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Diploma of Beauty Therapy

Provided by  Open Colleges

Course Overview

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The nationally recognised Diploma of Beauty Therapy gives you the skills neccesary to run your own Salon.

Learn the full range of industry beauty techniques applicable for both clients and salons alike. These include:

  • Facials
  • Manicures
  • Pedicures
  • Waxing
  • Spa experiences such as Indian head massage
  • Microdermabrasion.

Other very useful skills include learning how to manage financial transactions, develop effective work habits, work within organisational requirements and maintaining a professional appearance and support a team.

This course also utilises a series of state-of-the-art beauty kits that cover nails, eyelash extension, waxing, tinting, facials, make-up and body treatments.

Course Quick Look

Awarded By:
Open Colleges
Qualification:
Diploma
Study Mode:
Online
Duration:
Maximum 18 months
Nationally Recognised:
YES

Subjects

Provide manicure and pedicare services

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Prepare for nail service.
  • Provide nail service.
  • Review service.
  • Clean treatment area.

Maintain Infection Control Standards

  • Comply with infection control regulations and guidelines and related legal obligations.
  • Monitor hygiene of premises.
  • Maintain infection control for skin penetration treatments.
  • Sterilise equipment and maintain steriliser.
  • Maintain awareness of clinic design for control of infection risks.

Apply safe hygiene, health and work practices

  • Protect self from infection risks.
  • Apply organisational safety procedures.
  • Use electricity safely.
  • Minimise infection risks in the salon environment.
  • Follow infection control procedures.
  • Follow procedures for emergency situations.
  • Clean salon.

Comply with organisational requirements within a personal services environment

  • Develop knowledge of employment rights and responsibilities.
  • Work within organisational requirements.
  • Support work team.
  • Maintain personal presentation.
  • Develop effective work habits.

Research and apply beauty industry information

  • Source and use information on beauty industry.
  • Source and apply information on legal and ethical issues for the beauty industry.
  • Update knowledge of beauty industry and products.

Apply eyelash extensions

  • Establish service requirements.
  • Remove damaged, sparse, or grown out eyelash extensions.
  • Apply eyelash extensions.
  • Provide post service advice.
  • Clean treatment work area.

Provide salon services to clients

  • Receive clients.
  • Provide customer service.
  • Schedule appointments for clients.
  • Respond to client complaints.
  • Respond to clients with special needs.

Conduct salon financial transactions

  • Operate point-of-sale equipment.
  • Complete point-of-sale transactions.
  • Complete refund.
  • Remove takings from register or terminal.
  • Reconcile takings.

Provide waxing services

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Prepare for waxing service.
  • Apply wax to waxing area.
  • Review waxing service and provide post service advice.
  • Clean service area.

Provide lash and brow services

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Prepare for lash and brow service.
  • Chemically treat eyelashes and eyebrows.
  • Shape eyebrows.
  • Review service and provide post service advice.
  • Clean service area.

Provide body massage

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Design and recommend massage.
  • Prepare for body massage treatment.
  • Provide body massages.
  • Review massage and provide body care advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Provide body treatments

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Design and recommend body treatment.
  • Prepare for body treatment.
  • Provide body wrap treatment.
  • Operate electrical equipment to provide body treatment.
  • Review treatment and body care advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Provide superficial lymph massage treatments

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Prepare for treatment.
  • Provide lymphatic massage.
  • Review treatment and provide post treatment advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Design and apply make-up

  • Establish make-up requirements.
  • Design make-up plan.
  • Apply make-up.
  • Apply false eyelashes.
  • Provide post service advice.
  • Clean service area.

Design and apply remedial camouflage make-up

  • Establish remedial camouflage make-up requirement.
  • Design make-up plan.
  • Apply remedial camouflage make-up.
  • Review service.
  • Clean treatment work area.

Provide facial treatments and skin care recommendations

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Design and recommend facials.
  • Prepare for facial treatment.
  • Cleanse skin.
  • Provide facial massage.
  • Apply specialised products.
  • Review facial.
  • Provide post treatment skin care recommendations.
  • Clean treatment area.

Provide female intimate waxing services

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Prepare for female intimate waxing service.
  • Apply wax to female intimate area.
  • Ensure client comfort.
  • Review waxing service and provide post service advice.
  • Clean service area.

Provide aromatherapy massage

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Design and recommend aromatherapy treatment.
  • Prepare for aromatherapy massage.
  • Provide massage treatment.
  • Review massage treatment and provide post treatment advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Prepare personalised aromatic plant oil blends for beauty treatments

  • Establish client objectives.
  • Design oil blend.
  • Set up for blending.
  • Prepare aromatic oil blends.
  • Provide treatment using aromatic plant oils.
  • Review treatment and provide post treatment advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Provide specialised facial treatments

  • Establish client prio
  • Design and recommend
  • Prepare for specialis
  • Cleanse skin using ul
  • Remove minor skin ble
  • Provide micro current
  • Complete treatment.
  • Review treatment and
  • Clean treatment area.

Provide micro-dermabrasion treatments

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Design micro-dermabrasion treatment.
  • Prepare for micro-dermabrasion treatment.
  • Perform patch test.
  • Provide micro-dermabrasion.
  • Review treatment and provide post treatment advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Use reflexology relaxation techniques in beauty treatments

  • Establish client priorities.
  • Prepare for reflexology treatment.
  • Provide reflexology treatment.
  • Review treatment and provide post treatment advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Provide Indian head massages for relaxation

  • Establish client objectives.
  • Design and recommend Indian head massage.
  • Prepare for Indian head massage treatment.
  • Provide Indian head massage treatment.
  • Review treatment and provide post treatment advice.
  • Clean treatment area.

Provide stone therapy massages

  • Prepare for stone massage therapy treatment.
  • Establish client objectives.
  • Design and recommend stone therapy massage.
  • Apply stones.
  • Apply massage.
  • Review treatment and provide post treatment advice.
  • Clean treatment work area.

Payment Options

Flexible