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The Art of Home

Staging

Outline  &  Introduction  

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Overview

Welcome to the international institute of home staging

Art of Home Staging course.

What an exciting time! You have taken the step

towards starting a new career as a home stager, by

enrolling in this course. A path that will allow you to

use your creative ability, your people skills and your

love for property to launch a fruitful and rewarding

career.

Each of these units that you will complete as part of

this course area all essential skill foundational skills

that will assist you to develop a foundational design,

home staging and property knowledge base.

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Course Aim

This course aims to develop foundational

knowledge and skills in the following areas:

1. Property buying and selling.

2. Design elements in home staging

3. Home staging skills

Lets Get

Started

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Contact and Support

Support can be obtained at any stage during

the course via email at

admin@instituteofhomestaging.com.au or

1300 769 028

Email support and turn around is within 48

working hours.

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Assessment

Assessment tasks are scattered

throughout the course with a major work

to be completed at the end of the course.

All assessment items need to be passed

to pass the course.

On submission of assessments a

confirmation email will be sent within 48

working hours of the IIHS receiving the

submission.

The next unit of work will be sent out

within 5 working days and the feedback /

results of the assessment within 2 working

weeks of the submission.

For each of the modules you will receive a

workbook. This work book is downloaded

as a PDF guide for you. Depending on the

computer technology you have available

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you can submit your work in the form that is

easiest and simplest for you. Belong are

examples of home some existing students

submit their work:

1. Print the workbooks and complete it in hard

copy, either returning it via snail mail or

sanning it.

2. Use PDF software to complete the work

within the downloaded file .

3. Request a word.doc version of the workbook

to complete.

4. BUT most students simply create a

document using, word, pages, PowerPoint or

keynote that contains their work and email it

back as a PDF to the IIHS for assessment.

Hence using the PDF workbook as a guide.

The format of your submission is up to you

and IIHS is happy to work with students in

the medium that they prefer as long as the

work is well presented and of a high

standard.

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Expected Hours

The course and each unit are self

passed and as a result the hours each

individual student dedicates each

week to its completion is individual

and unique to each students situation.

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Units of Work Module 1 How to sell a property for more

Module 2 Key mechanisms of home staging

Module 3 Design skills 1

Module 4 Design skills 2

Module 5 Home staging skills 1

Module 6 Home staging skills 2

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