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Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies

TP48 · Level 5

Business Development Manager

Target occupation: account manager, senior salesperson.

Target occupation
account manager, senior salesperson
Level
5 — Senior technician and supervisor
Duration
10 months
Taught hours
700 h
Credits
70

Framework

Competency blocks

Each block is assessed separately and stays acquired. That is what lets you resume an interrupted path without starting over.

  1. Prospecting and portfolio growth

    180 hours

    Targeting, prospecting plans, booking meetings, qualification

  2. Negotiation and closing

    200 hours

    Discovery, making the case, handling objections, margins, closing

  3. Building offers and contracting

    170 hours

    Costing, commercial proposals, terms, contracts, warranties

  4. Follow-up, retention and collection

    110 hours

    Client accounts, satisfaction, disputes, outstanding balances, chasing

  5. Professional conduct

    40 hours

    Sales ethics, reporting, autonomy in the field

Questions

How is this title awarded?

Through a workplace simulation before a panel of practitioners, together with a professional portfolio recording what you actually produced. An occupation is proven by practising it, not on paper.

What employment rate do you publish?

None, and that is deliberate: no cohort has yet completed this title. The six-month employment rate is this family's own indicator, and we will publish it once a cohort has produced one — not before. An invented figure here would be the first thing an employer checks.

Business Development Manager — IHETC