Wedding Planning Certificate Course

Wedding Planning Certificate Course

Wedding Planning: Certificate Course Subjects

You have to complete each subject to get your Wedding Planning: Certificate Course. Each subject requires you to get at least 50% for all (3) three assignments. Once you have completed and passed with an average of 50% you will get your Certificate of Completion. 

If you fail an assignment, you can submit it again until you achieve 50%. This will be at no additional cost, which means your chances are endless. You have to complete and pass all of your subjects for the course before the course duration date. This course duration is (8) eight months.

Complete Subject List

There are  (5) five subjects for this course. These are the subjects that you need to complete:

  • Introduction to Business English
  • Face-to-Face Communication
  • Wedding Planner WP-101
  • Excellence in Service: Basic
  • Wedding Planner WP-102

Career Opportunities

Your career paths in the Wedding Planning business depend on the subject and skills you have learned. By completing the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course, you can start a career in the following positions:

  • Bridal Shop Assistant
  • Wedding Planning Assistant
  • Wedding Advisor
  • Personal Wedding Planner
  • Become the owner of a Wedding Planning Business

What Will I Learn?

You will learn different skills that will equip you to start your career in Wedding Planning. Each subject will give you a different skill set. Here is what you will learn in each subject:

Introduction to Business English: This subject allows you to gain all the skills you need to know how to interact with staff, customers, potential customers and business professionals. Here are some of the important skills you will learn:

  • How to read body language
  • Verbal communication skills you need 
  • Non-verbal skills you need
  • How to set up meetings and presentations
  • How to communicate through writing

Face-to-Face Communication: This type of communication is based on in-person communication between yourself and your customers, staff and business professionals. Here, you will learn about communicating in a professional manner.

Wedding Planner WP-101:  This subject allows our students to gain the basic skills that they need to know about wedding planning. Here you will learn about communication, time management, how to work with a budget etc.

Excellence in Service: Basic: This is one of the skills you need to learn to become a successful business owner. Here, you will learn all about good customer service and how to improve on customer service, as well as how to resolve conflict amongst customers and staff members.

Wedding Planner WP-102:  Here you will learn even more skills on wedding planning. These skills are more advanced and cover topics such as networking with potential business professionals, how to promote your business, as well as how to hire and manage your staff.

Wedding Planning: Certificate Course Assessments

The assessments for the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course only consists of assignments. You must pass (3) three assignments with an average of 50%. You may complete the assignments as many times as you like, as long as it is within the course duration period.

Assignments

You must complete (3) three assignments for each subject. After completing each subject with 50% or more, you will get a Certificate of Completion. This means that you have gained the necessary skills for that subject.

All of your assignments should be submitted through email, and you can submit your assignments whenever as long as it is within the (8) eight-month course duration. Here is a table with each subject and what is expected from you in order to get your Wedding Planning: Certificate Course:

Subjects

Assignments

Introduction to Business English

3 x Assignments

50% or more

Redo assignments as many times as you like, as long as it is within the course duration.

Face to face Communication

3 x Assignments

50% or more

Redo assignments as many times as you like, as long as it is within the course duration.

Wedding Planning WP – 101

3 x Assignments

50% or more

Redo assignments as many times as you like, as long as it is within the course duration.

Excellence in Service: Basic

3 x Assignments

50% or more

Redo assignments as many times as you like, as long as it is within the course duration.

Wedding Planning WP – 102

3 x Assignments

50% or more

Redo assignments as many times as you like, as long as it is within the course duration.

Exams

You will have no exams for the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course. You will only submit your assignments through email. This allows you to spend more time getting excellent grades for your assignments, as well as focus on work obligations or family commitments.

A Wedding Planning Course is a course that will help you get your foot into the Wedding Planning industry. If you are interested in planning a wedding or becoming part of planning a wedding, then you should consider completing a Wedding Planning Course. 

This means that you need to have a passion for weddings and everything that goes into planning a wedding.

The best course for wedding planning depends on your needs as a student. Consider the following factors when choosing your course:

  • How much does the course costs?
  • Can the course be completed in a short amount of time?
    • This depends on the type of Wedding Planning Course you choose to complete. It can range from (4) four months to (12) months to complete.
  • Will I be employed after completing the course?
  • What type of learning does the college offer?
    • If you are employed full-time, and you would like to complete a Wedding Planning Course, then you should choose Matric College. We are a distance learning college that provides education to students all over the world. This means that you will not attend in-person classes. All you have to do is submit your assignments through email.

The qualifications that are required in Wedding Planning depend on the company’s individual requirements. Some companies require you to have work experience, whereas others require you to have university qualifications. 

You need to research the company before you intend on applying. Here are some of the Wedding Planning Courses that we offer, that will not only help you find employment but also start your own business:

  1. Wedding Planning: Short Course
  2. Wedding Planning: Certificate Course
  3. Wedding Planning: Comprehensive Course

Yes, you can do Wedding Planning online. Matric College is a distance learning college, that offers distance learning courses. We use online tools to provide you with the best courses. Everything is done online, from the registration process to successfully completing the course online (e.g: submitting your assignments through email).

Yes, wedding planning is a good career. This industry allows students to explore their creativity by planning, managing and organising weddings on behalf of their clients. Here are some of the reasons you should consider this industry:

  • It is a diverse industry
    • You can become a wedding planner, or you can become the owner of a bridal store. They are many fields within this industry.
  • People will remember their wedding day because of you
    • You can create a memorable moment for people by providing a special and custom wedding day
  • You will always work with new people
    • If you enjoy working with different types of people every day, then you should consider this industry. Every time you plan a wedding, you will meet new people and learn about different cultures.

You can start a wedding planning business without money if you have friends or family that can help you with the money to start your own business. Alternatively, you could save up money and then start your own business. You can also get a loan from the bank. 

To start any business requires you to make sacrifices and take risks. Most importantly, you have to gain the relevant qualifications that will help you gain the skills required to start your own wedding planning business.

Yes, there are basic steps to starting a business. These are the steps you need to take to start a business:

Step 1: Get A Qualification That Will Give You Business Skills

The first step to getting your business started is to gain the necessary skills. For example, work experience or formal training such as completing these courses:

Step 2: Do Research Before Starting Your Business

It is important that you do research before starting your own business. These are some of the things you need to consider:

  • Who is my target market?
  • Where will I be located?
  • Do I have a business plan?
  • Who are my competitors?
  • Is there anything that I can offer that makes my business unique?
  • What am I passionate about?
  • How much money do I have?

Step 3: Get The Money To Start Your Own Business

You must have the money to start your business. Here are ways you can get the money to start your business:

  • Save money
  • Ask family and friends
  • Get a loan from the bank
  • Ask someone to be your partner in business or to invest in your business

The Wedding Planning Course fees depend on the course you choose to complete. To get more information about our course fees, you can contact one of our Course Experts.

Your Next Step Is To Get Your Wedding Planning: Comprehensive Course

The next step to take is to find employment in the wedding planning industry. The type of positions you should apply for should be entry-level however, some companies do give candidates the opportunity to get full-time employment with great benefits. 

Therefore, it is important to research the company you are interested in before applying for the position. If you want to further your career and gain more skills, you can apply for our Wedding Planning: Comprehensive Course.

Why Choose To Study With Matric College?

Matric College offers a variety of courses that can change students’ lives for the best. Here are some of the many reasons you should choose us:

  • You can study at your own time. We understand that each student has different study techniques that will help them learn successfully. This is why we allow you to choose when you want to submit your assignments. As long as these assignments are submitted before the duration of the course.
  • Apply any time of the year. As a distance learning institution, we allow students to apply any time of the year. There are no registration deadlines. This allows you to make the decision of studying when you are ready.
  • Study with or without a Matric Certificate. You can apply for our Wedding Planning: Certificate Course with or without a Matric Certificate. You can even improve your Matric marks or complete your Matric with use. We even offer courses that you can complete with any Matric Pass Level.
  • Study from anywhere in the world. You do not attend any classes because we are a distance learning college. You only have to submit your assignments through email.
  • Do not pay for study material. Our study material will be couriered to you, and you do not pay extra. It is included in the course fee.
  • Get assistance in your Home Language. Our Course Experts speak 11 languages combined. This gives you the opportunity to get assisted in your preferred language.
  • Pay less for distance learning courses. You will pay less than half the price for a distance learning course compared to a university course.

Yes, you can study a wedding planning course and work. We offer (3) three Wedding Planning Courses, which you can take while working:

  1. Wedding Planning: Short Course
  2. Wedding Planning: Certificate Course
  3. Wedding Planning: Comprehensive Course

We are a distance learning college that provides students with the opportunity to work and study. We do not require our students to attend classes or even write exams for any of our Wedding Planning Courses. All you have to do is submit your assignments through email.

Yes, wedding planning is a job. It can also be a hobby or something that you do part-time. If you choose wedding planning as a career, it can be a full-time job. There is a lot that goes into wedding planning, from promoting your services to face-to-face consultations to working on a budget for the wedding.

A Wedding Planner has the following type of personality:

  • Friendly and welcoming personality
  • Enjoys working with people
  • Is creative and can think outside the box
  • If you can work with money and budgets on behalf of customers
  • You must have great organisational skills
  • You need to know how to do business
  • You must have excellent communication skills and be extremely persuasive

Yes, some Type A people are good at Wedding Planning. Type A is a personality type that refers to people who are generally:

  • Competitive in nature
  • Always need to be in control
  • Gets satisfaction from gaining a goal or achievement
  • Are always time urgent that can lead to being impatient

However, this personality type can go wrong if the Wedding Planner is not friendly and perhaps overly aggressive but generally Type A people will do anything to achieve their goals which means that customers will get the best service possible, which is required in the Wedding Planning industry.

This depends on various factors which include:

  • The position you are applying for
  • Your work experience
  • The company you choose to work at

On average, Event Planners earn R22 300 per month in South Africa and Wedding Planners earn R13 500 per month in South Africa. This also depends on which city you choose, for example, Pretoria pays more for Wedding Planners and Event Planners in Johannesburg earn the most money.

You will make more money as the owner of a wedding planning business if you are a well-established business owner. If you are starting a business in this industry, then you will get paid less than a Wedding Planner that works for a business.

Yes, a Wedding Planner can organise and manage other events, but they specialise in Weddings. Here is a table that indicates that you will learn similar subjects for our Events Management and Wedding Planning Courses:

Events Management

Wedding Planning

Both courses take 12 months to complete.

This is one of the subjects that both these courses share:

  • Introduction to Business English
Both courses equip students to plan “parties”.

Here is how much Wedding Planners Make in South Africa:

R 13 500 per month

The average salary for a wedding planner is R 13 500 per month in South Africa.

Application Process

If you want to apply for our Wedding Planning: Certificate Course, you need to take these (3) three steps:

Step 1:

The first step in applying for the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course is to give us a call or to allow us to contact you when you are free. Here is how you can contact us:

  • Contact us on WhatsApp. This is our number (072 799 4195)
  • Contact us by completing this online registration form
  • Allow us to contact you by booking a callback
  • Give us a call on this landline number (012 762 7100)

Here is when you can call us on our landline number:

Calling Hours

Step 2:

As soon as you get in contact with us, you will speak to a friendly Course Expert that will help you determine whether the Wedding Planning; Certificate Course is for you. If not, you will decide together which course would be the best for you. 

Step 3:

Once you have made your decision on the perfect course for you, you can successfully register and become a student at Matric College. We will courier your study materials to you, and you can start your course.

How Do I Study Wedding Planning: Certificate Course

You will study the Wedding Planning Certificate Course through distance learning. This is a type of learning that allows you to study at home. This type of learning exists because of the following reasons:

  • It allows students to study from anywhere, especially if they are located in an area that is far from colleges
  • To allow students to work and study 
  • To allow students with any educational, social, economic background to study regardless of their race, gender or culture

Here is how you can study the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course step by step:

Step 1: Register at Matric College

Step 2: Speak to a friendly Course Expert

Step 3: Decide on a course that best suits your needs

Step 4: Successfully become a student at Matric College

Step 5: Get the first batch of study material couriered to you within (5-7) working days

Step 6: Go through the content and ask for tutor assistance where required

Step 7: Attempt the first assignment and submit it through email

Step 8: Get in detail feedback from the lecturers and tutors. Use the feedback to get 50% or more and as a guideline for the next assignment. 

Step 9: Complete and pass all of the assignments for all of the subjects with 50% or more. After passing your Wedding Planning Course, the certificate will be couriered to you.

Step 10: Find employment or start the next course, which is the Wedding Planning: Comprehensive Course

Where Can I Study Wedding Planning: Certificate Course?

You can study the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course at Matric College. We are a distance learning college, which means no matter where you are in the world you can apply because we do not require you to attend any classes. You only need to submit your assignments through email.

When Can I Start Studying Wedding Planning: Certificate Course?

You can start studying the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course any time of the year. Registration is open throughout the year, and your decision to apply for the course depends on when you feel like you are ready to apply. You can start your studies at your own time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the questions students ask about Wedding Planners:

  1. Is Wedding Planning An Easy Job?
  2. Can anyone become a Wedding Planner?
  3. Do Wedding Planners Have To Be Friendly?
  4. Can A Wedding Planner Choose A Brides Dress On Her Behalf?
  5. What are the steps I need to take to plan a wedding?
  6. Are customers more difficult when it comes to weddings?
  7. Can a wedding planner offer any other services?
  8. Do wedding planners travel a lot?

No, wedding planning is not an easy job, but if you are passionate about this industry then you will find that this is a satisfying industry to be in.

Yes, anyone can become a Wedding Planner. You can study any of our Wedding Planning Courses with or without Matric.

Yes, you must be friendly to become a wedding planner because you will be working with people every day.

If you would like to plan your own wedding or someone else’s wedding, you can gain the skills from any of our Wedding Planning Courses.

No, a Wedding Planner cannot choose a bride’s dress on her behalf, but she can suggest which dresses would be perfect for the bride.

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Author: Jesmé Africa
Editor: Amy Venter
Date Published: May 18, 2022

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