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Sonaya	Jul 20 2008, 10:03am Anchor
In Adelaide a part from the Certificates and Apprenticeships/Traineeships etc There are Adult Education 8 wk Short Course Modules within Tafe that make it easy to combine work/study/family when trying to study Floristry. And its quite affordable and at the end of the 4 modules you can sit for an exam and it contributes to a Recognition Pathway towards the nationally accredited Certificate II in Floristry within Tafe. Fundementals in Floristry is the basics then it leads on to more modules under Intermediate, then Advanced. I found these short courses far more flexible as they had the option of doing night classes and I could pick what modules I wanted to do and when I wanted to do them to fit my lifestyle at the time. The classes were filled with those who either already own their own shops, casual assistants that worked in shops and hobbyists who may or may not want to go on to get the RPL accreditation. As a mum with a special needs child at the time, trying to juggle part time work and wanting to further persue my love of flowers and floral arranging to hopefully one day be fully qualified, this was the best way for me to study after having done the so called "diploma" correspondence course that in the end was not even recognised. As for other Courses and Workshops in SA there is also weekend workshops at the local WEA for the very new beginners, hobbyists, people who want to make their own wedding flowers etc. In the early days I did attend some of these workshops and found it very basic and perhaps I had higher expectations but the lecturers at the time did not seem to be interested in teaching at all . Might have changed a bit now. I know of one Private School here in Adelaide that I believe is nationally recognised. Can never remember the name of it! And I have seen some florists advertise in our local papers short courses in their shops for enthusiasts but they are not recognised and some were very expensive but I suspect that did include all sundreis & fresh flowers. And then there are the individual Floral Societies, Floral Art Clubs, Floral Design Clubs in SA. Here is a link for quite an extensive list of whats around in SA. Gardenclubs.org.au Also from time to time visiting workshops such as the Western Australian Flowers Design Schools visit Australian States including SA for weekend refresher workshops for those in the industry. There is one coming up in August. The link is Floristry.com.au I think that about covers it for whats around for courses, classes, workshops etc in Adelaide that I know of. Love to hear if I have missed some. Sonaya
Marjorie-Milner-Coll	Jul 26 2008, 10:31pm Anchor
Dear Sonaya, Very interested to see what is going on in SA. As a training college we have spoken with your SA funding body and the reason why a good RTO has not opened is SA is that the funded amount is less than any other state per training hour for trainees and apprentices. Until the floral industry puts pressure on their state government to allow more dollars so that it is financially possible to run a good accredited course. In the past we have had students from SA who came to our "Block Release" classes. Theory, provided you work in the floristry industry, can be studied by distance learning but the practical must be studied with us. We will only train this way as industry standards must be upheld. Try to lobby your government to allow good training to be viable. Good luck and keep us and FlowerGoss.com informed. MMCollege www.marjoriemilner.edu.au

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Sonaya

Jul 20 2008, 10:03am Anchor

In Adelaide a part from the Certificates and Apprenticeships/Traineeships etc

There are Adult Education 8 wk Short Course Modules within Tafe that make it easy to combine work/study/family when trying to study Floristry. And its quite affordable and at the end of the 4 modules you can sit for an exam and it contributes to a Recognition Pathway towards the nationally accredited Certificate II in Floristry within Tafe.

Fundementals in Floristry is the basics then it leads on to more modules under Intermediate, then Advanced.

I found these short courses far more flexible as they had the option of doing night classes and I could pick what modules I wanted to do and when I wanted to do them to fit my lifestyle at the time. The classes were filled with those who either already own their own shops, casual assistants that worked in shops and hobbyists who may or may not want to go on to get the RPL accreditation.

As a mum with a special needs child at the time, trying to juggle part time work and wanting to further persue my love of flowers and floral arranging to hopefully one day be fully qualified, this was the best way for me to study after having done the so called "diploma" correspondence course that in the end was not even recognised.

As for other Courses and Workshops in SA there is also weekend workshops at the local WEA for the very new beginners, hobbyists, people who want to make their own wedding flowers etc. In the early days I did attend some of these workshops and found it very basic and perhaps I had higher expectations but the lecturers at the time did not seem to be interested in teaching at all . Might have changed a bit now.

I know of one Private School here in Adelaide that I believe is nationally recognised. Can never remember the name of it!

And I have seen some florists advertise in our local papers short courses in their shops for enthusiasts but they are not recognised and some were very expensive but I suspect that did include all sundreis & fresh flowers.

And then there are the individual Floral Societies, Floral Art Clubs, Floral Design Clubs in SA. Here is a link for quite an extensive list of whats around in SA.

Gardenclubs.org.au

Also from time to time visiting workshops such as the Western Australian Flowers Design Schools visit Australian States including SA for weekend refresher workshops for those in the industry. There is one coming up in August. The link is
Floristry.com.au

I think that about covers it for whats around for courses, classes, workshops etc in Adelaide that I know of. Love to hear if I have missed some.

Sonaya

Marjorie-Milner-Coll

Jul 26 2008, 10:31pm Anchor

Dear Sonaya,

Very interested to see what is going on in SA. As a training college we have spoken with your SA funding body and the reason why a good RTO has not opened is SA is that the funded amount is less than any other state per training hour for trainees and apprentices. Until the floral industry puts pressure on their state government to allow more dollars so that it is financially possible to run a good accredited course. In the past we have had students from SA who came to our "Block Release" classes. Theory, provided you work in the floristry industry, can be studied by distance learning but the practical must be studied with us. We will only train this way as industry standards must be upheld. Try to lobby your government to allow good training to be viable. Good luck and keep us and FlowerGoss.com informed.

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MMCollege
www.marjoriemilner.edu.au