Customer Support Track
A 60-day program that takes you from beginner to REVO Certified Remote Customer Support Specialist. You work tickets, chats and calls for a fictional online store, inside the tools real support teams use.
- Beginner level
- Self-paced, 60 days
- $169 one-time

Built for people starting out
No degree or support background required. Clear English, time to study and the will to finish are what count.
- Total beginners who want a first remote role
- People with a few months of support experience who want structure and a certificate
- Career changers from teaching, sales, hospitality or admin
- Learners in Africa first. We open globally after the first intake graduates
What you need
- A laptop or desktop from Module 4.
The first modules work on a phone. Helpdesk tools don't. - Steady internet and a backup.
Mobile data as a fallback is fine. - 1.5 to 2 hours a day.
You choose when. The schedule suggests a pace. - Clear written and spoken English.
The admissions test checks both.
14 modules. One company. 60 days.
Each module has lessons, a lab, a quiz and an AI exercise. Open a module to see what you learn and what you build.
M0 Welcome and Remote Readiness Days 1-3 · 6 lessons
Get set up to learn and work remotely, and meet the company you'll work at for 60 days.
- The main remote support roles and how shifts run across US, UK and Australian time zones
- A workstation that meets remote employer standards, with backup power and internet
- Every free account you need for the program
Lab: workstation self-audit, baseline typing test and a time zone worksheet.
M1 Customer Service Foundations Days 4-7 · 7 lessons
Understand how support teams run, what they measure and where an agent fits.
- Every support channel and when customers use each
- The ticket lifecycle, tiers and how to escalate with a clean note
- The metrics teams live by: first response time, resolution time, handle time, CSAT and more
Lab: classify 30 tickets by channel, priority, tier and status, then calculate team metrics from a ticket export.
M2 Written Communication Days 8-13 · 9 lessons
Write replies that are clear, warm, correct and on-brand across email, chat and social.
- The structure of a strong reply: greet, acknowledge, answer, next steps, close
- Plain global English that international customers understand
- How to say no and deliver bad news without losing the customer
Lab: rewrite 10 bad replies and write 10 fresh ones. Ten of your replies are graded on the REVO reply rubric.
M3 Soft Skills and De-escalation Days 14-18 · 10 lessons
Handle difficult customers calmly, own problems and behave like a professional remote teammate.
- The HEARD method for angry customers in chat, email and voice
- Fixing the issue now, then flagging the root cause so it doesn't repeat
- Customer data privacy, feedback, coaching and wellbeing on night shifts
Lab: five angry-customer chats where AI plays the customer. You submit the transcripts.
M4 Workplace Tools and Documentation Days 19-23 · 11 lessons
Use the everyday tools remote teams run on: Google Workspace, Sheets, Slack, project tools and Loom.
- A metrics sheet with COUNTIFS, XLOOKUP and a pivot table
- An SOP someone else can follow without asking questions
- Async communication in Slack, end-of-day reports and shift handovers
Lab: build a daily agent metrics sheet from a raw export, write an SOP and post an end-of-day report.
M5 E-commerce Support and Shopify Days 24-28 · 10 lessons
Handle the full range of online store tickets inside a real Shopify admin.
- Edit, cancel and refund orders, including partial refunds and restocks
- Shipping, tracking, returns and subscription tickets under policy
- Fraud signals, chargebacks and disputes
Lab: create a free Shopify development store, import the product catalogue, place test orders and work them. Add live chat with tawk.to.
M6 Helpdesk Concepts Days 29-30 · 9 lessons
Learn the concepts every helpdesk shares, so any new tool takes hours to learn.
- Views, queues, tags, macros, automations, SLAs and integrations
- Reporting, CSAT surveys, internal notes and collaboration
Lab: map the eight core concepts to screenshots from two different helpdesks.
M7 Helpdesk Tool Labs Days 31-40 · 10 lessons
Hands-on work in three tools in depth, and working knowledge of five more.
- Work tickets end to end in Zendesk, Gorgias and Intercom
- Set up macros, rules and views for the store in each
- Complete the five core tasks in Freshdesk, Zoho Desk, HubSpot, Commslayer and tawk.to
Lab: configure each deep tool and work 15 seeded tickets in it. Record yourself working a Gorgias ticket with an order action.
M8 SaaS Support Days 41-44 · 8 lessons
Support software customers: troubleshoot, report bugs and handle billing for a fictional scheduling app.
- A repeatable troubleshooting method: reproduce, isolate, work around, escalate
- Bug reports engineers can act on without follow-up questions
- Billing questions and help centre articles
Lab: triage 15 tickets, file three bug reports in Jira or Linear and write one help centre article.
M9 Voice and Phone Support Days 45-47 · 6 lessons
Run clear, calm, structured support calls and log them properly.
- Call structure: open, verify, discover, resolve, recap, close
- Holds, transfers, callbacks and angry callers
- Cloud phone systems and call notes
Lab: five calls with an AI voice assistant playing the customer. Two are graded on the REVO call rubric.
M10 AI in Customer Support Days 48-51 · 10 lessons
Graduate as an AI-augmented agent: faster, accurate and trusted to supervise AI.
- Prompting for drafts, summaries, translation and tone rewrites with policy context
- Building a personal support assistant loaded with company SOPs
- Checking AI output, and knowing when AI must not answer
Lab: build the assistant, run it on 20 tickets, log every error by type and write three guidance articles that fix them.
M11 Quality, KPIs and Self-QA Days 52-53 · 5 lessons
Know how your work is judged and catch your own mistakes before a reviewer does.
- Scoring tickets with a QA scorecard
- The zero-tolerance errors that get agents fired
- A 30-second self-QA check before every reply
Lab: QA 10 tickets written by other agents, then re-score five of your own replies from Module 2.
M12 Capstone: Simulated Shift Days 54-57 · 5 lessons
Prove job readiness by working a full simulated shift across every channel.
- 40 emailed tickets, five AI chat customers and two AI voice calls in a 4-hour window
- Post-shift deliverables: end-of-day report, escalation note, operations issue flag and your metrics sheet
- A portfolio built from your real work
Graded on the REVO QA scorecard. Pass mark 75. AI use is allowed, as on a real job, and you disclose where it helped.
M13 Career Launch Days 58-59 · 9 lessons
Turn the certificate and portfolio into interviews, safely.
- A remote-ready CV, LinkedIn profile and portfolio
- Common hiring tests and video interviews
- Job scams, contracts, rates and getting paid internationally
Lab: your final CV, LinkedIn profile and a recorded mock video interview.
D60 Final exam and certification Day 60 · 60 questions
A timed, 90-minute exam of 60 questions drawn from a larger bank. Pass at 80% and meet the certificate rules below, and your REVO certificate is issued.
The tools on your CV when you finish
You create your own accounts with your own email, on free plans and trials timed to each lab. The program tells you which trial to open on which day.
Deep tools
You configure these yourself and work tickets in them.
Working knowledge
You complete the core tasks so you can pick them up fast on the job.
Product names belong to their owners. REVO is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by these companies. Free plans and trial terms are set by each vendor and can change.
How you earn the certificate
Your final score is weighted across four kinds of work. Practical work counts for most of it.
| What | Pass rule | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Module quizzes | 80%, three attempts | 20% |
| Labs and graded assignments | Submitted and scored | 30% |
| Capstone shift | 75 or higher | 35% |
| Final exam | 80% | 15% |
REVO Certified Remote Customer Support Specialist
To earn the certificate you need:
- All 14 module quizzes passed
- All graded assignments submitted
- A capstone score of 75 or higher
- A final exam score of 80% or higher
- An overall weighted score of 80% or higher
Distinction is awarded at 90% overall.
Apply for the Customer Support track
Applying is free and takes about 10 minutes. The fee is $169, paid once, after you're accepted.