Beauty, Nails and Spa Therapies
Focus Awards Level 3 Diploma in Nail Technology (RQF)
Overview
Course Details:
- Total Qualification Time: 510 hours
- Guided Learning Hours: 413 hours
- Assessment: Portfolio of evidence
- Credit: 51
- Assessment: Internally assessed and externally quality assured portfolio of evidence
Who is this qualification for?
Why is this qualification the most suitable?
What does this qualification cover?
This qualification covers a wide range of essential topics, including:
- Health and Safety in the Salon
- Client Care and Communication
- Providing Manicure and Pedicure Treatments
- Applying and Maintaining Nail Enhancements
- Nail Art Techniques
- Using Electric Files
- Creating Nail Extensions The course is designed to provide both theoretical knowledge and practical skills, with assessments conducted through a portfolio of evidence, ensuring that learners can demonstrate their competence in real-world scenarios.
What could this qualification lead to?
Further Learning Opportunities:
After completing this qualification, learners may choose to further enhance their skills and knowledge by pursuing additional qualifications such as:
- Level 4 Diploma in Advanced Beauty Therapy Techniques
- Specialized courses in nail art, gel nails, or acrylic nail extensions
- Business and management courses for those interested in running their own salon or spa These further learning opportunities can help you advance your career and open up new possibilities in the beauty industry.
- Cost: £3345
- Total Qualification Time:510 hours
- Guided Learning Hours: 413 hours
- Awarding Body:VTCT
- Funding Available
VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Nail Technology
Description
The VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Nail Technology is a qualification that has been specifically designed to develop your practical skills in; how to provide manicure and pedicure treatments and how to apply and maintain nail enhancements.
To further enhance your practical skills you will have the opportunity to choose from the following practical units; the application of airbrush designs for nails, enhancing nails using electrical files, application and design of nail art, how to display retail stock to promote sales in the salon, how to promote both products and services to salon clients.
Underpinning this qualification you will develop a sound knowledge of health and safety practices in a salon environment, how to promote client care and communication in beauty-related industries and how to maintain personal health and wellbeing when working with nail technology.
You will also develop an underpinning knowledge and understanding of the practical skills learned throughout this qualification.
The purpose of this qualification is to develop your skills in beauty therapy to a high level of occupational ability, to enable you to perform your own salon services.
The legislation referred to within this qualification applies to UK learners. For learners outside of the UK, you should familiarise yourself with legislation that may apply to you.
Prerequisite
There are no formal prerequisite qualifications that you must have prior to undertaking this qualification.
- Cost: £3345.0
- Qualification Number:500/8966/3
- Duration: 3 Months
- Awarding Body:VTCT
- Funding Available
VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Make-Up Artistry
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The VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Make-up Artistry will enable you to work as a professional make-up artist.
You will gain skills and knowledge in instructing clients on make-up application, and media make-up including applying small ready-made prosthetic pieces, fashion and photographic make-up, camouflage make-up, face and body art.
You will also have the opportunity to gain skills in airbrush make-up, styling and fitting head and facial postiche (wigs and hairpieces) or Mendhi skin decoration.
The legislations referred to within this qualification apply to UK learners. For learners outside of the UK, you should familiarise yourself with legislations that may apply to you.
Prerequisite
There are no formal prerequisite qualifications that you must have prior to undertaking this qualification.
- Cost: £3345
- Qualification Number:500/9065/3
- Duration: 3 Months
- Awarding Body:VTCT
- Funding Available
Level 3 Diploma in Women's Hairdressing
Description
The VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Women’s Hairdressing is a qualification that has been specifically designed to develop your practical skills to an advanced level through a variety of techniques in the following units; the creative art of cutting women’s hair, the artistic skill of colouring, imaginative dexterity of styling and dressing hair, and how to provide effective consultation support for colleagues.
To develop your skills further you will also be given the opportunity to choose from the following practical units; the creative skill of hairdressing design or bridal hairstyling, the intricate work of making a hair piece or adding hair extensions, the technical colour correction unit, creating movement and curls through the perming techniques and how to develop your human resource management skills.
Underpinning this qualification you will develop a sound knowledge of monitoring health and safety whilst working in the hairdressing industry. You will also develop a knowledge and understanding of the practical skills learned throughout this qualification.
The purpose of this qualification is to develop your practical skills to an advanced level of occupational ability to enable you to perform your own salon services as well as support others.
Prerequisite
There are no formal prerequisite qualifications that you must have prior to undertaking this qualification.
- Cost: £3345
- Qualification Number:600/1482/9
- Duration: 3 Months
- Awarding Body:VTCT
- Funding Available
VTCT Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Barbering
Description
Who is this qualification for?
The VTCT Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Barbering is an occupational qualification that provides you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to work as an employed and/or self-employed barber able to work on hair combining a variety of different technical skills. This qualification is ideal for those who hold a hairdressing or barbering qualification and work in a commercial barbershop/salon
Why is this qualification the most suitable?
This qualification covers specific skills necessary to work as a senior hairdresser in the men’s/barber hairdressing industry. The qualification builds on existing knowledge and understanding of hairdressing and develops more detailed and enhanced technical skills necessary for employment. Your skills and techniques will be assessed in a real working environment.
What does this qualification cover?
There are four mandatory units in this qualification for you to study including:
- Provide client consultation services
- Creatively cut hair using a combination of barbering techniques
- Design and create a range of facial hair shapes
- Provide shaving services
You will then be able to select a minimum of two optional units from a range of 10 units which includes:
- provide specialist hair and scalp treatments;
- colour and lighten men’s hair;
- hair colour correction services.
The full range of units can be found within the record of the assessment book.
What could this qualification lead to?
Learners who complete this qualification are eligible to become a State Registered Barber (SRB) with The Hairdressing Council.
Career opportunities as an all hair types hairdresser exist in a variety of contexts, including
- Commercial barbershops/salons
- Independent/self-employed/mobile/home-based settings
- Product manufacturing and training
- Armed services
- HM Prison Service
- Cruise liners
- Hospitals/care homes
Further Learning Opportunities:
Whilst this qualification’s primary purpose is to prepare you for employment as a senior barber/men’s hairdresser you may choose to complement your skills base or become a specialist in a particular field of hairdressing by undertaking advanced specialist qualifications at Level 4:
- VTCT Level 4 Award in Creative Male Grooming
- VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Salon Management
- VTCT Level 4 Diploma in Salon Management
- VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Specialist Hair and Scalp Services
- VTCT Level 4 Certificate in Hair Colour Correction
- Cost: £3345
- Qualification Number:601/5888/8
- Duration: 3 Months
- Awarding Body:VTCT
- Funding Available
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