Floristry Certificate - Beginners To Intermediate Level (Module 2)
Details
You would love to work in a Flower Shop but you love doing wedding work? It is important to note that Hand Tied Bouquets are the most popular floral displays sold in a flower shop on a daily basis. Perfecting this skill is part of our Module 2 Certificate. During this module we also cover some more Flower Arranging Techniques and also some sympathy tributes.
Being one of our more popular Floristry Courses our students range from early school leavers to those of you whose family may be reared and are looking for new challenges, or for those of you who are looking to change career direction or earn a second income from home.
Students attending this module will also have access to some FREE Online tutorials and as with all students our Online Flower Student Resource section of our website.
During this course we also cover the essential business skills you will need to think about if you start your own business, from shop layout, location, business plans & social media.
Your tutor Janette O'Rourke is an renowned expert in the Flower Industry and is well known for her fun & vibrant personality, Janette's unique training style will having you laughing and learning all at once.
Students enrolling on Module 2 will normally have completed Module 1 Beginners Floristry Training Certificate, but this is not an essential requirement, in saying that we would like you to read through the curriculum of Module 1 so you are aware what
most other students attending will know already and is not covered on this module.
Course Duration: 4 Days
Course Time: 10am – 3.30 pm each day
Course Fee: €600 includes all materials required ( January 2019 Course Fees €700)
Booking Fee: €200 to reserve your place and the balance can be paid by cheque seven working days before your course begins or by Cash on the first day of your course.
Please Note : We Do Not have Card Facilities at the school, so payments made on the first day of your course can be by cash only
Outline
- Shop / Workshop Layout, Location & points of sale
- Conditioning and Handling of Flowers & Foliage relative to flowers being used
- Commercial Wrapping – flowers, plants, gifts
- Choosing flowers for Presentation Bouquets
- Costing and Pricing Presentation Bouquets
- Transportation and Handling Deliveries of Bouquets
- Practical – Large Presentation Hand Tied Bouquets using the spiral technique
- Practical – Bow Making Tutor will demonstrate and learners will learn to make an array of florist bows using different mediums
- Floral Foam Bases - Care, Preparation and Storage
- Health & Safety in the workplace
- Consultation Techniques for dealing with Bereaved & Undertakers
- Practical – Eternal Circle Floral Ring
- Practical – Pleating ribbon for based funeral wreaths
- Networking for your Business
- Developing relationships with both online and paper media
- Practical – Traditional Spray Arrangements that can be transformed into Unity Candle Arrangement
- Developing and Online presence through Social Media – setting up your social medial pages
- Creating an effective Business Plan
- Building relationships with other business
- Practical – A selection of sympathy tributes and designs
Kays School of Floristry is based in Dublin and was established in 1987. Under the guidance of Kay, Janette and Deirdre we offer a huge range of courses which are offered as either full time, partime, everning, weekend or weekday courses.
We are also one of only Europes Brooch Bouquet Training centres and we offer both Online Training, Distance LEarning training and 1-2-1 Workshops on how to make these amazing Wedding Bouquets.
Feel free to contact our tutors to discuss your Floristry training.
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