Continuing Education

Continuing Education

Voted 1997 Outstanding Continuing Education Program in South Carolina
 

SCHOOL OF AUCTIONEERING

Approved by the SC Auctioneers' Commission

Learn the fine art of auctioneering in a new program format at Midlands Technical College.

All commission required  topics - bid calling, antiques and furniture, farm equipment, livestock, liquidations, business aspects of auctioneering, law and ethics, estate and bankruptcy sales - are covered.  Field trips, auctions, and a student auction complete the program. The program and all instructors are approved by the South Carolina Auctioneers' Commission. The 87-hour program qualifies as the eighty (80) hour pre-licensing course which must be successfully completed prior to taking the South Carolina Auctioneer Commission's licensing exam.

Cost: $749

Schedule:

Dates:  October 9 - November 22, 2008
When:  Thursday and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where:  Midlands Technical College
            Northeast Campus

Dates may be adjusted.  A final written exam will be given at the last class.  Classes will be completed so students may sit for the December 5, 2008, LLR Auctioneers exam.

Requirements

Participants who sit for the written exam are required by the S.C. Auctioneers' Licensing Commission to be 18 years old in order to obtain an auctioneer's license. Each student should become familiar with local requirements. Please note that any person having a felony conviction, bad credit or an inability to read or write may not be eligible for the state written exam that all applicants must pass in order to be licensed in South Carolina.

You'll Study:

• History and fundamentals of auctioneering
• Rules and regulations
• Computers and sound systems
• Ethics
• Auction forms/contracts
• Livestock
• Advertising/practical applications
• Real estate
• Hygiene/personal appearance
• Bid calling
• Conducting an auction (clerk, cashier, ring men)
• Firearms and fireworks
• Uniform commercial code and bulk sales
• Antiques/furniture
• Farm equipment
• Auto auctions
• Art, rugs and jewelry
• SC auction law
• Bankruptcy/liquidations

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