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Candle Making Business Diploma Course

Learn how to make beautiful, high-quality candles and turn your passion into a career. This candle making business course shows you how to create candles that look great, smell amazing, and stand out, whether you're making them for fun, gifts, or to start your own shop.

Course overview:

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10 Modules

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What Will You Learn?

If you’ve ever wanted to create handmade candles that look and smell amazing, this Candle Making Business Diploma Course is the perfect place to begin. You’ll learn candle making from the ground up, starting with the basics and moving into more creative techniques. You’ll explore different types of waxes, wicks, containers, and fragrances. We'll guide you on choosing the right equipment and setting up your workspace, along with useful health and safety tips to keep everything running smoothly.

Get Creative with Candle Making Techniques

This online candle making course walks you through how to pour, roll, and mould candles, while also showing you how to add your own special touches. You’ll learn how to decorate your creations with elements like dried flowers, crystals, and gold leaf, and how to experiment with colour and scent to make candles that are personal to you.

You’ll discover how shape, texture, and presentation can enhance the overall appeal of your candles, whether you’re making them as gifts, for personal use, or to sell.

Turn Your Passion into a Candle Making Business

If you're ready to take things further, the Candle Making Diploma Course will help you turn your skills into a real business. You’ll learn how to:

Brand and package your candles professionally
Price your products for profit and customer appeal
Create candles that stand out in a competitive market
Sell through multiple channels, including retail, wholesale, and online platforms like Etsy

You’ll also explore marketing strategies for your business, including:

Using social media marketing to grow your presence
Connecting with customers and building brand awareness
Showcasing a brand that reflects your values and creativity

Real-World Skills and Support

As you perfect your candle making skills, you'll build confidence in understanding your audience and running a creative business. With expert tips and step-by-step support, the course shows you how to develop your own style and create something people genuinely want to buy.

By the end of the Candle Making Business Diploma, you’ll have the tools to turn your hobby into a career and grow your own successful candle making business.

If you're passionate about candles and ready to take a creative and entrepreneurial journey, this Candle Making Course is for you.

You may have candle making skills but need help setting up and marketing your business. Or perhaps you're an artisan or gift shop owner wishing to expand your product offering.

Whether you're a creative soul or business-minded, this course is your gateway to success in the candle making industry.

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Introduction to Candle Making
Part 3: History of Candle Making
Part 4: Different Types of Wax
Part 5: Candle Wicks and Containers
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1: Assessment

Part 1: Introduction to Health and Safety
Part 2: Equipment and Tools
Part 3: Product Safety Information
Part 4: Preparing your Work Area
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2: Assessment

Part 1: Different Fragrances
Part 2: Experimenting with Colour
Part 3: Adding Extras
Part 4: Different Styles and Designs
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3: Assessment

Part 1: Getting Started with Candle Making
Part 2: Choosing the Wax and Fragrance
Part 3: Tools and Equipment
Part 4: Making a Basic Poured Candle
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4: Assessment

Part 1: Introduction to Rolled Candles
Part 2: History of Rolled Candles
Part 3: Making Wax Sheets
Part 4: Making a Rolled Candle
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment

Part 1: Introduction to Moulded Candles
Part 2: Different Types of Moulds
Part 3: Using Moulds
Part 4: Making a Moulded Candle
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6: Assessment

Part 1: Blending Colours and Textures
Part 2: Using Dried Flowers and Herbs
Part 3: Using Crystals and Gold Leaf
Part 4: Other Decorations
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7: Assessment

Part 1: Labelling Candles
Part 2: Health and Safety Precautions
Part 3: Building a Brand
Part 4: Marketing on Social Media
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8: Assessment

Part 1: Selling on Marketplaces
Part 2: Selling in Retail Shops
Part 3: Creating a Candle Website
Part 4: In-Person Events and Fairs
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9: Assessment

Part 1: Different Types of Jars
Part 2: Candle Boxes and Stickers
Part 3: Packaging Extras
Part 4: Posting Candles
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 10: Assessment

The Candle Making Business Diploma Course will take up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course; it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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