This qualification describes the skills and knowledge required to provide practical assistance and advice to customers on interior decorating in a retail environment.

Job roles/employment outcomes

The LMF31908 Certificate III in Interior Decoration (Retail Services) reflects vocational outcomes for job roles in retailers/department stores that provide products for interior decoration purposes. It involves a defined range of skilled operations, usually within a range of broader related activities involving known routines, methods and procedures, where some discretion and judgement is required in the selection of equipment, services or contingency measures and within known time constraints.

This qualification is typically used to develop skills and a breadth, depth and complexity of knowledge in the provision of product information to assist customers purchase products for use in interior decoration and would cover selecting, adapting and transferring this skill and knowledge to new environments and providing technical advice and some leadership in resolution of specific problems. Application would be across a range of roles in a variety of contexts with some complexity in the extent and choice of options available and may involve some responsibility for others. Participation in teams including group or team coordination may be required.

Pathways into the qualification

This qualification may be accessed by direct entry. Credit can be granted towards this qualification by those who have completed a relevant Furnishing Certificate I or II qualification or achieved equivalent industry experience.

Pathways from the qualification

Further training pathways from this qualification may include LMF40408 Certificate IV in Interior Decoration and relevant supervisory, management or competitive manufacturing qualifications.

Licensing considerations

There are no specific licences that relate to this qualification. However, depending on the jurisdiction, licensing or regulatory requirements may apply to the use of some units in this qualification. Local regulations should be checked for details.

Packaging Rules

To be awarded the LMF31908 Certificate III in Interior Decoration (Retail Services), competency must be achieved in thirteen (13) units of competency.

four (4) core units of competency

nine (9) elective units of competency.

Note: Where prerequisite units apply, these have been listed, and must be considered in the total number of units.

CORE UNITS

Complete all four (4) units from this list.

ELECTIVE UNITS

Select nine (9) units from Groups A and B as specified below.

Group A

Select a minimum of six (6) units from Group A

Group B

Up to three (3) relevant units may be chosen from units not already selected in Group A, or units available in this Training Package or in other endorsed Training Packages and accredited courses. Those units must be aligned at Certificate III or Certificate IV level (maximum 1 Certificate IV unit).

Units selected from other Training Packages and accredited courses via Group B must be relevant to the qualification outcome and not duplicate units available within this qualification.

If Competitive Manufacturing units are chosen (identified as MSACM in the code), these should only be selected on the basis of work requirements.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.