Have Questions?
Here are answers to the most commonly asked questions:
How do I become a Certified Wedding Coordinator?
WPIC is the first and only in-class Wedding Coordinator's Certification Institute in Canada. The only way to become a Canadian Certified Wedding Coordinator is to take our course. The course consists of Home-study, group work, lecture and Industry-related guest speakers. Students are graded based on their participation in class, success on 3 tests and a final exam.
Where can I find employment after
Certification?
Our past students have
opened their own full and part-time businesses, or found employment with
Catering Companies, Resorts, Banquet Halls, Golf and Country Clubs and Bridal
salons. Anywhere that specializes in Weddings appreciates having a Canadian
Certified Wedding Coordinator on staff.
You can find our Alumni at:
The Four Seasons (Toronto), Fairmont
Royal York (Toronto), Fairmont MacDonald (Edmonton), Edmonton
Weddings/Event Headquarters (Edmonton) x 4, The Windsor Room (Montreal), Kingbridge Centre (GTA), HBC National Gift Registry, Several Club Links Golf
Clubs, Concordia University (Events Dept) x 3, Designing Trendz (Toronto) x 2,
Days Inn (Surrey, BC) x 2, Marriott Courtyard (Ottawa), Bellagio by Peter and
Paul's (Toronto), Catered Affare (Toronto) x 3, Princess Hotels (Dominican
Republic), The Luxury Wedding Show (Toronto), Delta City Centre (Edmonton),
Delta (Toronto) x 2, Chateau Louis (Edmonton), all the On-site Coordinators at
the Sandals Resorts in Jamaica, among many, many other places.
Will
my WPIC Certification be recognized within the Wedding Industry?
Yes, definitely. WPIC has
received a lot of Media attention and is the only legal way to get your Wedding
Coordinator's Certification in Canada. WPIC is apart of the curriculum
at George Brown College and the certifier of the on-site Wedding Coordinators at
Sandals Resorts in Jamaica. Also, the instructors are well known and
respected within the Wedding Industry. Danielle owns and Tracey manages the
largest Wedding Coordination Firm in Canada,
"The Wedding Planners".
The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada was awarded its Master License to operate from the Government of Canada and is subject to the rules and regulations of the Private Career Colleges Act of each Province.
Why is WPIC Certification
better than an 8-month Correspondence Certification?
It sounds strange but our course is much better than the "8 month"
correspondence course. We know this because that was the only option available
to Tracey and Danielle, and that is how they got their certification. The
correspondence course isn't actually 8 months, that is the maximum amount of
time you have to complete it. They send you a manual, which both Tracey and
Danielle completed in a day and then there are two projects to complete. Some
courses also send you a video tape on how to set up Head Tables.
Our course is better in that our manual is much more informative and extensive
than our counterparts, as well, you have in-class instruction on top of the
information in the manual. We lecture on topics not covered in the manual, as
well as giving you practical tools to use on-the-job. For example: we give you
key-phrases to use in your Initial Meeting with a potential client, tips on how
to deal with situations, etc. You are required to take notes and we also have a
lot of helpful handouts. So in actuality you are getting 20 hours of instruction
plus the manual, industry speakers, and unlimited access to two Professional
Wedding Coordinators, a lifetime membership to our Alumni Association of more
than 1100 Certified Wedding Coordinators, where as with the correspondence
course you only get a manual.
I have my Event and Meeting
Management Certificate, would this course be redundant for me?
No. In fact, several of the Universities and Colleges who offer Event and
Meeting Management Certification now strongly urge their students who are
interested in becoming Wedding Coordinators, to take our course. Event and
Meeting Management is very different from Wedding Coordination. One must be
versed in the differences between pricing, billing, psychology of the clients,
differing vendor relations, a different code of ethics, etc.
When is WPIC coming to my area?
WPIC comes to a city when there is enough interest to hold a class. If there is
not a date indicated under Locations, the best way
to gauge when we will be coming to your city is to email us.
