The following development opportunities are available for interior designers:

• Courses from technical and vocational colleges, the interieursuisse association and suppliers
• Business management training at technical colleges
• Higher professional examination (HFP) as a qualified interior decorator, qualified sales manager or qualified retail manager
• Higher technical college as certified technician HF construction planning with specialization in color design in construction
• University of Applied Sciences for a Bachelor of Arts (FH) in Interior Design

A furnishing planner performs the following tasks:

• Customer advice and customer visits
• Acquisition and follow-up of advisory and sales meetings
• Supervision of the exhibition / sales area
• Advice and processing of orders
• Corporate customer care
• Fully develop furnishing solutions
• Concept development and presentation
• Quotations and contract negotiations
• Planning and organization of customer events and promotions
• Administration, bookkeeping, orders, goods control

Continuing education, further training in interior design lasts 3 to 4 semesters and usually takes place in two-week blocks. In between, self-study and the implementation of your own projects are required. Find out about the duration of each course directly from the educational offers.

The interior design planner training program provides you with the following skills:

• in the field of spatial planning and interior design
  • Plan reading
  • Drawing
  • Sketching
  • Stylistics
  • Present
  • Lighting
• in the area of sales and consulting
  • Conducting sales talks
  • Product and brand knowledge
  • Sales psychology
• in the field of business administration
  • Business theory
  • Marketing
  • Computer science
  • National economy
  • Law

The admission requirements for the Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Interior Design are as follows:

• Completed vocational education and training (VET) as an interior decorator (formerly interior decorator), home textile designer (Federal VET Diploma), floor parquet layer (Federal VET Diploma), carpenter (Federal VET Diploma), draftsman (Federal VET Diploma) (specializing in architecture or interior design), industrial upholsterer (Federal VET Diploma), retail trade specialist (Federal VET Diploma) (furniture or carpet and floor coverings sector), commercial clerk (Federal VET Diploma) or equivalent training

and

• At least 3 years of professional experience in interior design or furniture sales

or

• other recognized qualification (at upper-secondary level) with at least 4 years of relevant professional experience

The target group for an interior design course are:

• Professionals from the furniture, interior decoration and interior design sectors who wish to acquire a higher qualification with a federal certificate
• Trained home consultants, home textile designers, interior decorators, carpenters, draughtsmen and women
• People with professional experience in furniture sales and furnishing advice

For interior design jobs, you should have the following personal qualities and skills:

• Enjoy sales and consulting
• Customer and service orientation
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Sense for shapes and colors
• Good manners and powers of observation
• planning skills
• Drawing talent
• Spatial imagination

After the interior design training, you can work in the following places:

• in interior design stores
• in furniture stores
• in the furniture import trade
• Wholesale
• in interior decoration companies
• in customer service and project management for trading companies in the furnishing and furniture industry
• as support for clients in planning and architectural offices and real estate companies
• Self-employed in the fields of interior design, planning and interior design