Beauty Specialist Diploma

Cost:  £835 (including deposit of £200)


Course BSS20. Sep 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th + Oct 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 25th, 26th + Dec 13th, 14th + Jan 10th, 11th

Course BSS22. Sep 22nd, 23rd, 29th, 30th + Oct 6th, 7th, 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th + Dec 15th, 16th + Jan 12th, 13th

Course BSS24. Wed & Thus evenings 6.00 - 8.30 pm - Sep 24th, 25th + Oct 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th, 30th + Nov 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th + Dec 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th + Jan 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd

Course BSN1. Nov 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th, 30th + Dec 6th, 7th + Jan 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th

Course BSN3. Nov 3rd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th + Dec 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th + Jan 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th  

Course Content
Provide facial massage and skin care
Apply and instruct on make-up
Provide lash and brow treatments
Provide wax depilation
Provide eyelash perming
Provide a manicure treatment
Apply cosmetic skin tanning
Provide a pedicure treatment
Implement good working relationships with colleagues and clients
Shaping eyebrows and tinting eyelashes and eyebrows
This qualification incorporates the Level 2 Certificate in Facial Massage and Skin Care,  Level 2 Certificate in Make-up and Manicure, Level 2 Certificate in Nail Treatments, Level 2 Certificate in Wax Depilation and Level 2 Certificate in Cosmetic Make-up plus an additional module in cosmetic skin tanning.

Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification although there is a pre-requisite for units VR2 / VR74 which make up the VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Health, Safety, Security and Employment Standards. If you have taken an IIHHT, IHBC or IIST course with VTCT (Vocational Training Charitable Trust) in the last three years then you should have covered these units. If not you will be required to cover these units by home study with the aid of course material provided by the centre.

Examination System
Continuous assessment by means of written homework, assignments and home practice. Home study and practice is over a minimum period of three months. A final assessment date is arranged after the home study period. Please note that a fee of £102.00 is payable for the VTCT assessment and verification which includes lifetime registration and Health & Safety modules. If you are already registered with VTCT  this fee may be reduced by up to £30.00.

Qualification Attained
IHBC Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Specialist Techniques.

Course Format
The course is run as either Weekends, Saturdays or Weekdays. It may be possible to ‘mix’ course dates if certain dates are inconvenient.

Further Information
Course times are from 10.30 am to about 4.30 pm depending on the group size. The group size is kept below ten for individual attention. The venue is at the Manchester School of Beauty in South Manchester.

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