Diploma for Beauty Specialists
This Diploma builds on more basic certificate and skills, giving more depth, more treatments, more responsibility and often some choice of specialism. It aims to produce a competent beauty therapist/ specialist able to perform a wide range of treatments practically and safely, plus some client management, business and possibly leadership skills.
The main aim of UK TVET Learning College Diploma for Beauty Specialists is to enable learners to gain the necessary practical and theoretical skills in order to provide beauty specialists treatments to the general public and to gain employment in the beauty therapy industry. This qualification is suitable for learners aged 16 and is designed to provide occupational competence at this level. It also provides a sound platform into further training.
This qualification is for learners who want to work within the beauty industry. The qualification consists of 9 mandatory units with a total of 300 hours of Guided Learning (GL) to achieve the full qualification.
The main skills the learner will perform are:
• Care of the skin – to include consultation, skin analysis, cleansing, exfoliation, facial massage and the use of face masks
• Care of the eyebrows and eyelashes – to include shaping and lash and brow tinting
• Care of the hands and feet – to include nail care, exfoliation, massage and nail painting
Waxing – to include removal of hair using hot and warm wax methods
The learner will also develop knowledge about related health and safety and client care and communication which is essential to work and be successful in the beauty industry.
This qualification also provides:
• The related knowledge and understanding required to perform the beauty treatments listed above as well as understanding the structures that the learner will be working over, in particular recognition of skin types, skin and nail diseases and reasons that may affect whether a client should or should not be treated.
• Opportunities for learners to focus on the development of their wider skills in a beauty therapy setting, such as communicating with clients, working with others and problem solving
Relationship to National Occupational Standards
This qualification has mapped to National Occupational Standards where they exist and has ensured that best practice in the workplace has been reflected in the qualification. This qualification is linked to the relative job roles as well as ensuring that the qualification reflects the required level of knowledge and ability for beauty specialist.