow” customers with excellent service? Engage and excite them with retail technologies?

In this course, we teach our students to promote goods and services by assisting customers with their queries.

You will learn to promote and display merchandise, engage customers and perform a variety of retail operations. In addition, you will learn how to integrate and make use of retail technologies to enhance customers’ experiences.

What you'll learn

  • Promote products and services
  • Perform suggestive and cross selling
  • Interact with customers face-to-face
  • Provide customer service
  • Handle merchandise
  • Manage stock inventory
  • Arrange display of merchandise
  • Perform cashiering

Entry Requirements

Completed GCE 'N' or GCE 'O' Level

Students will be required to purchase a Laptop for the course. This is in addition to the course fees. Financial assistance is available to eligible students under ITE Opportunity Fund subject to terms and conditions. For more details on the minimum laptop specifications, please click here.

Progression Opportunities

Nitec in Retail Services graduates with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 may apply for progression to the following Work-Study Diploma courses at ITE:


Nitec in Retail Services graduates with a GPA of 3.5 and above may apply for progression to the first year of a related diploma course at the Polytechnics. For more details on diploma courses for progression, please refer to the Joint Polytechnic Admissions website.

Nitec in Retail Services graduates with a GPA of 2.8 and above may also apply for progression to related Higher Nitec courses offered by ITE. For more information on progression, please click here.

Career Opportunities

Nitec in Retail Services graduates will have employment opportunities across various retail channels within the industry. Some of the job titles held by graduates include Retail Sales Associate, Retail Assistant, Customer Service Associate, Sales Executive and E-commerce Associate.