Floristry (0344)

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2023
The Higher Diploma in Professional Floristry can help you gain the skills you need to run your own floristry business.
You'll develop your floristry knowledge and develop important business and management skills to help you in your floristry career.
The Higher Diploma in Professional Floristry is for anybody who works in floristry at management level, maybe running their own business.
You'll have completed a level 3 qualification in professional floristry and have retail experience in the industry.
Available to deliver in the following:
  • England
  • Wales – please check QiW website for available funding
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland

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General Information

What Is Involved In Studying This Course?

While completing this qualification, you'll cover things like:

  • botanical concepts and practices for floristry
  • managing floral events
  • managing marketing and promotion in the floristry industry
  • business management for florists
  • design concepts in floristry.

To get a Vocationally Related Qualification (VRQ) you learn with your training provider - maybe through practical sessions, group discussions or assignments.

VRQs are usually assessed by your training provider using assignments, practical task, exams or online tests.

For the Higher Diploma in (professional) Floristry you'll complete assignments and take practical and written examinations.

Level 4 or Level 5 are ideal if you work as a manager or in another senior role in the floristry industry. You might want to continue your professional development or get the skills to set up your own floristry business.

 

 

 

 

What Careers Can This Lead To?

The Higher Diploma in (Professional) Floristry can help you get a job like:

  • Customer Service Assistant/Manager
  • Exhibition Designer
  • Florist
  • Horticultural Garden Centre Worker/Manager
  • Interior Designer.

After completing this qualification you might be interested in taking business management courses to help you run your own business.

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

In order to offer the Higher Diploma in (Professional) Floristry, you will need suitably qualified staff to carry out training and assessment, and suitable facilities to carry out the required training to enable learners to achieve industry standards. You will also need qualified internal assessors.

To find all the resource requirements, download the qualification handbook from the additional documents section.

Learners must have completed at least the Level 3 qualification in professional floristry and have industrial experience and a sufficient level of literacy and numeracy to enable them to research the underpinning knowledge, carry out the practical tasks and complete the assignments.

Level 4

The Level 4 Higher Diploma in Floristry will suit you if you work as a manager or in another senior role in the floristry industry. You might want to continue your professional development or get the skills to set up your own floristry business.

You complete 10 core units, including:
  • Botanical concepts and practices for floristry
  • Historical studies for floristry
  • Business practices for florists
  • Technical floristry skills - tied designs
  • Design concepts for floristry.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

The Level 4 Higher Diploma in Floristry can help you get a job like:

    • Customer service assistant
    • Exhibition design assistant
    • Senior florist

After completing this qualification you might be interested in taking business management courses to help you run your own business.

Higher Diploma in Floristry (ICSF) (0344-40)
Last Registration Date: 31 Mar 2024

Level 4 Higher Diploma in Floristry (ICSF)

  • Accreditation No: 500/1220/4 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
  • Type: VRQ This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
  • Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 300 - 300 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: 450 The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/03/2027 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
  • Qualification fees in the UK: £201.40 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 5

The Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry is ideal if you wish to progress to a professional level in the floristry industry. It contains specialist skills and knowledge at a more advanced level than at Level 4 and meets the completion requirements of the European floristry design schema.

You complete 10 core units, including:

  • Applied botanical concepts and practices for floristry
  • International studies for floristry
  • Floral event management
  • Marketing and promotion management for floristry
  • Professional floristry skills - design innovations.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

The Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry can help you get a job like:

  • Customer service manager
  • Exhibition designer
  • Professional florist
  • Horticultural garden centre manager
  • Interior designer.

After completing this qualification you might be interested in taking business management courses to help you run your own business.

Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry (NDSF) (0344-50)
Last Registration Date: 31 Mar 2024

Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry (NDSF)

  • Accreditation No: 500/1292/7 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
  • Type: VRQ This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
  • Credits: Data unavailable Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
  • Guided Learning Hours: 300 - 300 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
  • Total Qualification Time: 450 The total time for the qualification
  • Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
  • Last Certification: 31/03/2027 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
  • Qualification fees in the UK: £201.40 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

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Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form. 

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