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City & Guilds Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Media Make-up Artistry

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1 year

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Baltic Campus

City & Guilds Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Media Make-up Artistry

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If you'd like to be a professional make-up artist, this course will help you to build the skills and knowledge you need. You'll train as part of our professional salon team, working on paying customers in our commercial on site salon, Botanica.

You'll develop your understanding of working in film, TV and theatre, learn how to create historical looks as well as the latest trends and study body art and camouflage make-up.

By the end of the course, you'll have a look book of your work to show employers.

You'll study the following units:

  • Create historical hair and make-up looks - you'll create looks for 19 eras
  • Media make-up creative hair design
  • Fashion and photographic make-up
  • The creation and presentation of a look book and industry portfolio
  • Applying body art
  • Camouflage make-up
  • Cutting and styling techniques for performers
  • Avant-garde hair and make-up
  • Specialist bridal hair and make-up
  • Media make-up blogging

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 sector. We assess you in a range of ways including practical tasks in our commercial salon Botanica, projects from which you'll create a portfolio of evidence or look book, written coursework and assignments and one end of year exam.

The final assessment will be carried out by a representative from the awarding body.

 

All courses are delivered by highly skilled and experienced staff who design their sessions to accomodation different learning styles and abilities where possible.

All practical sessions will be taught in our onsite commercial salon Botanica which houses two hairdressing salons, a beauty suite, barbering space, nail bars and a dedicated make-up room.

You'll wear a salon uniform and use a professional artist kit.

Level 2 in Beauty Therapy, Hairdressing or Make-Up. Plus an information interview with the teaching team and a practical test.
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.

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 2246 or email us at start@gateshead.ac.uk

This course is free if you are aged 19 years and under. Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free or reduced course fees, depending on personal circumstances.

If you already have a full level 3 qualification and are aged 19 or over you can pay the fee in full upfront and receive a 10% discount. Or you can apply for an Adult Advanced Learner Loan, a low interest loan with no upfront fees that you pay back in installments once you're earning. For more information, come along to an Enrolment Event, call 0191 490 4627 or email support.funds@gateshead.ac.uk

Please note; we release the full details of our Part Time courses around April. Until then all details of this and our other Part Time courses are subject to change.

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