This comprehensive introductory course will provide a roadmap to the professional organizing industry. You’ll learn what it means to be organized, explore the benefits of a POC membership, and gain insight into the qualities and skills needed to succeed as a professional organizer. By understanding the organizing process and exploring different organizing philosophies, you’ll discover if this career path is the right fit for you.
This Course Will Help You
- Define the term “organize”
- List some benefits of the POC membership
- Identify various organizing specialties
- Describe some traits of professional organizers
- Identify the steps of the organizing process
Why Choose This Course?
This course provides an introduction to the professional organizing industry and is designed to help you explore the field and build a solid foundation for further training.
This course is one of the ten required courses required to be eligible to take the Trained Professional Organizer Program exam. This course is also one of the three courses required to be listed on the Professional Organizers in Canada Directory.
What our students are saying
“After this course, I realized that professional organizing is actually a well-structured and meaningful career.”
“This course gave me a clearer picture of what being a professional organizer really means, and it definitely motivated me to keep learning.”
Course Presenter: Edith Dandenault
Edith has been a member of Professional Organizers in Canada since 2005 and a POC course facilitator since 2018. She is a certified teacher with a Bachelor of Education, and has a wealth of experience in teaching in several languages.
Edith specializes in helping clients manage transitions and understanding the psychology of parting, grief, and loss. She has been an organizer in 6 different countries, using 6 different languages around the world.
Course Format
This course is delivered online and includes a video and manual. The video is approximately one hour, which you can pause, rewind and re-watch to fully immerse yourself in the materials. The video includes 3 code words which must be submitted through the course page. Upon successful submission of your code words, your record of learning will reflect successful completion of the course. The comprehensive manual includes activities, additional materials and resources.
Course Investment & Registration
Prices do not include GST/HST.
