Description
The moment your flowers go above head height, you are no longer only a designer. You are responsible for what happens if something moves, slips or falls onto a room full of guests. Most florists learn this the hard way, halfway up a ladder, on the morning of a wedding, with a venue manager asking questions you cannot answer.
The Floral Installation Safety Checklist gives you a written process instead. It covers what to survey, what to weigh, what to confirm with the venue in writing, and what to check before you release a load. It is designed to be printed and completed, so you finish every job with a record of the checks you made.
What is inside
- The five rules of safe installation, including the double fixing rule
- Weight and load: why wet weight is the real weight, and a printable load sheet per piece
- A go or no-go checklist to run before you commit to any hanging design
- Rigging kit and condition checks, with the fixing cautions that protect the venue too
- Working at height: ladder and access safety, and what to confirm with the venue first
- Water and electrics checks, including candles, cables, spills and fire routes
- Venue permissions to get in writing before the day
- A printable site risk assessment and an install day sign-off sequence
- A sign-off conversation script for handing over to the venue contact
Who it is for
Florists moving into arches, hanging pieces and large scale work, planners who commission installations and need to ask the right questions, and studio owners training a team.
Anything involving structural loads, working at height rules or insurance is framed as what to check and discuss with your venue, a qualified rigger or electrician, and your own insurance broker. After you use it, you walk into a site visit with a list, leave with written permissions, and hand over an installation you can stand behind.
What’s inside
- Five rules of safe installation
- Load sheet for dry and wet weights
- Go or no-go checklist for hanging designs
- Rigging kit and condition checks
- Ladder and working at height safety
- Water, candle and electrics checks
- Venue permissions to get in writing
- Printable site risk assessment and sign-off
