Interior Design QLS Level 3 and Starting Your Own Business QLS Level 3

• Introduction
• The colour wheel
• The effects of light and shade on colour
• Monochromatic colours
• Harmonious colours
• Scale
• Layout of a drawing

• Mood boards
• Sample boards
• Assembling
• Paint techniques
• Blending and developing shades
• Floor finishes

• The different types of lighting
• The lighting design
• Window treatments
• Types of window treatment
• Curtain headings
• Blinds
• Considering materials

• Initial contact
• Briefing consultation questionnaire
• Follow-up
• Final consultation
• Confidentiality
• Legal considerations
• Appointment correspondence
• Letter of intent to a contractor
• Contract tender letter
• Contract tender rejection
• The design brief

• The back wall
• Establishing the eye line
• Placing the vanishing point on one-point perspective
• Two-point perspective
• Establishing the floor and ceiling lines
• The perspective grid
• Right-angle measurements
• Drawing windows
• Adding furniture to your drawings

• Time management
• Organisational skills
• Management ability
• Order of works
• Concepts of scheduling
• The order sheet
• Costing
• Fees and hourly rates
• Quotations from suppliers
• Constructing an invoice

• Why start your own business?
• Character and motivation
• Before you start: managing yourself and planning
• Market research
• Sales and profits
• Competitors
• Financial planning
• Suppliers
• Employing people
• Stock and asset management

• Deciding on the form of your business (sole trader, partnership, limited company)
• How to decide what is best for you
• Setting goals for yourself

• Your product or service
• Value for money
• Competition
• Segmenting your market
• Pricing

• Identifying your potential customers
• Promoting your business
• Before sale
• After sale

• Understanding your business finances
• Working with figures
• Break-event point
• Fixed and current assets
• Cash flow
• Sources of finance
• Managing your money

• Why do you need a business plan?
• The format and structure of your business plan
• Yourself, your people. your values, your mission
• Your business model
• Your market
• Your competition
• Development
• Profit forecast
• Risks

This course is assessed through a series of written assignments, which are submitted to your tutor to be marked. There is no external examination required.

Once enrolled, you will have two years to complete this bundle (one year per course), which will allow you to work at your own pace, without the pressure of tight deadlines. You will also receive 12 months tutor support for each course, so you can feel confident that you’ll get the help you need. This bundle will take you approximately 240 hours. Studying around your work and family commitments has never been easier.

You will study this course by distance learning, which will enable you to learn when and where you want. You can study from home or at work; it is completely up to you. All your materials will be posted or sent to you via email. You will also receive tutor support by email, so help is only a click away!

At the end of this course successful learners will receive two Certificates of Achievement from the Quality License Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).