Florida Program Number: M700100/M700200
Total Hours: 1350 Hours

MISSION:
The mission is to provide quality marketing, merchandising, parts specialist, and entry-level management training for a variety of occupations. Emphasis is placed on the personal, technological and academic skills that are the hallmark of today’s expert employee and citizen.

DESCRIPTION:
This program prepares students for employment in a variety of businesses to include: sales, marketing, billing, inventory control, purchasing, warehouse work, entry level management, warehousing, billing, computer systems, accounts receivable, accounts payable and purchasing. Automated and Electronic Cataloging services, parts specialist operations and marketing managerial techniques are also included in the training.

UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS:
The State of Florida requires students to meet a basic skills requirement prior to program completion. The basic skills grade levels for this program are: Mathematics 9.0, Language 9.0, Reading 9.0

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER:
High school students may take the Brainbench Retail Management Certification Test. Adult may take the National Professional Certification in Retail Management Test. After completion of Distribution Specialist, a student may take the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) examination for either Automotive Parts Specialist or Heavy Duty Truck Parts Specialist.

JOB TRAINING INCLUDES: Occupational Completion Points (OCP)

OCPs provide a student with early completion training options linked to employment opportunities established by the Florida Department of Education based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and accepted industry titles.

Local employers have verified that the range of wages that can be reasonably expected by students who enter this field upon completion of the program is:

From $28,600. annually to $37,000. annually
(Based on year-round, full-time employment)

Program Number: K700100 / Retail Management (MMPO 1) / 675 Hours MKA0640: Sales Representative (150 Hours) Demonstrate risk management skills Demonstrate basic marketing math Demonstrate basic marketing equipment operations Identify marketing and business fundamentals Demonstrate communication and human relations skills Demonstrate principles of advertising and sales promotion Demonstrate sales and customer relation’s techniques Demonstrate employability skills MKA0643: Billing Clerk (75 Hours) Demonstrate billing operations skills MKA0644: Bookkeeping, Accounting and Auditing Clerk (150 Hours) Demonstrate accounts receivable skills Demonstrate accounts payable skills MKA0647: Inventory Control Clerk (75 Hours) Demonstrate inventory control operation MKA0648: Purchasing Agent (75 Hours) Demonstrate purchasing operations skills

MKA0649: Retail Manager (150 Hours)

• Identify parts systems, components, and their functions
• Research automotive systems parts
• Demonstrate automotive systems parts sales

Program Number: K700200 Distribution Specialist (MMPO 2) / 675 Hours

MKA0641: Delivery Driver/Sales (75 Hours)

• Perform delivery operations skills

MKA0642: Stock Clerk, Warehouse (150 Hours)

• Demonstrate warehousing operations

MKA0645: Salesperson, Parts (75 Hours)

• Research parts data and technical information
• Demonstrate automotive specialty parts sales skills
• Demonstrate parts service skills

MKA046: Distribution Specialist (375 Hours)

• Demonstrate management and supervision techniques
• Research career opportunities in the industry