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An interior design planner with a federal certificate works as an interior design specialist in various interior design stores or carpentry and interior construction companies. The training course teaches you everything you need to know to become a senior planner in the specialist field and prepares you for the professional examination. Read our information, tips and answers to questions about this profession here.

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With the interior design planner training course, you will learn what influence the room layout, lighting and optimal design of interiors has on the feeling of living. You will learn everything you need to know about materials, home textiles, furniture, carpets, floor coverings, styles and color combinations. After completing the course, they will be able to sketch creative interior design ideas and create a concept and plan for sophisticated interiors.
 
The following topics are covered in the interior design planner training course:

  • Interior design / technical drawing
  • Lighting planning and design
  • Color design
  • Style application
  • Material science / upholstered furniture / curtain technology / floor coverings
  • Consulting technology
  • Furnishing knowledge
  • Business administration

 

Anyone in possession of a valid certificate of proficiency in one of the following professions will be admitted to the further training course in interior design: Interior decorator, home textile designer, floor layer, structural draughtsman, interior draughtsman, salesperson (furniture, carpets and floor coverings), carpenter, commercial employee (industry-related), upholsterer (industry). Alternatively, a corresponding proof of practical experience can also be provided.
 
After completing the interior design planner training, you will be able to provide customers with comprehensive advice and support - from initial contact to in-store or on-site advice on partial room design, interior design or complete home furnishings. The aim is to bring the finished design closer to the customer. In concrete terms, this means carrying out the following tasks:

  • Design, plan and organize furnishing projects of different sizes and durations
  • Informing customers about the effect of colors and shapes
  • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different materials for furniture, walls and floor coverings to customers
  • Inform customers about processing methods and problems with room layout
  • Visualize design concepts with CAD techniques or with sketches, models and collages
  • Management tasks
  • Personnel management
  • Marketing and accounting

 

Anyone who wants to work as a furnishing planner needs an interest in planning work and construction technology as well as an eye for good design and aesthetics, creative and design skills and spatial imagination. Those who also take the professional examination after completing their training will be tested on the development of a furnishing solution, professional knowledge, consulting and sales talks as well as handling situations in marketing, business organization and finance. If you pass the federal professional examination, you will receive a federal certificate in interior design.

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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

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

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 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

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.

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

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We not only impart knowledge, but also see ourselves as the intellectual, cultural and practical center of the Swiss furnishing industry. Trends and developments are an ongoing topic for us, and our training center is open to outward research and study. The Swiss College of Living & Design is a point of contact for all levels of the furnishing world throughout Switzerland.
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