Wedding Planner and Event Management QLS Level 3

This course will allow you to study when and where you want, at your own pace. All coursework can be submitted by post or email making it simple and hassle-free. All of the materials will be delivered to you by post or online you choose. Our experienced and friendly tutors are always a click away by email, giving you a full years’ worth of support and advice to help get you through your course!

Course Content

Event Management QLS Level 3

Unit 1 The world of events

• Values of individual clients
• Event design solutions
• Research
• Selecting suppliers
• Meeting the needs of individual clients

Unit 2 Developing your events strategy

• The events compass
• Legislation and regulations
• Opportunities for funding events
• Developing a strategy

Unit 3 Managing key stakeholders

• Identifying stakeholders
• Impacts stakeholders have on an event
• Designing a stakeholder management plan
• Sources of sponsorship using The Events Compass
• Securing sponsorship for an event

Unit 4 Events and places

• Unique meanings linked to venues and locations for events
• Designing events with the uniqueness of venues and locations
• Identifying destination locations to meet clients’ needs

Unit 5 Designing and planning events

• Working with clients
• Designing a mission statement for an event
• Creating a WOW factor
• Appropriate evaluation criteria project plan

Unit 6 People and events

• Managing a potentially hostile stakeholder
• Managing a high performing events team
• Potential in events management

Unit 1 The role of the wedding planner

• Communication
• Organisation skills
• People management
• Professional image
• Contributing to outstanding service
• Competence
• Team work
• Rapport

Unit 2 The wedding planning process

• Using IT for effective planning
• Date of the wedding
• Venues
• Civil/Church ceremony
• Evening reception
• The wedding process from start to finish

Unit 3 Budgeting

• Drawing up a wedding budget with clients
• Wedding contingency budgets
• Communication between you and your client
• Altering plans

Unit 4 Overseas weddings

• The process for organising a wedding overseas
• Hotel/venue wedding co-ordinator
• Invitations and accommodation
• Legal requirements for an overseas wedding
• Potential problems

Unit 5 Different types of weddings

• Religious weddings
• Church of England weddings
• The Catholic Church
• Civil ceremonies and civil partnerships
• Wedding etiquette
• The Marriage Act 1994
• Types of locations for the wedding to be held
• Themed weddings

Unit 6 Starting a wedding planning business

• Documentation
• Data Protection Act 1988
• Accurate, legible and up to date information
• Marketing your business
• Website
• Wedding Fairs
• Financial information
• TAX/VAT