Course level: 2
Course code: CP0054
01/09/2025
If you’re passionate about beauty, this course will equip you with the skills to become a fully qualified beauty therapist, working in salons, spas, or even on cruise ships.
You’ll learn a wide range of treatments, including facials, makeup, eye treatments, waxing, manicures, and pedicures, while gaining real experience in our industry-standard salons. Alongside technical skills, you’ll develop first-class customer service, product promotion, and health and safety knowledge, preparing you for an exciting career or progression to higher-level study.
Enrichment
To enhance your learning, you will also get chance to take part in enrichment weeks during which you will be able to learn new techniques, take part in competitions, and complete additional short courses in areas that would be useful to you in the industry, such as gel polish application, eyebrow enhancement, ear piercing or eyelash extensions.
Work Experience
You will complete 30 hours of work experience in a salon. Please note: you will be expected to arrange the work experience placement yourself.
Costs
*Financial support may be available to cover some of these costs
Entry Requirements:
To access this course you are required to:
*If you are just below a grade 4/C in English and maths, but we feel you are suitable for the course, you will be required to attend lessons in these subjects alongside your Beauty qualification – this is a mandatory part of the course. If you already hold a grade 4/C or above in English and maths, you will not need to attend maths and English lessons. However, you will be expected to complete directed study work packs during this time to ensure you meet the required study hours – this is also mandatory.
What will I learn?
During this course you will learn how to:
What skills will I gain?
By studying this course you will:
How will I be assessed?
You will be continually assessed throughout the programme in the following ways:
What can I do next?
The skills you will learn from this course will enable you to:
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