Beauty Therapy Level 2
Start Date: 2nd September 2024
- Length 1 Year
- Study Full Time
- Location West Lancashire College
More about the course
The Level 2 diploma in Beauty Therapy is a qualification that has been specifically designed to develop your practical skills by covering mandatory units, such as facial skincare, make up, waxing, eyelash and eyebrow treatments, manicure, pedicure, customer care as well as health and safety.
The purpose of this qualification is to develop your skills in Beauty Therapy to a high level of occupational ability, to enable you to perform your own salon services.
Entry requirements
- 4 GCSEs at Grade 3-9, including English and/or Maths
What will I achieve?
If you successfully complete this course, you will receive a City & Guilds Level 2 Beauty Therapy qualification.
What will I learn?
- Facial skincare
- Waxing
- Manicure
- Pedicure
- Eye treatments
- Make up
- Tanning
Theory Units
- Health and safety
- Customer care
- Working in beauty related industries
What experience will I have?
- Spa days
- Product training with Eve Taylor, NSI, Spa Rituals, Perron Rigot waxing and Crystal Clear
- Industry engagement with Steiner, Pierre Rene and Tropics Skin Care
- Additional training with Lash FX
- Professional Beauty North Exhibition
- Beauty UK Birmingham Exhibition
- NHS staff health and wellbeing days
- Beauty therapist uniform
How will I be assessed?
- Practical observations
- Knowledge and understanding through assignments
- Complete portfolio with photographic evidence
Where can I progress?
If you successfully complete this course, you may choose to undertake further study onto the City & Guilds Level 3 diploma in Beauty Therapy
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.
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