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Program Title:

Floral Design Careers

Award Type:

Diploma

Award Name, Number and Location:

Professional Florist (BP)

Award Description:

A Professional Florist is a person who has trained in beginning as well as advanced levels of all floral shop operations. That training is necessary for those individuals who wish to be at an advanced level of competence and who wish to own or operate their own flower shop at some point in their career. Skill development includes training in basic, advanced and contemporary design, flower shop operations, selling merchandise, floral software and computer operations, as well as advanced wedding and funeral design training. Many other duties include caring for foliage and flowering plants, processing cut flowers and foliages and taking orders both over the phone and in person. To be a Professional Florist a person must have special personal qualities. Some of these qualities include the ability to work well with others, the desire to be part of a team, manual dexterity, good communication skills, the ability to be a self-starter and the desire to help others. Many orders are general in nature and it is up to the Professional Florist to assist the customer in selecting the appropriate colors and types of flowers and plants to express the desired sentiment.

Career Opportunities:

Trained Professional Florists are in high demand and career opportunities are very good for well prepared individuals. Professional Florists are employed by full-service florists, mass market florists, wholesale florist suppliers and as manufacturer reps. With ability, design creativity and professional business management skills, individuals can develop their own business as a very profitable venture. Many full-service flower shops in Minnesota are owned or managed by former students of the Retail Floral program.

Technical Studies Required:

26 Credits

RTFL1100	Fresh Cut Flower/Foilage Care, Handling and Identification	2
RTFL1112	Foliage and Flowering Plant Care, Handling and Identification	1
RTFL1201	Fresh Flower Design	3
RTFL1220	Contemporary Fresh Flower Design	2
RTFL1301	Permanent Flower and Foliage Design	3
RTFL1400	Visual Merchandising in the Floral Industry	2
RTFL1440	Customer Service in the Floral Industry	1
RTFL1421	Internship	3
RTFL1430	Entrepreneurship in the Floral Industry	2
RTFL1500	Sympathy Design	2
RTFL1600	Personal Flowers to Wear	2
RTFL1610	Wedding Design	3

General Education Required:

2 Credits

CPLT1000

Computer Keyboarding

General Education Electives:

2 Credits

Any HTC college level general education course may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.

Technical Studies Electives:

3 Credits

RTFL1231	Party Design	1
RTFL1650	Advanced Floral Design	2
RTFL1900	Specialized Lab	1-4

Total DiplomaCredits 33

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