NCCPF ONLINE COURSES
Working at home? In between jobs? Love designing flowers? Then why not begin with some terrific learning taught by the experts. Begin your journey towards becoming a NC Certified Professional Florist. It’s a great tag to have on your resume. Begin with your first course below and complete all nine courses at your own pace.
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NC Certified Professional Florist
ONLINE COURSE LIST
NC Certified Professional Florist
ONLINE COURSE LIST
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In today’s 24-hour, self-service society, few customer-oriented personalized services remain. Delivery is a service that is almost extinct in retailing, and is the ONE commodity we as retail florists have to keep customers coming to us. If we are to continue our type of personalized delivery service, there are certain areas, which need to be updated or modified to meet the demands of a changing business world. This text covers and looks at those areas and discusses considerations for various delivery circumstances.
Non-Member Price: $100
Cut flowers, even though they have been separated from the parent plant, are living, actively metabolizing plant parts. These parts undergo the same basic aging process as the entire plant — only quicker. However, the rate of deterioration can be slowed down considerably by supplying the cut flower with it’s basic needs.
Non-Member Price: $100
Although the floral marketplace has become highly sophisticated and competitive including floral businesses of all kinds, consumers are as cost and quality conscious as ever. Young adults and baby boomers make up the largest portion of today’s market. They are highly service-oriented and want the most for their hard earned money. In selecting the proper advertising medium, we must keep the consumer in mind. How does our product or service meet their needs and/or demand? Florists must be committed to a solid marketing plan and a strong promotional effort to communicate their shop’s image, product orientation and price level to the desired targeted market.
Non-Member Price: $100
Visual Merchandising is the art of displaying merchandise in a manner that appeals to the eye of the consumer. It sets the context of the merchandise in an aesthetically pleasing fashion, presenting the product in a way that would bring the window shoppers into the shop and turn into customers and buyers of our products. Visual merchandising includes window displays, signs, interior displays, and any other special sales promotions. The success of many retail businesses can be attributed to the mood or atmosphere created by exterior, window, and in-store displays. Customers return to those shops just to see what is happening or what is new. Visual merchandising (display) is the most inexpensive way to attract those customers.
Non-Member Price: $100
This course “Principles of Design”, might well be called “Tools of Design”. These principles are not arbitrary rules: they are constant guidelines. They are the tools of all the arts, and no artist can vary them until he has mastered them. A careful study and understanding of these principles of design enable one to express his personality in floral art. It is through this mastery that distinction and individuality are created and reflected in design.
Non-Member Price: $100
Today, even in this world of computers and automation, a business cannot function effectively without people. Too many managers tend to neglect the human side of their operation. A successful business is made up of individual personalities who need thoughtful treatment if they are to increase the level of company production and profits. Employee relations is a two way street. Owning a business does not automatically make you an effective manager. There must be positive employer-employee interaction which results in quality production.
Non-Member Price: $100
In today’s market, our thoughts, plans and directions must be focused on those who make our business and its success possible, the CUSTOMER. It is critically important that we treat this customer in such a way that they will want and need to stay with us. Research today indicates that the #1 key ingredient in operating a successful business is providing positively outrageous service. This course attempts to give some insight and understanding regarding customer expectations, and buying styles with the main emphasis on customer satisfaction. Once we have satisfied the customer, then we can begin to provide that special feature of the floral industry, SERVICE.
Non-Member Price: $100
Growing plants indoors has become a national pastime. The foliage and flowering plant industry is booming and many new types of plants are being introduced to satisfy the demand. This increase in indoor gardening has helped the florist business to become larger each year Many times you are asked questions about these plants that you cannot answer. The objective of this course is to help you be able to provide some answers to the questions raised by your customers.
Non-Member Price: $100
The goal of Daily Business Procedures for the Retail Florist is to acquaint the individual with the basic definitions and business procedures needed to operate a floral shop on a day to day basis. This course is designed to teach you the basic daily business procedures needed to operate your flower shop on a daily basis. This course is not intended to be a general accounting course. The double entry system and accounting principles are not covered in this course. Those subjects are best left to a general accounting course or to your shop’s CPA or accountant.
Non-Member Price: $100
Congratulations, you’ve finished all the courses. You’re now ready to register for the final examination. Be proud of yourself. You’ve accomplished what only a few have accomplished. The final Exam will be scheduled and given at a later date by a certified instructor. Note: You can pre-register and purchase the exam at any time before you’ve completed the entire 12 classes.
FINAL EXAM — Non-Member Price: $140
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Please allow 1-2 business days for your course(s) to be added. You will receive an email with login link and password to access your course(s). Thanks from the NCSFA Education Committee.
