AMUSF Upholstery Information Session

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Materials cost:

None

Venue:

Ashbourne Adult Community Education Centre

Approximate course length:

1 hour

This course is for:

Anyone who wants to find out more about the Association of Master Upholsterers and Soft Furnishers (AMUSF) Qualifications. These qualifications are for adults who want to develop skills in upholstery. Adults who are interested in changing career or becoming self-employed.

You will learn:

Details of the Upholstery Qualification which is delivered in three stages with each stage being a qualification in its own right. Each stage has a number of projects and samples to work through. As you progress through the stages you will learn increasingly difficult upholstery techniques and skills.

Work outside of the sessions:

This is not required

Additional costs and what to prepare:

You will need a pen and paper, laptop or tablet so that you can make your own notes.

Progression from this course:

You may wish to progress to progress on to the AMUSF qualification, a leisure class in upholstery or one of our wide range of craft classes.

Discuss your next steps with your tutor or centre staff.

For further information on our courses or the additional support we offer visit: derbyshire.gov.uk/adulteducation

Course fees explained

Some of our courses are free of charge. Others have a full fee and a lower ‘concessions’ rate for those on certain benefits. This may vary from course to course so please ask when enquiring about a particular course. For many of our learning for leisure courses we use three different fee bands:

Fee A: Full fee

Fee B: Derbyshire Gold cards holders

Fee C: Concessions for those on certain benefits/allowances – details are on our Paying for your learning page.

There may be additional costs on some courses for materials please ask for details.

If selecting one of the reduced rates, you will be asked to show proof of entitlement when attending course.

Booking:

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Refunds:

If you are no longer able to attend a course, we may be able to refund the course cost up to 7 days before the course start date minus approximately 10% to cover costs incurred by us.

We reserve the right for refunds to be issued by cheque.

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