Auctioneering School

Approved by the SC Auctioneers' Commission

Learn the fine art of auctioneering 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 102-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. A written exam will be given during class. 

Where: Midlands Technical College

            Harbison Campus

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