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Candle Making Business Diploma Course

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9 Modules
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What Will You Learn?

Candle making can be a fun and exciting hobby! You can create beautiful candles that make wonderful gifts, and lovely ornamental candles to decorate your own home.

If you are passionate and really enjoy making candles, you could consider pursuing this exciting hobby as a full-time career by setting up your own candle making business. If you’re dedicated to making your new business a success then this detailed candle making course will guide you on the various steps and materials involved in candle making.

Students will learn candle making basics, different kinds of wax and various types of wicks. You will learn all about the safety precautions you need to take while making candles, and will also be educated about ways to make your workplace safe.

You will learn about how to roll the candles, pour them, make your own wax sheets, make different candle shapes, experimenting with colours and information on containers and additives. Students will be guided how to safely dip the candles and will also discuss the candle burning process. You will learn about lots of other candles, such as birthday candles, hand moulded candles, beaded candles, scented candles, Danish tapers, beeswax candles, multi-wick candles, twisted tapers, themed and floating candles.

Find out how you can set up your own business with information on where to find the necessary supplies and equipment. You will learn about the different marketing techniques required for promoting your business and creating a successful business.

Course Syllabus

What will I learn on the course?

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  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Basic Methods
  • Part 2: Waxing Lyrical
  • Part 3: Beeswax
  • Part 4: Paraffin
  • Part 5: Soy Wax
  • Part 6: The Wicks
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 1 Assessment
  • Part 1: Necessary Safety Precautions
  • Part 2: Workplace Safety
  • Part 3: Dressing the Part
  • Part 4: Candle Making Equipment
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 2 Assessment
  • Part 1: Rolling a Candle
  • Part 2: Pouring Candles
  • Part 3: Making Wax Sheets
  • Part 4: Making Shapes
  • Part 5: Candle Additives
  • Part 6: Container Candles
  • Part 7: Experimenting with Colour
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 3 Assessment
  • Part 1: All Shapes and Sizes
  • Part 2: Using Moulds
  • Part 3: Automatic Wicking
  • Part 4: Two-Piece Mould Making
  • Part 5: Plaster Bandage Moulds
  • Part 6: Shapes and Colours
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 4 Assessment
  • Part 1: Dipping the Wick
  • Part 2: Different Waxes for Dipped Candles
  • Part 3: How to Dip
  • Part 4: When a Candle Burns
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 5 Assessment
  • Part 1: Types of Candles
  • Part 2: Birthday Candles
  • Part 3: Hand-Moulded Candles
  • Part 4: Danish Tapers
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 6 Assessment
  • Part 1: Stencils
  • Part 2: Candle Painting
  • Part 3: Carved Candles
  • Part 4: Novelty Candles
  • Part 5: Textured Candles
  • Part 6: Pressed Flowers and Grasses
  • Part 7: Waxing Real Flowers
  • Part 8: Centrepieces
  • Part 9: Candle Holders
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 7 Assessment
  • Part 1: Where to Work
  • Part 2: Materials and Marketing
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 8 Assessment
  • Part 1: Marketing Your Business
  • Part 2: Promotional Tools
  • Part 3: Social Media Skills
  • Summary
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 9 Assessment
Who Would Benefit from This Course?

By the time you finish this candle making course, you will have a complete comprehensive step-by-step guide showing you how to make beautiful candles and how to build a successful business following your new candle making passion.

This online Candle Making course would benefit anyone with a passion for candles and who would like to make a business out of candle making or sell your candles to business owners.

Accreditations

This course will take you up to 100 hours to complete working from home, there is no time limit to complete your 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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