Beauty & Spa Therapy Level 3
Start Date: 2nd September 2024
- Length 35 Weeks
- Study Full Time
- Location West Lancashire College
More about the course
The Level 3 course in Beauty & Spa Therapy is designed to give you all the skills required to become a professional Beauty or Spa therapist.
You will learn about working with colleagues in the beauty industry, health and safety, customer care, as well as communication and promoting products/services. As well as the course content, you will also develop your knowledge of anatomy and physiology to help with understanding as to how the body works and the effects these treatments will have on the main body systems.
Entry requirements
- Level 2 Beauty Therapy qualification
What will I achieve?
If you successfully complete this course, you will receive a Level 3 Beauty Therapy qualification
What will I learn?
- Health and safety
- Consultation and communications
- Promoting products and services
- Provide body massage
- Provide facial electric treatments
- Provide body electric treatments
- Provide body massage with pre-blended oils
- Provide hot stone massage
- Provide Indian head massage
What experience will I have?
West Lancashire College have excellent links with local beauty and spa businesses and professional product companies.
As part of your training, you will have the opportunity to visit professional spas and receive additional training from Spa Ritual and Eve Taylor. You will also be granted the opportunity to attend exhibitions in Manchester and Coventry.
How am I assessed?
- Practical treatments on other students
- Online exams
Where can I progress?
- Employment with the beauty and spa industry
- Level 4 salon management
- Advanced treatments including chemical peels, micro-needling, micro-planning and micro-pigmentation
- HND spa management
Course costs
If you are 16-18 years old, you do not have to pay course tuition fees.
If you are 19 or over, please call Learner Services to confirm the fee for this course. Course costs may be subject to change.
If you need information on any financial support that may be available to you with fees or study costs on this course, please contact Student Services who can offer advice and assistance on accessing any financial support that may be available.
Adult Funding Changes
Due to changes in Government funding from 1st August 2019, students who resident in some postcodes in Merseyside and Greater Manchester may be unable to access funding from training providers and colleges in Lancashire and may have to pay all associated course and support costs.
Please note, this does not include courses that are paid for by Advanced Learner Loans.
To check if your postcode is part of the new devolved funding legislation, please contact Course Enquiries on 01695 52300 for further advice.
Contact our team
Meet our students and tutors
Emma Forgie
Hairdressing LecturerI am a passionate, experienced educator with a wealth of knowledge and experience in industry, with Master Colour Expert status. I love being a part of students' success and creativity for the ever-growing industry, as well as helping create hairdressers of the future.
What can I do with a qualification in Hair and Beauty?
Daily tasks:
- Ensures financial accounts for the business are maintained.
- Demonstrates, advises on and sells hair and/or beauty products.
- Checks and maintains any equipment, and ensures that all safety requirements are met.
- Undertakes and/or directs hair treatments and/or beauty therapy.
- Ensures clients.
- Provides clients with information and advice on styles and treatments, and resolves any complaints or problems.
- Controls the allocation, training and remuneration of staff.
- Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.
Daily tasks:
- Demonstrates, sells and recommends hair care products to clients and advises them on hair care.
- Ensures hair products are stored and used appropriately and observes relevant health and safety factors.
- Maintains client records and keeps up-to-date with new products, styles and techniques.
- Collects payment, arranges appointments and cleans and tidies salon.
- Shaves and trims beards and moustaches.
- Combs, brushes, blow-dries or sets wet hair in rollers to style or straighten.
- Cuts and trims hair using scissors, clippers, razor and comb.
- Washes, conditions, bleaches, tints or dyes hair and provides any necessary basic scalp treatments.
- Discusses customer requirements, analyses hair condition and other relevant features to define and advise on hair style.
Daily tasks:
- Maintains client records, sells and advises on cosmetic products and services, and ensures appropriate health and safety issues are addressed.
- Advises clients on diet and exercise to assist in weight loss and slimming.
- Recognises problems and refers clients to medical practitioners if appropriate.
- Performs specialist treatments for conditions such as acne, applies skin rejuvenation therapies.
- Applies make-up to hide blemishes or enhance facial features and advises clients on skin care and make-up techniques.
- Cleans, shapes and polishes finger and toe nails, applies nail extensions.
- Uses waxing, threading, sugaring and other epilation techniques to remove any unwanted body hair.
- Massages scalp, face and other parts of the body and carries out spray tanning.
- Discusses clients requirements, analyses and advises client on appropriate skin care, and applies treatments to the face or body.
Hair and Beauty at West Lancashire College
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