Wedding Planner BTR104

Online Course -Become a Wedding Planner

How can this course help you?

• Set up your own business as a Wedding Planner
• Expand the services you can offer in an existing business (eg. as a celebrant, wedding photographer, caterer, event planner)
• Improve your prospects for employment (or promotion) in businesses that provide wedding services; bridal wear shops, reception centres, event management companies, resorts, etc.

Some wedding planners may already have worked within the wedding industry in some way as a florist, photographer, in a wedding shop and so on, and decided to expand into a larger area of wedding planning. Working in those areas is not essential before becoming a wedding planner, but they are useful.

A wedding is typically a very stressful time for most people; and that fact brings with it certain special considerations for the wedding planner. 

Course Duration

• 100 hours
• self paced -study where and when you want

Course Structure:

There are 9 lessons in this course:

1. Introduction: Covers the nature, scope, opportunities and options available when planning a wedding. Looks at different types of weddings, understanding ceremonies (different religions, celebrants etc), receptions and working with wedding photographers, reception centres, churches etc.
2. Planning: Choosing locations, services, products to use from reception centres, rings, the church or venue, catering and flowers. Also covers themed weddings, destination weddings and off-beat weddings.
3. Managing People: Handling different personalities and the role of different members of the party.
4. Managing Locations: Reception, Church, Photo Shoot Location, Pre Wedding Hen/Stag Parties etc.
5. Managing the Programme: Arrivals, Departures, Ceremonies, Speeches, Entertainment, Eating, Drinking, Dancing etc.
6. Other Issues: Photography, Video, Flowers, Clothing, The Beautician, Invitations, Stationery, Gifts etc.
7. Managing the Client: Interviewing a Client, Facilitating a Plan, Budgeting, Establishing a Contract; Management Techniques, Flow Charts, Check Lists, Schedules.
8. Managing the Wedding Day: Planning for Contingencies.
9. Operating a Wedding Business: Naming your business, dreaming up the plan, designing a web page. Advertising, PR, Costing Structures, Finance, Contracts, Insurance, Starting a Business, Cancellation Policies, Industry Associations, Building Relationships with Service Providers.

What skills does a wedding planner need?

• Enjoying working with peopleEnjoying planning big parties?
• A good negotiator
• Good at networking
• A good facilitator
• Good at money management
• A good listener
• Friendly and outgoing
• Can you calm frazzled nerves
• Do you know about flowers, colours, cutlery? (or can you find out about them).
• Flexibility with your time
• Able to work at weekends and evenings
• Disciplined enough to work in your own home and organise yourself
• Can you do more than one thing at once
• Do you know about wedding traditions
• Can you keep ahead of wedding trends – keeping up to date with bridal magazines etc
• Well organised
• A good fashion sense
• Can you help create that dream wedding

Why Choose to Study with ACS?

Service -we don't restrict the amount of support from tutors -we don't use automated answering services -we have real teaching staff at the end of the phone, or on line, every day, during work hours BOTH in Australia, and in the UK, who will give you whatever time is needed to help you complete your studies

Quality of Tutors -just look at the tutor profiles. All tutors hold degree equivalent qualifications or better, and have at least 5 years of industry experience -many colleges and even universities don't set the mark as high for their teaching staff

Range of Services -We will provide support services that you simply don't get at other colleges; including careers advice, assistance with developing a C.V, opportunity to publish your work, opportunities for marketing a graduates business through our internet presence, and more.

Sustainability -Other colleges come and go; even government institutions, because they depend heavily on government funding to survive. We have been around for over 30 years, are very solid and independant of the influence of government policy changes. We guard our independance, and take pride in providing the best education we can.