The VRQ Level 3 Diploma in Beauty and Spa Therapy aims to provide you with a range of essential technical and practical skills and knowledge, which will equip you to seek employment or further training within the Beauty and Spa Industry. As part of your continued training, you will spend a minimum of 3 sessions a week in our well equipped beauty salons which includes one late night until 8.30pm. You will be taught by experienced vocational lecturers who have worked, or are currently working, in the Beauty Therapy Industry and they therefore have a wide and current experience of the industries needs and trends. Students are expected to dedicate time for home study to develop and deepen the core underpinning knowledge, promoting long term memory.
You will study the following content:
Working with colleagues within the beauty related industries
Monitor and maintain health and safety practice in the salon
Client care and communication in beauty related industries
Promote and sell products and services to clients
Provide body massage
Provide massage using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
Monitor and maintain spa area
Provide spa treatments
Provide facial electrotherapy treatments
Provide body electrotherapy treatments
Your initial training is carried out on peers within your group, performing and receiving beauty services before participating in a commercial salon on paying clients to create a realistic working environment. You will be expected to behave in a highly professional manner at all times, within our teaching and learning environments developing employability skills. Uniform and equipment will need to be purchased (refer to course costs). You will wear a salon uniform at all times and are required to bring all equipment with you for each salon session.
Jobs you could do
What you could study next
A Level 3 body and spa therapy qualification opens routes into further study. You could progress to a Level 4 Diploma in Aesthetic Treatments or a Foundation Degree in Beauty Therapy Management if you want to move into senior or management roles. Some graduates go on to study sports massage or complementary therapies at Level 3 or above to broaden their treatment range.
