Intermediate Beauty Therapy Level 2
Start Date
Tue Sep 17 2024
Day / Time
Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30-9pm
Duration
1 year
Campus
Baltic Campus
If you’re interested in starting a career in the beauty industry or you're working in a junior position and would like to add to your professional skills then this course will give you the skills, knowledge and experience you need.
The course covers a wide range of beauty skills which will help you on your way to becoming a qualified beauty therapist, all delivered in our industry standard commercial salon, Botanica. We include sessions on Contact Dermatitis to ensure your hands are kept in the best way, and a Skin Cancer Awareness course to give you confidence in discussing it with clients.
Working with a wide range of professional brands including Eve Taylor, St Tropez and Sleek Make-up, you'll gain the product knowledge and skills employers are looking for.
And you'll have the chance to develop specific skills in Lash Extensions, Caflon Ear Piercing or LashLift through our suite of addtional, optional training. (An addtional cost applies.)
You'll learn a range of beauty therapy skills, including:
- Facial Skin Therapy
- A variety of make-up techniques
- Eye treatments
- Warm waxing and Hot waxing techniques
- Manicure
- Pedicure
You will also develop your customer service skills, including;
- Promoting products and services
- Effectiveness in the workplace
- Health and safety
- Reception management
- Communication
- Working as part of a team
Days & Times
Tuesday & Wednesdays, 5.30pm to
9pm
You will be continually assessed throughout the course to check that you are developing the skills and knowledge you need to pass the course.
There will be theoretical written assignments and testing as well as practical assessments carried out in our commercial salon Botanica. You may also be asked to do work at home.
All assessments will be against the nationally recognised standards set by the awarding body, City and Guilds.
Our highly skilled and friendly teaching team will support you throughout the course.
We adapt our teaching style to suit all our students, meaning your experience is personal to you and shaped around your needs to make it as enjoyable as possible.
Our course content is heavily influenced by the beauty industry and the professional brands we work with including Eve Taylor, Dermalogica, St Tropez and Sleek Make-up.
This ensures your content is relevant and up to date and you gain the product knowledge and skills today's employers expect.
All practical sessions will take place in our industry standard commercial salon, Botanica. Equipped with the latest kit and resources, the salon is a bright and modern space, reflecting that of any high end professioanl salon that you'd find on the high street.
You will be invited to buy a uniform which must be work for all sessions on the course. We'll let you know the price of the uniform when you enrol.
Check out how we are embedding sustainability throughout our hair and beauty courses:
- We're a part of the Green Salon Collective, a company that offer Zero-to-Landfill Salon Recycling Solutions for Hairdressers.
- Our hair, foils and metal tubes are recycled.
- We use eco-heads, shower heads that reduce water use by around 70%.
- Our beauty supplier is Eve Taylor and for every product we buy, they plant a tree.
- We don’t print our learning portfolios, they’re all online.
- We use the Wella Hero platform, which helps the students gain knowledge on all aspects education in the hair industry including sustainable salon operations.
Whatever support you need, we’re here for you and will make sure you get the
most out of your time at college.
We
have expert teams in place to look after every single one of our
students.
Our
specialist teams can help with:
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Learning difficulties
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Physical and sensory disabilities
- Dyslexia,
dyspraxia, neurodiversity or other specific learning
difficulties
- Mental
health and well being
- Exam
access arrangements
- Money,
finance and bursary advice
- Careers
advice, job and university applications
See
here for more information, pop into one of our enrolment events, call us
on 0191 490 4627.
Once you complete this course, you can progress or continue in a professional role in the beauty sector.
Or you can progress onto one of our Level 3 courses in Nail Technology, Media Make-Up, Beauty or Hairdressing.
You will be invited to buy a branded professional uniform, which must be worn during all training sessions and a beauty kit. We will let you know the prices of the uniform and kit when you enrol.
There will be an additional cost of any extra triaining you choose to do such as Lash Extensions, Caflon Ear Piercing or LashLift.
"100% of our students said that the training they undertook with us has improved their job prospects." (Student survey 17/18).
Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free course fees and there are grants and bursaries you can apply for to help cover the costs of coming to college, depending on your circumstances.
For one to one advice, contact our friendly team who will assess your individual circumstances and give you the right information. You can contact them on 0191 490 2246, [email protected] or via Live Chat.
Those aged under 18 years old are not eligible to study this course as it is a part time programme.
