Wedding Planning Short Course

The Wedding Planning: Short Course is the first course in our Wedding Planning Programme. After you have completed the course, you will have the skills to plan weddings for potential customers, family members as well as your own wedding. 

If you are passionate about weddings and everything it takes to organise a wedding, then you should consider completing our Wedding Planning: Short Course.

Learn the basics of Wedding Planning in the comfort of your home because we offer all of our Wedding Planning Courses through distance learning. You will not have to attend any classes, and you can use the basic skills learned to start your own Wedding Planning business.

Wedding Planning Short Course

Wedding Planning: Short Course Subjects

The subjects for our Wedding Planning: Short Course range from how to communicate to planning a wedding. Each subject gives students specific skills that help make them successful wedding planners. You will learn all the basic skills you need to plan the perfect wedding.

Complete Subject List

Our Wedding Planning: Short Course has only (3) three subjects that you need to complete. After passing these three subjects, you will receive the Wedding Planning: Short Course Certificate. Here are the (3) three subjects that we offer:

  • Face-to-Face Communication
  • Introduction to Business English
  • Wedding Planner WP-101

Career Opportunities

Once you gain the skills and the Wedding Planning: Short Course Certificate, you can apply for these positions:

  • Administrative Clerk: Wedding Planning
  • Project coordinator
  • Receptionist for Wedding Planning business
  • Sales consultant in wedding services
  • Start your own wedding planning business

What Will I Learn?

Each subject in our Wedding Planning: Short Course will give you specific skills that can lead you one step closer to the wedding planning business. Here are the skills that each subject will teach you:

Face-to-Face Communication: This subject teaches you about communication skills that you need when you are in contact with people. These skills help you to resolve conflict amongst employees, as well as how to resolve customer complaints in-person.

Introduction to Business English: One of the most important skills that you should have if you want to start your own business is to communicate with your customers and potential business associates. This subject allows you to gain the following skills:

  • Learn about verbal communication
  • Learn about non-verbal communication
  • Learn about body language
  • Learn how to present business development and new ideas 
  • Learn how to set up meetings
  • Learn how to communicate professionally in writing

Wedding Planner WP-101: To start your own wedding planning business or working for a wedding planning business is important and is the main reason why students choose to complete this course. This subject gives you the basic knowledge of wedding planning.

Wedding Planning: Short Course Assessments

The assessments for the Wedding Planning: Short Course are simple. You will submit a total of (9 nine) assignments. Each subject consists of (3) three assignments. You must complete these subjects to get your Short Course Certificate in Wedding Planning.

If you fail a subject, you can redo the assignment until you pass it. This will be at no additional cost to you. Remember that you must complete and pass your assignments before the duration of the course, which is (4) four months.

Assignments

You will complete (3) three assignments for each of the (3) three subjects that you have, which adds up to (9) nine assignments in total. Here is a table that explains this more in detail:

SubjectAssignments
Face-to-Face Communication

Complete (3) three assignments for this subject with an average of 50%.

Get your Certificate of Completion once you have passed this subject.

Introduction to Business English

Complete (3) three assignments for this subject with an average of 50%.

Get your Certificate of Completion once you have passed this subject.

Wedding Planning WP 101

Complete (3) three assignments for this subject with an average of 50%.

Get your Certificate of Completion once you have passed this subject.

*All of your assignments should be submitted through email. This means that you can work and study. Giving you the time to attend to family commitments and work obligations. You can submit your assignments any time as long as it is within the (4) four months of your course duration.

Exams

There will be no exams for the Wedding Planning: Short Course. You will only submit assignments that you must pass with 50% or more.

NOTE:

Our Wedding Planning: Short Course is provided in partnership with Skills Academy.

A Wedding Planning Course is a course that equips students with the necessary skills required to become successful in the wedding planning industry. The type of skills students learn range from business skills to wedding planning skills. If you answer ‘yes” to at least two of these questions, then you should consider completing a Wedding Planning Course.

  1. Do you like weddings?
  2. Do you enjoy organising parties for people?
  3. Are you creative?
  4. Do you have excellent organisational skills?
  5. Do you know how to work with a budget?

You can become a Wedding Planner in South Africa by:

  • Gaining the relevant experience in the industry
    • Working for a company that provides these services or starting your own business
  • Knowing how to network
    • Promoting your work 
  • Getting the necessary qualifications to become a wedding planner
    • Completing a Wedding Planning Course

No, you do not need qualifications to be a wedding planner, but they can be beneficial to your career and the skills you can help you start your own business. Here are the (3) three Wedding Planning Courses that we offer:

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

The best subject for wedding planning is Introduction to Business English. This subject gives you transferable skills that you can use in any industry. Not only does it prepare you for the business of wedding planning, but also how to communicate with staff, customers and potential business professionals.

The skills that you need to be a wedding planner are as follows:

  • Creative skills
  • Communication skills 
  • Listening skills
  • Time management
  • Financial skills
  • Organisational skills

Here are the top (5) five places Wedding Planners make the most money:

  1. US
  2. UK
  3. Australia
  4. India
  5. South Africa

Here is a table that explains the differences between a party planner and a wedding planner:

Party PlannerWedding Planner
A party planner plans all sorts of parties.A wedding planner only plans weddings.
Party planners are usually not qualified.Wedding planners usually have qualifications in planning weddings.
Most people can plan parties.Most people cannot plan weddings.

This is what a Wedding Planner makes per month:

R 19 137 per month

The average salary for a Wedding Planner is R 19 137 per month in South Africa.

Your Next Step Is To Get Your Wedding Planning: Certificate Course?

If you want to find employment or start your own business, then you can do so after completing the Wedding Planning: Short Course. The positions you can apply for are entry-level positions, which could ultimately turn into full-time positions. Most employers look at the following factors when they employ individuals:

  • The level of work experience that you have gained in general or in the wedding planning industry
  • The qualifications that you have
  • Your salary expectation
  • If you fit into their work culture

If you are looking to further your studies, you can complete our Wedding Planning: Certificate Course. This course has a few more subjects than the Wedding Planning: Short Course. These subjects include:

  • Excellence in Service: Basic
  • Wedding Planner WP – 102

Studying through distance learning has many benefits. Matric College is one of the many distance learning colleges that allow students to work from home. Here are some of the reasons why students choose to study at Matric College:

  • Registration is open throughout the year. You can register for our Wedding Planning: Short Course any time of the year. There are no deadlines, and you submit your assignments any time as long as it is within the duration of your course.
  • Study through distance learning. This means that you will not attend classes, all of your study material will be couriered to you, and you can submit your assignments through email. 
  • The education you will receive will be of good quality. All of our Short Courses are specifically designed to give you the specific skills you need to start your own business or to become work-ready.
  • You will receive affordable quality training. Distance learning courses are more affordable than university courses. You will pay less than half of what you would pay for a course at university. You will also receive the study material at no additional cost, and we deliver it to you.
  • We offer a variety of courses. If you are interested in completing your Matric, we have an Adult Matric Course. If you are interested in improving your Matric marks, we have a Matric Upgrade Course. If you have Matric and would like to complete an accredited course, you can complete any of our ICB or NATED courses. We even give students the opportunity to study without Matric
  • Our support team will check up on you. We have a support team that will call and make sure that you are on the right track. This way we motivate and remind our students about their studies.

Yes, wedding planning is a profitable business. Here are the factors you need to consider if you want to have a successful wedding planning business:

  • Are you qualified?
    • It is important for you to have wedding planning qualifications to understand what is expected of you in the industry. Here are some of the wedding planning courses that we offer:
      1. Wedding Planning: Short Course
      2. Wedding Planning: Certificate Course
      3. Wedding Planning: Comprehensive Course
  • Do you have a passion for planning weddings?
    • To have a profitable wedding planning business, you must be passionate about the industry. This will show through your work. People will see your passion and this creates an opportunity for you to gain more clients.
  • Where are you located?
    • This can make or break your business. You should be located in an area where people are willing to pay for your services. If you are located in an area where there are not many people that are interested in your services, then you should be willing to travel a lot. Sometimes areas, where there are not any of the services you are offering, is a great place to start your business because you will get all the clientèle.
  • Are you connected to many people in the same industry?
    • Your networking skills will be the one factor that will assist you in getting affordable suppliers and products or services that your customers want. For example, the customer wants a camel ride as part of the wedding. You must have the best resources to make it work.
  • How much are you charging for your services?
    • You have to find the right price to charge your customers. You cannot charge them too much unless the services you are providing are of good quality. You also cannot undercharge because you can lose a lot of money. This is why having a qualification in this field is very important. This will give you the skills you need to become a successful business owner.

Yes, you can start a wedding planning business with no experience. This is in fact how most wedding planners start their businesses, without experience. You can start a successful wedding planning business with no experience by following these (5) five simple steps:

Step 1: Get Qualified

You can get a qualification in Wedding Planning by completing any of the following Wedding Planning Courses:

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

Step 2: Network With Business Professionals 

You can get some information about the wedding planning industry by asking professionals in the industry about their own experience in the field. The more information you get about people that have started their own wedding planning business, the better your understanding of the industry is.

This is one of the most important steps that you need to take. This will determine whether you can be successful without experience. Here are some of the most important factors you need to consider when doing the research:

  • The location of your business
    • This will determine how much people need the services that you offer
  • How much money you have
    • Where you can get the money is also important (ask family, friends or make a loan at the bank)
  • Competition
    • What other companies are also in the same industry and what is different about your business

Step 4: Promoting Your Business

You have to think of innovative ideas on how to promote your business, whether it be through social media or word of mouth. Choose various marketing strategies to ensure that your business is successful. 

Step 5: Start Your Own Wedding Planning Business Without Experience

This is the final step of starting your own wedding planning business. You need to take the risk of starting your own business. It is the only way you will truly know whether your business can be successful. Alternatively, you gain experience by working for a company that will allow you to gain relevant experience. Or you could buy an already well-established wedding planning business.

A wedding planner has the following duties:

  • Plan weddings 
  • Organise weddings
  • Manage weddings
  • Think of creative ideas for customers
  • Working with a budget that suits the client

The three types of events are:

  1. Corporate events
  2. Charity events
  3. Private events

There are no particular subjects for any of our Wedding Planning Courses. You can apply without a Matric Certificate, and you can also apply with any Matric Pass Level. If you do choose to apply for a Wedding Planning Course at university level, then you are required to have the following subjects:

  • English with at least 50% pass rate
  • Mathematical Literacy with 50% and Mathematics with 40%

No, is not required for Wedding Planning. You can also apply with a Mathematical Literacy subject. If you are interested in applying for any of our Wedding Planning Courses, you can apply with or without a Matric Certificate.

Collin Cowie is the most famous wedding planner in the world. He was born in Zambia and was raised in South Africa. He later moved to the United States of America, where he started his own business called Collin Cowie Lifestyle. 

He moved on to bigger things such as wedding planning and made a successful career by giving advice on television shows and becoming an author on wedding-related topics. Collin Cowie’s net worth is (4) four million dollars.

This depends on the following factors:

  • How long the company has been in business
  • How popular the wedding planner is
  • The quality of services that the wedding planner offers
  • What your budget is

Here is the average amount of what it would cost to hire a wedding planner:

Between R 10 000 and R 85 000

This depends on the services offered and how big the wedding is. This also means that the cost of the services provided by the wedding planner can be less than R10 000 or more than R 85 000.

Application Process

To apply for the Wedding Planning: Short Course, you only have to follow these (3) three steps:

Step 1:

The first step you need to take when you apply at Matric College is to make contact with us. Here are the different methods you can use: 

  • Contact us through our WhatsApp number: (072 799 4195)
  • Contact us online, we have an online registration form that you can complete
  • We could give you a call. You can book a callback online.
  • You can give us a call on our landline number: (012 762 7100)
Calling Hours

Step 2:

As soon as you have taken the first step, the second step will follow. You will be in contact with one of our Course Experts in your preferred language. Our Course Experts combined speak a total of 11 languages. Once you have made contact with them, you can apply for the course that best suits your needs. 

Step 3:

After deciding on the best course for you, you will become a Matric College student. This means that we will deliver your first batch of study material, which will be couriered to you. This can take between (5-and 7) working days. This means that you can start your course and submit assignments as soon as possible.

How Do I Study The Wedding Planning: Short Course?

Our Wedding Planning: Short Course is provided through distance learning. This means that you will receive your education from a distance. Therefore, you will not have any physical classes. This allows you to work and study, and it allows you to study at your own pace. You can submit your assignments whenever you want to as long as it is within the period of your course duration. Here are the (10) ten steps you can take to show you how to study the Wedding Planning: Short Course with us:

Step 1: Apply for the Wedding Planning: Short Course

Step 2: Successfully become a student

Step 3: Get your first batch of study material couriered to you

Step 4: Read through the study material and ask for tutor assistance if you need any further assistance or do not understand the work

Step 5: Try to submit your first assignment through email

Step 6: Get in-depth feedback from our lecturers and tutors

Step 7; Use the feedback to improve on the assignment if you have failed or use the feedback to improve on the next assignment

Step 8: Complete all of your assignments and get 50% or more

Step 9: Get your Wedding Planning: Short Course Certificate through courier

Step 10: Apply for entry-level positions with your Wedding Planning: Short Course Certificate or apply for the next course, which is the Wedding Planning: Certificate Course.

Where Can I Study The Wedding Planning: Short Course?

You can study the Wedding Planning: Short Course at Matric College. It does not matter where you are in the world, you can study with us. This is because we are a distance learning college that provides education to students from wherever they are in the world. All you have to do is submit your assignments through email.

When Can I Start Studying The Wedding Planning: Short Course?

You can start studying the Wedding Planning: Short Course any time of the year because we are an all-rounder college. This means that you can apply any time of the year. We allow our students to determine their own future, you decide when you want to apply.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Which city is best for wedding management?
  2. Where can I study entertainment management in South Africa?
  3. How do wedding planners get clients?
  4. How do event planners get their first client?
  5. How do I become an event planner without a degree?
  6. Which course is best in event management?
  7. Can I study both events management and wedding planning courses?
  8. Why do people hire wedding planners?

The best city for wedding planners is Pretoria. However, you can make a successful career wherever you are.

You can study entertainment management at most private colleges or universities in South Africa. At Matric College, we offer (3) three Event Management Courses that you can study:

  1. Events Management: Short Course
  2. Events Management: Certificate Course
  3. Events Management: Comprehensive Course

Wedding Planners get clients by promoting their services. Here are the marketing techniques:

  1. Word of mouth
  2. Social media
  3. Pamphlets

Event Planners get their first clients by taking the first step to planning an event for someone or for some organisation. It could be for:

  • Charity events
  • Corporate events
  • Private events

You can become an Event Planner without a degree if you meet the following requirements:

Yes, you can study both Event and Wedding Planning Courses at Matric College. We provide distance learning courses, which means that you can work and study. You only have to submit your assignments.

People hire wedding planners so that they do not have to plan their weddings themselves. This can be extremely stressful for some.

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

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