Floral design artists anxious to earn the floral industry's coveted Certified Floral Designer (CFD®) designation with the ultimate goal of being an American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD) accredited member are being reminded by that the deadline to submit an application for this year's evaluations is April 15. The Application to Participate was mailed out.
To be eligible to be evaluated, a design artist must first successfully complete one of five education pathways. Included in the education pathways is one that recognizes a designer's past experiences (three years or more in floral industry). Other pathways include: completion of courses that meet learning objectives as established by AIFD and offered by approved private floral design schools or state floral association certification programs, completion of a series of online and hands-on courses offered by AIFD and completion of undergraduate degree or studies in approved programs.
Once an interested floral designer has completed an education pathway, he or she may then enroll into AIFD's two-part Professional Floral Design Evaluation (PFDE) system by registering as a Candidate and completing their Application to Participate in the PFDE in Miami.
The Candidate will then receive a copy of The AIFD Guide to Floral Design: Terms, Techniques and Traditions and will be instructed to go online to take the first part of the PFDE: an online test based on educational objectives and knowledge that can be learned from the AIFD reference tool. They must successfully complete the online test with an 80% or better by May 1.
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