Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine requirements, develop the styling approach and manage the styling process through the selection, sourcing and placing of objects and accessories for visual effect. Styling may be for permanent or temporary application.
This unit applies to stylists working in residential, retail or commercial environments. They analyse and compare information from a wide range of different sources and both plan and manage the operational aspects of the styling process.
No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Confirm services with client | 1.1 Provide clear information to client about the range of services offered as an interior stylist 1.2 Negotiate and confirm in writing the styling service to be provided with client |
2. Determine project requirements | 2.1 Evaluate project specifications, parameters and constraints, and confirm with client 2.2 Select work resources based on the needs of the project 2.3 Establish communication with other people involved in the project 2.4 Develop and document project schedule identifying key steps and responsibilities |
3. Develop ideas and select preferred solutions | 3.1 Identify, research and evaluate style options against the key objectives of the brief and desired effect on end users 3.2 Accurately measure and prepare sketches and drawings of space dimensions and identify aspects of the space that impact on potential solutions 3.3 Integrate cultural and historical considerations into style considerations 3.4 Identify suppliers appropriate to client target market and confirm availability of products and materials 3.5 Present themes and concepts of the finished space to the client using support documentation suited to the scope of the project 3.6 Obtain client feedback and revise and refine ideas accordingly |
4. Specify confirmed style | 4.1 Prepare accurate plan and/or specifications, including layout, for the confirmed interior styling service 4.2 Prepare and confirm detailed quotation and timeline with client 4.3 Create schedule and plan for sourcing and obtaining products and services |
5. Style the space | 5.1 Procure items in the schedule to achieve design outcome 5.2 Create visual impact by strategically curating objects into the styled space according to layout, taking into account design elements and principles 5.3 Seek client feedback on arrangement and make adjustments accordingly without loss of design integrity |
Foundation Skills
The Foundation Skills describe those required skills (such as, language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills) that are essential to performance:
technology skills to research and present design information using digital media.
Other foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Sectors
Interior Decoration and Design