Course Pre-Requisites: This course is suitable for complete beginners with no previous experience to book this course.
If you would like to start on a career as a Beaty therapist specialising in facial skincare treatments,
The VTCT Level 2 Award in Facial Massage and Skin Care is a qualification that has been specifically designed to develop your practical skills in; how to provide facial skin care. Underpinning this qualification, you will develop a sound knowledge of health and safety practices in a salon environment and how to promote client care and communications in beauty related industries. You will also develop an underpinning knowledge and understanding of the practical skills learned throughout this qualification.
You have a good command of spoken and written English to be successful within the VTCT qualification.
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.
This qualification can be completed in as little as 16 weeks, but you do have up to 12 months to fully complete the course.
Students will need access to a pc to complete coursework and online exams. Once you have completed all training and coursework, you will arrange to attend assessment days to achieve your VTCT qualification.
What this course covers
- Health, safety & hygiene
- Consultations
- Skin analysis
- Contraindications
- Cleansing, toning & exfoliation
- Facial massage techniques
- Facial skincare treatment routine
- Aftercare advice
Course structure
Much of the qualification is completed as home-study, including written and practical coursework making this an ideal route for those who wish to study flexibly around other commitments. The practical training days for this course will run from 9.30am – 4.30pm; although we ask students to arrive at 9.15am to ensure a prompt start, with a short break for lunch. You will learn the theory of the treatment firstly and spend the majority of the training days acquiring and demonstrating your practical skills. Students will need access to a pc to complete coursework and online exams. Once you have completed all training and coursework, you will arrange to attend a multiple-choice written assessment day and practical assessment days to achieve your VTCT qualification.
Whilst you are perfecting your practical skills during training, you will also be consolidating your theoretical knowledge with our comprehensive study materials, answering written questions in your electronic workbooks to submit as coursework. Our assessment process will ensure that your techniques, from hygiene requirements to attention to detail, are at a satisfactory industry level, and re-affirm the skills learnt during your practical training. This exciting course is hands-on, provides you with in-depth detail on a range of facial treatments, and it is designed to prepare you to begin your career within the industry. The qualification not only provides you with extensive career opportunities, it is also internationally recognized and demonstrates your ability to work to an industry-standard level of practice.
You are required to give and receive treatments as part of this course, so will be required to remove your make-up during the course. Students should also remove eyelash extensions before attending the course. You must not have received any cosmetic procedures such as skin fillers within the 12 weeks prior to attending the course.
All products and tools are provided for the training days here at our Academy when you attend. No kit is required to complete the training days.
On the training days, please bring your completed enrolment form and lunch—Tea & coffee are provided.
We do provide study materials to assist you in completion of your written coursework & in preparation for your
assessments. Students will require products/tools at home and to arrange models to complete their coursework/assessments.
What qualification will you receive?
When you have successfully completed your training course, you will receive your insurance backed certificate from Academy of Beauty Training together with your First Years Beauty Insurance for you to be able to work legally on paying clients. Once you have completed your units home study and assessment days you will also receive your VTCT qualification certificate (this can take up to 12 weeks to be released from the awarding body VTCT).
An advantage of completing this qualification is that it will give you the first steps to enable you to go onto further training in aesthetics including VTCT Level 3 in Electrical Facials, laser treatments etc. with some providers. You will also have advanced skills in facial massage & skincare treatments making you a valuable asset to any salon.
Students will need to have previously achieved GCSE English or equivalent to ensure you have a good command of spoken and written English to be successful within the VTCT qualification.
Follow-on Advanced Training
You may consider completing a other qualifications to further your career opportunities within a Specialised sector of the industry such as Beauty Therapy Levels 3 & Level 4 Laser & light treatments.
Please call us on 01623 409009 for course dates or email enquiries@academyofbeautytraining.co.uk
