Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey towards becoming a qualified beauty therapist?
Join our professional team at our state-of-the-art salon Botanica, our commercial salon, and immerse yourself in our comprehensive beauty course designed to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel in the beauty industry.
At Botanica, you’ll benefit from hands-on training in a real-world salon environment, gaining practical experience and insight from our expert team of beauty professionals.
Our tailored curriculum focuses on both technical proficiency and soft skills development, ensuring you’re well-rounded and prepared to deliver exceptional services to clients.
Here’s a snapshot of what you’ll learn in our beauty course:
Facial Skin Therapy – Dive into the art of facial skin therapy, learning advanced techniques to rejuvenate and enhance the skin’s natural beauty.
Eye Treatments – Delve into eye treatments, including lash extensions, tinting, and eyebrow shaping, to create stunning eye transformations that captivate and allure.
Waxing Techniques – Learn both warm waxing and hot waxing techniques, mastering the art of hair removal with precision and care.
Tanning – Discover the techniques behind flawless tanning, including both spray tanning and manual tanning. Learn how to prepare the skin, apply tanning products evenly, and deliver safe, natural-looking results across a variety of skin types.
Nail Art – Develop your creative flair with nail art, applying a range of techniques such as freehand painting, dotting, marbling, stamping, and embellishment. Enhance your designs using colour theory and nail trends to create eye-catching looks for every occasion.
Manicure and Pedicure – Perfect your manicure and pedicure skills, offering clients pampering treatments that leave hands and feet looking and feeling fabulous.
Gel Nail Application – Master the techniques of gel nail application, creating durable and beautiful nail enhancements that stand out.
In addition to technical training, you’ll also develop essential customer service skills, including:
Product and Service Promotion – Learn effective strategies for promoting products and services, enhancing client satisfaction and boosting salon sales.
Workplace Effectiveness – Gain insights into maximising productivity and efficiency in the workplace, ensuring smooth salon operations.
Health and Safety Protocols – Prioritise client and staff safety with comprehensive training on health and safety practices in the salon environment.
Reception Management – Acquire essential reception management skills, ensuring seamless client bookings, inquiries, and salon administration.
Effective Communication – Enhance your communication skills, building strong relationships with clients and colleagues alike.
Team Collaboration – Learn the importance of teamwork and collaboration in the beauty industry, fostering a supportive and cohesive salon environment.
You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in extra training to add to your skillset in particular areas such as Caflon Ear Piercing or lash extensions with Lash Lift and brow lamination.
There may be a small charge for this extra training.
Four GCSE grades 4-9. Plus an informal interview with a member of our teaching team.
Throughout the course, we’ll monitor your progress and provide constructive feedback to help you to improve where needed.
We’ll measure your skills and knowledge against nationally recognised standards specific to the beauty industry.
We assess you in a range of ways including practical tasks in our commercial on site salon Botanica and projects from which you’ll create a portfolio of evidence and written coursework and assignments.
All courses are delivered by highly skilled and experienced salon team who design their sessions to accomodate all different learning abilities, wherever possible.
Our network of employer partners and professional brands includes:
Working with these employers means you learn the most up to date techniques and we’re able to source brilliant work experience opportunities.
All practical sessions will be taught within our on site professional standard salon, Botanica where you’ll work as part of the professional salon team, servicing paying clients.
You’ll wear a salon uniform during the course and use a professional kit.
Check out how we are embedding sustainability throughout our hair and beauty courses:
After the course, you’ll be able to seek employment as a qualified beauty therapist, progress to an apprenticeship or continue your training on one of or Level 3 courses in beauty therapy, media make-up or nail technology.
Fast Track to an ApprenticeshipIf you’d like to do an apprenticeship but can’t find a vacancy to suit you, don’t worry.
You can start on this course and then fast-track to an apprenticeship part-way through once a vacancy becomes available and if you’re making good progress on the course.
You’ll need to buy a uniform and a professional kit.
We’ll let you know the prices during the application process and help you to source these items through our preferred suppliers, ensuring you get the best value for money.
Funding support is also available to those who meet the eligibility criteria. Ask us for more information at out enrolment events.
There may be an extra charge for any additional training you choose to do with us, for example Caflon Ear Piercing or lash extensions with LashLift.
We’ll share all prices with you before you sign up.
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:
See here for more information, pop into one of our enrolment events, call us on 0191 490 4627.
This course is free to those aged under 19 years old.
Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free or reduced price 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.
If you already have a full level 3 qualification and are aged 19 years over, you can apply for an Advanced Learning Loan or pay the fee upfront in full and qualify for a 10% discount.
You can get more information at our enrolment events, by calling 0191 490 0300 or email us at [email protected]
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.
To contact our dedicated Learning Support team email [email protected] or head to Live Chat
Knowledge
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behaviour and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioural and affective disorders.
Median Salary
£21,718
Averge Qualifications
Sales and Marketing: Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
£13,436
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
£67,398
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
£29,063
£14,175
Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Therapy and Counselling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counselling and guidance.
£21,999
Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Using mathematics to solve problems.
Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
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