Kitchen Planning
- sales consultants looking for design skills to assist them to sell their products
- kitchen consultants planning residential kitchens
- product specifiers and industry sales representatives
- renovators planning their own kitchen
Using a range of predetermined cabinets, fixtures, fittings and finishes, you will gain skills and knowledge to plan a kitchen to suit the space within a home.
Delivery and Duration
Online and self paced – 12 weeks is recommended, allowing 3-4 hours per week. (Once you have commenced you have 6 months to complete the course).
Cost inc GST
$890.00
COURSE OUTLINE
- The evolution of the kitchen layout
- Influences from a global market
- Architecture and the influence on kitchens
- How to complement architectural features in homes
- How to incorporate current styles and trends into modular kitchens
- Basic colour psychology
- The impact of light and colour
- Adequately lighting a space
- Traditional, classic and contemporary colour schemes and finishes
- Eclectic styling – integrating alternate finishes in a modular system
- Identifying product and lifestyle requirements of the kitchen
- Prioritising the project goals
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Presentation skills to communicate the kitchen plan
- Materials and joining techniques
- Cabinetry terminology
- Appliances and the implication on cabinet construction
- Modular cabinets
- Site analysis including accurate measuring and reviewing existing services
- The 5 most popular kitchen shapes
- Pro forma kitchen layouts highlighting advantages and disadvantages
- Clearances and safety requirements in the planning process
- Kitchen function zones
- Space planning and ergonomics
| Learning Resources | Online and downloadable |
|---|---|
| Student Resources | Computer with Microsoft Office or equivalent |
| Trainers | Experienced and qualified designers with broad skills and knowledge in design and the home improvement sector |
| Support and advice | Phone and email throughout the course |
| Projects and feedback | Trainers will give written feedback, which may include general guidance and industry tips and tricks |
| Dates | Anytime. We will contact you within 1 business day of registration to organise access to course resources |
| Certificate of participation | Available for all students who submit a project |
