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Certificate IV in Interior Decoration

MSF40122

Get ready to turn your individual style into an exciting and creative career. Equip yourself with all the skills you need to provide practical interior decorating service in this booming industry. Graduate industry-ready and fully prepared to make your mark.
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Intro to Certificate IV in Interior Decoration

Begin a Colorful and Creative Career

This nationally recognised MSF40122 Certificate IV in Interior Decoration will help you turn your individual style into an exciting and creative career. Learn the skills to establish a successful career within the industry and open up a range of diverse and colorful job outcomes.

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Job Outcomes

  • Independent/Freelance Interior Decoration Consultant (Styling Services, Colour Consultant)
  • Junior Interior Designer
  • Retail Assistant (tiling, homewares, lighting, soft furnishings, custom kitchen and bathroom fit-outs)
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Job Skills

  • Styling services
  • Interior styling
  • Exploring colours
  • Hand drawing skills
  • Illustrative work
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Course breakdown

What you’ll learn in this course

This qualification combines the technical and essential skills you need to translate your design ideas into reality. Learn creative, conceptual, and business skills while developing a portfolio of your work to present to employers.

Certificate IV in Interior Decoration

CUADES302
Explore and apply the creative design process to 2D forms
  • Source information on 2-dimensional design
  • Explore the creative design process for 2-dimensional forms
  • Communicate concepts or ideas through application of design processes to 2-dimensional forms
CUAACD313
Produce technical drawings
  • Prepare and plan for technical drawing work
  • Create technical drawings
CUADES303
Explore and apply the creative design process to 3D forms
  • Source information on 3-dimensional design
  • Explore the creative design process for 3-dimensional forms
  • Communicate concepts or ideas through application of design processes to 3-dimensional forms
MSFID4019
Research interior decoration and design influences
  • Plan research
  • Gather and analyse information on interior decoration and design influences
  • Maintain currency with design and decoration movements and styles
CUAACD311
Produce drawings to communicate ideas
  • Plan drawing work
  • Experiment to represent ideas
  • Create drawings
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When can you start? Anytime you like!

There are no start and finish dates, no semesters, so no need to wait. Just enrol and start the path to your new life whenever you’re ready!

They were really helpful in trying to get me to finish the course as personal issues delayed me in progressing. So those extentions were very much welcomed.
Sarah
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The assessment tips and especially the Webinars were extremely helpful for completing the assessments
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Fantastic! Enrolling myself in the Diploma and heading down the online path was daunting at first, especially juggling work and kids, but I was pleasantly surprised how user friendly the whole course has been. The course content is easy to follow and manage. You do need good time management and motivation to stay on track, however the student support has been fantastic.
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  • 05:00 pm - 06:30 pm

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    Study session
  • 07:30 pm - 08:30 pm

    Break
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    Study session
  • 09:30 pm - onwards

    Relax

Study for a minimum 19 hours per week to complete modules in 12 months

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    Morning routine + commute
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  • 05:00 pm - 06:30 pm

    Evening routine
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    Study session
  • 07:30 pm - 08:00 pm

    Break
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    Study session
  • 09:00 pm - onwards

    Relax

Study for a minimum 12.7 hours per week to complete modules in 18 months

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    Morning routine + commute
  • 09:00 am - 05:00 pm

    Work
  • 05:00 pm - 06:30 pm

    Evening routine
  • 06:30 pm - 07:30 pm

    Study session
  • 07:30 pm - onwards

    Relax

Study for a minimum 9.5 hours per week to complete modules in 24 months

Your course may include work placement which will be completed in addition to weekly study blocks.

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Your trainer

Zaid Kilani
Zaid started working in the Interior Design field for an elite custom furniture company, focusing on 3D modelling in furniture and interior design for both commercial and residential projects. Zaid holds a Diploma of Interior Design and Decoration, along with a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
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Zaid Kilani

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Zaid started working in the Interior Design field for an elite custom furniture company, focusing on 3D modelling in furniture and interior design for both commercial and residential projects. Zaid holds a Diploma of Interior Design and Decoration, along with a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
Zaid started working in the Interior Design field for an elite custom furniture company, focusing on 3D modelling in furniture and interior design for both commercial and residential projects. Zaid holds a Diploma of Interior Design and Decoration, along with a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.

He followed his passion for interior design and 3D modelling and now has years of experience, having worked on a variety of different interior design and furniture design projects. This experience enabled him to expand his knowledge of a variety of CAD, 3D modelling and rendering software. His passion for design drove him to start his own interior design studio. He loves to share his knowledge and spread his passion of design with students.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an Interior Decorator and Interior Designer?

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An interior designer often works as part of a team that may include architects, builders, project managers, engineering consultants, shop fitters, cabinet makers, furniture suppliers and materials suppliers. They may also be required to arrange for building structures to be modified, to purchase materials and furnishings, and to contract and supervise tradespeople on the project.

Interior decorators aren’t involved in designing the layout of the space. They may be called onto projects while they’re still under construction, but in general they come on board after the project is complete. They’re hired by homeowners or developers of multi-family residential units to create a look that will be comfortable and inviting for the home’s occupants. Decorators choose furnishings, fixtures, lighting, paint and fabric to create a cohesive scheme, while still reflecting the personality of the homeowners. To do this, decorators will meet with the homeowners to get an idea of their interests and will try to incorporate items that reflect those interests into the décor.

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