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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Job specifications may include: | customer brief and how it has been met location where floristry product will be used or displayed purpose of the floristry product (e.g. for a special occasion) photographs of the final design photographs of various stages of construction sketches general overview of how to construct complete instructions for construction including techniques to be used itemised lists of all components and suppliers notes on seasonal availability of flower and plant materials itemised maximum cost of all components relative costs of alternate components itemised list of individual products to be produced as part of a suite and numbers required size of each item to be constructed estimated timeframe for the construction of all components. |
Relevant personnel may include: | supervisor manager floral designer studio designer a more experienced florist owner-operator of a small floristry business production manager. |
All components may include: | flowers and plant materials construction materials ancillary items and merchandise presentation materials. |
Flower and plant materials must include: | flowers including: fresh (common, exotic and Australian wildflowers) dry and preserved artificial plant materials including: fresh (common, exotic and Australian foliage) dry and preserved artificial. |
Itemised job costing may include: | itemised lists of all components and associated individual costs of supply and sale itemised maximum numbers of flowers and other items to be used in the construction of the floristry product details of the composite product or products to be produced with cost of supply and sale. |
Ancillary items may include: | chocolates, fruit, nuts, alcohol hampers gift items of any type novelties such as balloons and toys flower preservatives and conditioning agents. |
Presentation items may include: | wrapping gift cards and message items corporate advertising of the business corporate materials provided by the customer. |
Problems may include: | lack of experience with flowers and plant materials lack of experience with the variety and size of the various products e.g. those for a special occasion constraints of a short production and delivery deadline non-availability of the flower and plant materials non-availability of ancillary, presentation and wrapping items spoilt flower and plant materials short life cycle and problems with maintaining quality during storage, production and display by the organisation or the customer working with a design that does not work in the assembly phase constraints of OHS requirements negative environmental impacts of materials chosen inability to meet the customer preference or brief. |
Spoilage of flower and plant materials may relate to: | cross contamination of diseased or pest affected flowers and plant materials with healthy plants incorrect application of humidity and temperature controls incorrect exposure to environmental heating or air conditioning incorrect application of conditioning or preservative agents or contamination with cleaning agents incorrect storage causing crushing or wilting incorrect handling and storage of fruit and vegetables. |
Prepared and conditioned flower and plant materials may have been subject to: | trimming of foliage trimming of stems trimming away buds provision of nutrients use of preservative solutions use of conditioning solutions scalding cooling bathing chemical spraying for pests and diseases use of cleaning agents dusting or wiping. |
Unsuitable materials may include: | diseased or pest affected flowers and plant materials damaged or crushed flowers and plant materials wilted flowers and plant materials flowers and plant materials with expired or near to expired use by dates that will not survive the display period. |
Equipment and other construction components may include: | cutting tools including: knives scissors rose de-thorner secateurs containers to mix cleaning and conditioning agents baskets decorative pots buckets or decorative pails containers (bowls, vases) staple gun and staples glue gun and glue binding tape heavy to fine gauge wire base medium. |
Hand tied floristry techniques must include: | bunching spiral stem straight stem. |
Fundamental hand tied floristry products must include: | bunch (spiralled and straight stemmed) posy (spiralled and straight stemmed) bouquet (spiralled and straight stemmed) single flower presentation boxed presentation. |
Elements of design must include: | texture form colour space line. |
Principles of design must include: | harmony rhythm balance dominance scale proportion contrast. |
Wired floristry techniques must include: | support wiring for flower and plant materials with a stem wiring for flower and plant materials without a stem stitching pinning pierce and twist fork or hook cross wiring peg wiring. |
Fundamental wired floristry products must include: | button hole corsage. |
Base medium construction techniques must include: | cutting and shaping base media securing. |
Fundamental floristry products with a base medium must include: | posy bowl posy box simple symmetrical line arrangement (upright). |
Base medium may include: | floral foam (for fresh flowers and plant materials) floral foam (for artificial flowers and plant materials) wreath frame (floral foam). |
Wrapping and packaging materials may include: | boxes cylinders polypropylene paper cellophane bows ribbons raffia. |