Floristry qualifications and training courses

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2023

The Award, Certificate or Diploma in Floristry can help you to gain and develop the skills you need to work as a florist.
You'll learn things like plant care, flower arranging and how to create floral decorations for celebrations.

Level 3 Diploma in Floristry UCAS tariff

Grade	New Tariff points
D	72
M	48
P	24

An Award, Certificate or Diploma in Floristry is for anyone interested in working as a florist, from complete beginners to those already working as a supervisor or shop manager.

You don't need any previous experience of working in the floristry industry to start taking the Level 2 Award in Floristry.

Available to deliver in the following:

England
Wales – please check QiW website for available funding
Scotland
Northern Ireland

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form.

General Information

What Is Involved In Studying This Course?

While earning this qualification, you'll cover things like:

plant care
flower arranging
creating floral decorations
ordering and handling stock
dealing with customers.

For the Award, Certificate and Diploma in Floristry, you'll learn both in a learning environment and on work placements in the floristry industry.

For the Level 2 award, certificate and diploma, you'll be assessed with a multiple choice test and a practical demonstration or assignment.

For the Level 3 award, certificate and diploma, you'll be assessed with a practical demonstration or assignment and a written test.

Which level is right for me?

Level 2
You may have some knowledge and basic skills in the floristry industry - probably from a role where you work under supervision. You want to increase your floristry skills and take on more responsibility.

Level 3
You've worked in floristry for some time - you have plenty of experience. You want to develop your skills further, perhaps to move into a management role.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

An Award, Certificate or Diploma in Floristry could help you to get a job as:

An Assistant Florist
A Wedding Flower Arranger
A Funeral Home Flower Arranger
A Flower Shop Supervisor/Manager.

After taking these qualifications, you could go on to take a Level 4 Higher Diploma in Floristry or a Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry.

Alternatively, you could go on to take the Level 4 NVQ in Floristry Business Management.

These further qualifications could give you the skills and knowledge you need to run your own flower shop.

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

In order to deliver this course, you will need qualified internal assessors - you can train internal members of staff or recruit specially.

You will also need suitable facilities to carry out the required training to enable learners to achieve industry standards.

To find all the resource requirements, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

Anyone can start taking these qualifications, but you must make sure all your learners can access the resources they need to complete it.

Level 2

You may have some knowledge and basic skills in the floristry industry - probably from a role where you work under supervision. You want to increase your floristry skills and take on more responsibility.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

An Award, Certificate or Diploma in Floristry could help you to get a job as:

An Assistant Florist
A Wedding Flower Arranger
A Funeral Home Flower Arranger
A Flower Shop Supervisor/Manager.

After taking these qualifications, you could go on to take a Level 4 Higher Diploma in Floristry or a Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry.

Alternatively, you could go on to take the Level 4 NVQ in Floristry Business Management.

These further qualifications could give you the skills and knowledge you need to run your own flower shop.

Level 2 in Floristry (0351-02)

Last Registration Date: 31 Aug 2027

Level 2 Award in Floristry

Accreditation No: 500/6358/3 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 12 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 70 - 90 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 120 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2029 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £95.00 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 2 Certificate in Floristry

Accreditation No: 500/6359/5 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 26 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 175 - 195 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 260 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2029 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £132.90 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 2 Diploma in Floristry

Accreditation No: 500/6360/1 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 76 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 550 - 550 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 760 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2029 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £165.90 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 3

One or more pathways within this qualification has been approved by the DfE to appear in the 2016 Performance Tables. To review the qualifications approved please click here.

You've worked in floristry for some time - you have plenty of experience. You want to develop your skills further, perhaps to move into a management role.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

An Award, Certificate or Diploma in Floristry could help you to get a job as:

An Assistant Florist
A Wedding Flower Arranger
A Funeral Home Flower Arranger
A Flower Shop Supervisor/Manager.

After taking these qualifications, you could go on to take a Level 4 Higher Diploma in Floristry or a Level 5 Master Diploma in Professional Floristry.

Alternatively, you could go on to take the Level 4 NVQ in Floristry Business Management.

These further qualifications could give you the skills and knowledge you need to run your own flower shop.

Level 3 in Floristry (0351-03)

Last Registration Date: 31 Aug 2024

Level 3 Diploma in Floristry

Accreditation No: 500/6503/8 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 87 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 530 - 530 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 870 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2027 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £148.50 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 3 Award in Floristry

Accreditation No: 500/6504/X This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 12 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 83 - 83 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 120 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2027 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £115.50 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 3 Certificate in Floristry

Accreditation No: 500/6505/1 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 27 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 135 - 135 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 270 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2027 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £115.50 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Here you can find all documents related to this suite of qualifications.

By clicking on the section headings below, you can access a variety of documents such as the qualification handbooks and assessment materials, Statements of Purpose, and recognition letters from industry and employers.

Some documents may be password protected. Passwords can be retrieved by logging in to Walled Garden and visiting the Administration section of the relevant qualification catalogue page.

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form.

Floristry (0351)