The General Basic Auctioneering course is a comprehensive 83-hour course designed to teach students the skills and abilities essential to acting as an auctioneer, conducting auctions, and operating an auction company. Graduates of the course will be able to communicate and interact with the public in conducting auctions with an emphasis on professionalism and ethics in accordance with federal, state and local auction laws. They will learn how to conduct themselves as an auctioneer in performing the auction chant and other basic auctioneer duties. In addition, they will learn to initiate seller contact, market, set-up, contract, settle, collect sales tax, maintain auction sale files and perform sale management skills for a variety of types of auction sales. Graduates of this course may find entry-level employment at an auction house, antique auction gallery, auto auction, cattle sale barn, for a general auctioneer, or may choose to start their own business.