Event Management & Wedding Planner Course

Event Management & Wedding Planner

NCFE (Level 4 Diploma)

Our distance learning Event Management & Wedding Planning course teaches you everything you need to know to enter a successful career in event management or wedding planning. This home study course is an excellent way to gain the knowledge and skills you need to organise and oversee all kinds of large events, from weddings and parties to corporate events.

Our home study course is the ideal starting point if you’re considering beginning a potentially lucrative career in event management. As with all our distance learning courses, you can work on your event management course wherever and whenever you please, progressing through the course at your own pace and in your own time.

Love weddings? Want to run them yourself? Start a successful business? Then this is the course for you.

It covers all the basics of wedding planning and then how to move your new skills on to start your own successful business. This course is an ideal stepping stone to running your own business.

It is split into small sections to make studying both easy and convenient. Plus, don’t forget your tutor will also be available to help every step of the way.

Search over 37,000 suppliers, service providers, venues and artistes in more than 400 categories. It is the ultimate search engine for event industry professionals providing specific and comprehensive information in an easy to use format.

HOME STUDY SUPPORT 

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your course of study. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

COURSE ASSESSMENT 

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

When you have completed the programme, your tutor needs to verify that you have worked through all parts of any Workbooks, Activities and Exercises successfully.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a nationally recognised certificate will be awarded by NCFE as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

COURSE KEY TOPICS 

Unit One – Facing challenges
Unit Two – Planning Successful events
Unit Three - Understanding the corporate world
Unit Four – Working with your wedding couple
Unit Five – Defining your product

COURSE RESOURCES 

FREE EVEN MANAGERS BIBLE WITH ALL ORDERS

This is a new updated edition. It is an invaluable one-stop handbook for event organisers and anyone responsible for putting on a voluntary or public event. It covers safety requirements and complying with the legislation. Research, plan, organise, manage and deliver any event, match, show, tournament or function - be it carnival, gymkhana, fun run, pop festival, school sports day or Formula 1 car race!

Free with all orders Wedding Planning Software

The software has a main Company Database which is used to store your clients (including prospects), campaigns, suppliers and estimates and your finances. Once a client is live you can then create your client database and this can be selected when starting the program. There is no limit to the number of clients you can create.

There are many reports that you can run from the program. Each report will be previewed on the screen first and you can then decide if you want to print all pages or just a range. You can also export the information to another application, a PDF file for example which could then be e-mailed.

COURSE DURATION 

We recommended you spend approximately 100 hours of your time studying for the Event Management & Wedding Planning course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 4 NCFE Award in Event Management & Wedding Planning in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.

HOME STUDY COURSE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 

The good news is that no prior learning knowledge or experience is essential to take this course. This course is openly available to anyone wishing to learn more about Event Management & Wedding Planning and would like to take part in a highly rewarding home study course. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to expand their knowledge and study further, so we try to keep our entry requirements to a minimum.

You have the freedom to start the course at any time and continue your studies at your own pace for a period of up to 12 months from initial registration with full tutor support.

COURSE FEES 

Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore the registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Event Management & Wedding Planning home study course is £618.75 (inc VAT), though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £495 (inc VAT) which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.

You can also opt for our Easy Payment Plan and enrol online today by paying a deposit of £195 and then 4 equal payments of £105.93 per month. The first instalment is paid about a month after you receive your course.

For International Students (Plus £40 for P&P) - click here 

COURSE QUALIFICATION 

Level 4 Award in Event and Wedding – Planning and Co-ordination
This course leads to a Level 4 Award for successful learners. This means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3). In accrediting the programme at level 4, NCFE attests that its learning outcomes are at an equivalent level to a level 4 national qualification.

This course has been designed to meet specific learner requirements. Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited by NCFE.

About NCFE
More than 150 years of Vocational Awarding, NCFE can trace their record of working with colleges and other providers back to their founding organisation...

NCFE is recognised as an awarding body by the qualification regulators ('regulators') for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulators are the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator (Ofqual) in England, the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in Wales and the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland

POSSIBLE CAREER PATH 

Wedding Planner
Event Organiser

WHAT’S INCLUDED

Your course fee covers everything you will need to successfully complete the Event Management & Wedding Planner home study course and earn your award:

1. All textbooks, study folders, and/or online learning aids designed for distance learning
2. A full range of student services, including:Tutor marked assessments (TMAs)Access to the online student portal (Student Chat, Forums and Online Support Resources)NUS Extra Card (discounted membership)Comprehensive Study Guide & Study PlanGuide to Effective Study TechniquesHow to approach exams without fear
3. An accredited qualification upon successful course completion directly from the awarding body NCFE.
4. One year's educational support by e-mail, post, fax or phone
5. Free postage and packaging for UK mainland students

FURTHER COURSE INFORMATION

If your course is being delivered online, please ensure you meet the minimum requirements below.

For Windows:
Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 - Acrobat Reader 4.0 and above

For Macintosh:
Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.2 - Acrobat Reader 4.0 and above

From time to time we may enrol our students with our partner sites; this is dependent on the number of students enrolling on a particular course and course material availability. If this happens, nothing changes for you other than the name of the college administering your course. We will continue to be your point of contact; you will get the exact same course you have enrolled on with the same high level of quality content and support.

This course can be enrolled upon by students internationally. There are no deadlines for enrolments.

WHAT TO DO NOW?

Step One: It's simple - all you need to do now is choose whether you want to pay in instalments or in full and then click on the relevant enrolment button at the top of this page.

Step Two: Once you have selected your payment option to enrol you will be redirected (this can take a few seconds) to our PayPal payment page for you to select your payment method and complete your enrolment.

Step Three: Within 7 days (normally 48 hours) your enrolment papers and course materials will be with you. A tutor and a dedicated support advisor will also be allocated to you.

That's it..... Thanks and wishing you the best of luck with your studies.

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