Florist Training

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PH 54467968 or 0411877750 or email mandy@mandArtAu.com

Mandy has owned and run florist shops and design studios in Cairns and the Sunshine Coast since she was 18 years of age.

Find out what inspired her, encouraged her and made her business successful, as well as see how a flower is made into a work of art.

Mandy has worked for such bright and succesful florists as Nick Bambacus, Doug Allen and Steven Russell and constructed floral design pieces for some of Australias 5 star hotels and resorts including The Marriot -Gold Coast, Novotel, Sheraton, Cape York Wilderness Lodge, to name a couple .

You will leave with an appreciation for what a florist accomplishes, some handy hints on flower care and a truly flower therapy experience.

A nominal list of some of Mandys accomplishments are provided for your perusal.

25 years as a Floral designer.

Interflora DIP 1985

Experience as Past owner of 5 Florist shops and current owner of MandArt –

A private floral design studio and art studio.

Workplace Trainer- WPTand assessment cert 4. LLN cert 3

Finalist/outstanding achievement winner SCBWN businesswoman of the year awards.

Multiple Winner and finalist Australian Bridal Industry Academy Awards Qld winner for floral design. 2006 and 2007

Multiple Finalist and winner Floral Art championships and open floristry championships.

Demonstrator Floral design.

Past Floral Art Judge for Sunshine Coast Region.

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NEXT EVENING CLASS BEGINS THURSDAY 20TH MARCH.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL DUE TO SMALL CLASS SIZE>

THESE EVENINGS ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE INTERESTED IN CREATING FLORAL DESIGNS FOR HOME AND HOBBY, GIVING YOU AN APPRECIATION FOR WHAT IS INVOLVED IN FLORAL DESIGN. LEARN WHAT SOME OF THESE TERMS MEAN AND HOW USE THEM. Each person designs and takes home their work.

Layering, Baling,Bunching,Bundling, Tufting, Banding,Framing, Facing, Clustering, grouping,Pave’ing, Pillowing, Stacking, Zoning, Sequencing, Veiling, Terracing, Kubari, Mirroring, Strauss, tussy mussy, beidermeier, colonial, euro, colour awareness, colour therapy, parallelism, linear, cornucopia, vegetative work, period work, repose, new convention competition work……

EMAIL mandy@mandartau.com for cost and info.

PREVOCATIONAL FLORISTRY TRAINING

Mandy Mulick is a workplace trainer/Assessor with a certificate 4 in WPT and Certificate 3 in voluntary tutoring.LLNCERT3 MandArt Florist and Murals

FLORIST. TRAINING CENTRE. ART GALLERY

Ph \ Fax : 07 54467968 Mob 0411 8777 50

Email: mandy@mandartau.com

A.B.N.60656609720

COMMERCIAL FLORISTRY COURSE

Prevocational Training Course

SEMESTER ONE

Week One Orientation, Wiring, Cutting, Ribbon making, focal points, Presentation sheaf, Symmetrical Arrangement ( A line Bowl) WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY

Week TWO Revision, Water preparation, Colour use, European posy, Vertical posy bowl

Week three Revision, The use of perspective, Horizontal line Arrangement.

Week four Revision, The use of containers, Diagonal and crescent line.

Week five Revision, Customer relations, Boxed sheafs, Presentation Posies, Assymetrical triangle arrangement.

Week six Revision, Cylinders, Living cards, Baskets.(bask needed)

SEMESTER TWO

Week one Orientation, Colours, Use of themes, Oval patterns.

Week two Revision, Foliage design, and use, Customer relations,

Hogarth design.(vase needed)

Week three Revision, Multiple design, Split colour, Fruit/ Chockies.

Week four Revision, Funeral work, Sheafs, Wreaths.

Week five Revision, Funeral work cont'd, Wreaths, Casket sprays.

Week six Revision, Babies, Birthdays, Parties.

SEMESTER THREE

Week one Orientation, Wiring, Colour use, Corsages, Buttonaires, Customer relations

Week two Flower girls and pageboys, Hoops, Baskets, Pillows.

Week three Posies, birthdays, parties

Week four Combs, Halos, Tiaras.

Week five Crescents, Teardrops.

Week six Dried and silk bouquets.

Week seven Dried and silk baskets.

Week eight Dried and silk arrangements.

A certificate and progress report, will be issued on completion

this course is presented by Mandy Mulick, a multi award winning florist/ artist and instructor with over 25 years experience in the florist industry as a floral designer. Mandy has been running floral design courses teaching techniques and sharing industry savvy with her students for over 10 years. Her intimate class sizes of 3 -5 per class ensure that each student is given the time and instruction necessary to give a grounded knowledge and skill base to launch you into this very rewarding industry. Whether you plan on entering floristry as a profession or just a hobby then this course will start you off in the right direction.

This course is designed to teach all aspects of retail floristry in a fully operational studio environment.

Mandy says "because florists deal with people at all the important times of their lives, from birth to death we create from our heart, but we must have the skill to pick up a flower without bruising it and in the same manner deal with our customers, relationship marketting is our field. We have to learn not only balance, style and colour in floral design but I try to give my students a knowledge of integrity based work ethics too in a highly competitive market.

Learning to skip from left brain to right brain is extremely important and this course helps you to work both sides at the same time.

I teach cost effective designwork in an intimate setting and take a holistic approach to teaching.

i have done marketting courses, management courses, art courses, counselling courses and teaching courses and i think i still enjoy this method of teaching the best.

The feed back I receive from past students is extremely positive so i know that i am doing something worthwhile.

Equal first place winner, winner, finalist and nominee for some of Qld and Sunshine Coasts most prestigious awards, including Australian Bridal Industry Awards, Floral Art championship awards, Interflora awards, Sunshine Coast Businesswomens excellence in business Awards.

God has gifted me creatively and I am a full time student of life and know how challenging the world is . I use that Spirit to empower others to succeed in their chosen field."

Workplace trainer, assessor cert 4. LLN cert3 Mandy Mulick

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COMMERCIAL FLORISTRY COURSE..

prevocational course

NOMINAL DURATION 20 hours plus 20 hours work experience optional

MODULE CODE CF 001

MODULE PURPOSE: This module is designed to introduce basic techniques and strategies to identify, care for and assemble floral products.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with working, practical knowledge and application of techniques and principles applied in commercial floristry.

PREREQUISITES: Regular attendance once commenced.

· Willingness to learn all aspects of floristry.

LEARNING OUTCOMES;

Upon completion of this module the learner will be able to identify, apply and analyze the basics of shape and structure of:

· workplace Health and Safety

· construction of ribbons

· taping of wire and construction materials

· flower maintenance and care of individual flowers and family species [ minimum of 8 varieties ]

· create floristry designs using hand tied techniques.

· create a basic floristry design using a base medium [ fresh ]

· apply safe working practices.

· perform basic housekeeping duties

ASSESSMENT METHOD:

Forms of assessment may include; oral presentation, role play, practical demonstration of assessment criteria, assessment by field studies supervisors, excercises appropriate to level of competencies required.

DELIVERY STRATEGIES:

Forms of delivery may include classroom style discussion, work experience based teaching, conferences, or seminars, role play, demonstration of techniques.

HEALTH AND SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

· safe use of tools and stock

· housekeeping re spillage of liquid

· observation and knowledge of safe working practices, with regard to stock and equipment.

· Appropriate working conditions.

Semester two

module code CF002

NOMINAL DURATION 20 hours plus 20 hours work experience (optional)

· advanced designs and basic bowls.

flower maintenance and care of individual flowers and family species

[ minimum of 8 varieties ]

As a matter of course this will progress to application of:

· Communication and communicating effectively in the Workplace

** Provide assistance to customers

· Perform routine housekeeping duties

· Work effectively in a retail environment

**Operate appropriate retail equipment

· Apply point of sale and handling procedures {basic}

· Perform stock control and procedures (basic)

**Prepare and display florIstry stock

· Minimize theft

Semester Three

module code CF003

NOMINAL DURATION 30 hours plus 30 hours work experience (optional)

Upon completion of this module the learner will have been shown how to identify, apply and analyze the advanced processes of shop routine,

· ** Apply point of sale and handling procedures

· **Perform advanced stock control procedures

· **Provide service to floristry customers provide assistance to customers

· Sell products and services

· Recommend on floristry products and services

· Create floristry designs using wiring techniques

· create dried and silk floristry designs using a base medium

· Balance register or terminal

** may be carried out as work experience.

from recent open floral demonstration day.

Dear passionate floral lovers,

Thank you to those of you who attended our 2007 demonstration day.

some very intelligent questions were raised and i hope were answered with pizzazz and useful insights.

your feedback from the day and involvement was fabulous. those "hands on" girls really had fun and i think learnt more than a thing or two.

Hopefully the information sheet on advanced techniques will give you a few new trick of the trade to keep your employers or future employers happy and for the home enthusiasts, gave you an idea of how a florists mind never rests and never stops learning.

i have attached photos of the designs I created for you and though you'll have to guess as to how they were done if you weren't there, it will pique your interest for next time.

i have also attached a copy of some of the concepts we covered.

9191 a bamboo tepee with an asymmetrical design of plaited palm, cymbidium orchids set into a leaf base and draped with LCD lights as a finishing touch. not shown is the draped magnolia branch feature and 6 feet of height.

9208/9209 is a European botanical linear vertical line creation of Pacific giant delphinium, a new variety of blue/purple iris with yellow iris, moss, large leaves set into a ceramic base with sword fern and plaited palm leaves a wow factor of grass tree, bound with gold bullion set into triangular features to tie background to focal point and stacked delphinium flowers with spinning gum leaves. 1m high x 70cm wide

9205/ 9206 shows an old fashioned candleabra which we brought into a modern theme, using an asymetrical style with scrolling and feathering, silver bullion, red roses and green cymbidiums- leaf wrapped and suspended, palm leaves and raffia weaving in and around the wrought iron. 1.2 metres

9201, 9202 and 9208 were a crescent cascade design using a cornucopia style of andromeda, gold roses and dodda set into a leaf base with moss and skeleton leaves, draped with gold bullion veiling on a bamboo riser. 70cm high

And the piece d' resistance' of the day was our tribute to pink 9211 king proteas with silver leucodendron, shaped New Zealand flax which had the slightest hint of pink along its edges, with balsa roses set into a basket of rainforest vine, coconut fibre and palm with protea leaves and moss.

if you would like the free notes sheet from the day please email me.

hope you enjoy them and until next time....

keep flowering,...

9191

9208/ shows an old fashioned candelabra which we brought into a modern theme, using an asymmetrical style with scrolling and feathering, silver bullion, red roses and green cymbidiums- leaf wrapped and suspended, palm leaves and raffia weaving in and around the wrought iron. 1.2 metres

9209

9206

9205

9202

9208

9201

9211