Interior Design Planner (BP) (formerly Interior Design Consultant (BP))  (Region Basel):
1 Provider

The admission requirements for the professional examination for interior design planners with a federal certificate are as follows:

• Completed basic vocational training (EFZ) in the commercial sector or in sales (for furniture, carpets/floor coverings), in interior decoration or furnishing (home textiles, upholstery), in the carpentry trade or as a draughtsperson for architecture or interior design and
• at least 3 years of professional experience in interior design or furniture sales or
• Other recognized qualification (at upper secondary level) with at least 4 years of relevant professional experience

The interior design planner training program provides you with the following skills:

• in the field of spatial planning and interior design
  • Plan reading
  • Drawing
  • Sketching
  • Stylistics
  • Present
  • Lighting
• in the area of sales and consulting
  • Conducting sales talks
  • Product and brand knowledge
  • Sales psychology
• in the field of business administration
  • Business theory
  • Marketing
  • Computer science
  • National economy
  • Law

Further training in interior design takes 3 to 4 semesters and usually takes place in two-week blocks. In between, self-study and the implementation of your own projects are required.

For interior design jobs, you should have the following personal qualities and skills:

• Enjoy sales and consulting
• Customer and service orientation
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Sense for shapes and colors
• Good manners and powers of observation
• planning skills
• Drawing talent
• Spatial imagination

After the interior design training, you can work in the following places:

• in interior design stores
• in furniture stores
• in the furniture import trade
• Wholesale
• in interior decoration companies
• in customer service and project management for trading companies in the furnishing and furniture industry
• as support for clients in planning and architectural offices and real estate companies
• Self-employed in the fields of interior design, planning and interior design

The target group for an interior design course are:

• Professionals from the furniture, interior decoration and interior design sectors who wish to acquire a higher qualification with a federal certificate
• Trained home consultants, home textile designers, interior decorators, carpenters, draughtsmen and women
• People with professional experience in furniture sales and furnishing advice

A furnishing planner performs the following tasks:

• Customer advice and customer visits
• Acquisition and follow-up of advisory and sales meetings
• Supervision of the exhibition / sales area
• Advice and processing of orders
• Corporate customer care
• Fully develop furnishing solutions
• Concept development and presentation
• Quotations and contract negotiations
• Planning and organization of customer events and promotions
• Administration, bookkeeping, orders, goods control

The following development opportunities are available for interior designers:

• Courses from technical and vocational colleges, the interieursuisse association and suppliers
• Business management training at technical colleges
• Higher professional examination (HFP) as a qualified interior decorator, qualified sales manager or qualified retail manager
• Higher technical college as certified technician HF construction planning with specialization in color design in construction
• University of Applied Sciences for a Bachelor of Arts (FH) in Interior Design