BDS Courses in Visual Merchandising POS Design and Exhibition Design
	The display profession is a competitive one. You will be competing from the moment you start your course as a BDS student both for examination success and for opportunities to win major trophies awarded annually by the society and by industry. What is it like to work as a designer in visual promotion? You will find out, since your course of study includes a mandatory period of work experience in stores, design studios, animation studios and prop-making workshops etc. If you possess communication, creative and visual skills, are adaptable, have a flair for design and colour, then promotional design could be the right career for you. Through its approved colleges the British Display Society offers one or more of the following courses:
	FULL TIME COURSES
	ND01 National Diploma in Retail Display Design Two year, full time East Berkshire College Tel: 01753 793 000 www.eastberks.ac.uk More information ND02 National Diploma in Point of Sale Design & Merchandise Projection Two-year, full-time West Herts College Tel: 01923 812 000 www.westherts.ac.uk More information GC01 General Certificate in Display One year, full time East Berkshire College Tel: 01753 793 000 www.eastberks.ac.uk More information     CERTIFICATED SHORT COURSES - Duration 60 hours per level SC01 Visual Merchandising and Merchandise Handling Skills Level 1 & 2, 60 Hours per level East Berkshire College Tel: 01753 793 000 www.eastberks.ac.uk More information SC03 Interior Design and Styling Level 1 & 2, 60 Hours per level East Berkshire College Tel: 01753 793 000 www.eastberks.ac.uk More information For further information and enrolment details contact the college of your choice. Colleges
	SPECIAL NEEDS In its examinations, the BDS makes allowances for students with learning difficulties; e.g. Dyslexia, Epilepsy and Hearing Impairment.