Customer Care Training

This interactive training course will provide participants with practical customer service skills, help them to develop confidence in dealing with consumers and enable participants to tackle challenging situations or problems with ease. 

Our industry experts provide effective and professional customer service training that will enhance and provide participants with a greater understanding of customer needs and expectations. 

This course is aimed at professionals currently working in a customer focused environment, and trainer managers interested in creating a culture of customer service excellence within their organisation.

Topics Covered

• The principles of Customer Care
• Creating a culture of customer service excellence
• Attracting new customers and retaining existing business
• Effective communication techniques 
• Professional management of complaints
• Turn complaints into loyal customers

Trainer Bios 

Mary Daly

Mary Daly is a graduate of both UCC and DIT. She served as an Army Officer for 21 years and pioneered HACCP implementation both at home and overseas for the Defence Forces.

With a wealth of experience, she established The Food Safety Company (formerly Mary Daly & Associates) in 2000. Acknowledged as a leading trainer, she is the preferred professional to several national organisations, including the Irish Hotel Federation, Good Food Ireland and Failte Ireland.

Mairead McCarthy

Mairead McCarthy is General Manager of The Food Safety Company where she leads a team of 26 food safety consultants and trainers. She has more than 20 years’ experience in Customer Service having worked in food service, sales, marketing, training and development. 

Mairead graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies and has recently commenced an MBA.

She is an experienced mystery guest auditor and customer care trainer, having previously provided bespoke customer care training to a wide range of businesses nationwide including The Irish Guide Dogs and The Irish Naval Service. 

Trisha Hennessy

With over 40 years experience in the food industry, Trisha Hennessy is widely regarded as one of the country’s leading Food Consultants. Over the duration of her career she has developed a wealth of experience working with a wide variety of food businesses from local Gastro Pubs, independently owned hotels and large multi-site food operations. 

In her role as a Food Consultant she advises and supports food businesses with all areas of food service including menu planning, food trends, identifying additional revenue opportunities, evaluation of kitchen & food operations.