General Info – Short Courses
Below you will find general information about the short courses and workshops that run during business hours.
Starting Times
The short courses and workshops start at 9:00am and end at 4:00 pm.
Days of the Week
Short courses run on week days only. Please check Short Courses – Schedule at a glance for exact days.
Parking
Parking is only available for evening trainees. Parking can be found on the street alongside the building.
Security Tags
Once you have enrolled, you will receive an access tag which will allow you access to the building, eliminating having to sign in at security every morning. For this we require your ID number in order to program it to your name. Once you have completed your course with us, this access tag MUST be returned on your last evening here. If this tag is not returned, we will have to charge you a replacement fee of R75.00.
Deposit
Once you have completed the enrolment form and faxed it back to us, we will send you an invoice.
A deposit of R1000.00 needs to be paid to secure your place on the course.
Payments
The course or module that you have enrolled for needs to be paid in full before the course commences. We don’t, unfortunately, accept any cash payments at our premises. Please be advised to make payments via EFT with the following bank details:
Account Holder: Friends of Design – Academy of Digital Arts
Account Type: Cheque
Bank: Standard Bank, Adderley Street, Cape Town
Branch Code: 020 009
Account No: 070 282 692
Discounts
Group discounts are available for 3 or more people attending the same workshop.
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided for tea breaks, and a light lunch consisting of soft drinks and sandwiches will be provided during your lunch break from 12 – 1pm. Feel free to bring extra snacks if you have an appetite!
On completion of the course
You will receive a Attendance Certificate (Adobe and Apple Certified), which will state what course you have completed and the date of completion.
Certificates Policy
No certificates will be issued if you have not returned your access tag and paid for the course in full.
Your Data
Any files you produce whilst on the course will remain on our server for only one month after you have completed your course. It is your own responsibility to backup your data during the course, and also to remove any important files on completion of the course. We accept no responsibility for lost files during or after the course has been completed.
Our Staff
Our trainers have deep, wide-ranging practical expertise in their respective fields. Our trainers are highly qualified technical trainers with CTT+, Adobe or Apple accreditations.
Our Training Environment
We offer a relaxed, friendly yet professional environment in which you can meet and mingle with other like minded creative people. Lessons are instructor-led with many hands-on practical exercises. You are provided with your own Apple Mac machine, with all the relevant applications already installed, which is yours to use for the duration of the course, so there is no need to bring any personal equipment to class. We do recommend a memory stick on which to save your work files should you wish to take them home for revision or homework purposes.
Our Online Community
If you would like to keep up to date with our events, future courses and loads of daily featured sites, tutorial tips and links, then feel free to follow us on Twitter and Facebook to plug into our buzzing network of creatives.
What our students say about us
” I’d recommend Friends of Design to anyone! ” Cameron Freegard, Graphic Designer for Woolworths (July 2010 Illustrator for Fashion Designers)
