Course Overview

This practical and knowledge-based range of qualifications has been created to develop and equip existing hairdressers with advanced and creative skills, competencies, and expertise in hair services in particular; advanced hair science, consultation and profiling, creative cutting, colour correction, creative setting, dressing styling and finishing hair and creative colouring. This qualification will also enable existing hairdressers to gain confidence in practice while gathering evidence in a realistic working environment.

The Diploma and Certificate will provide learners with the knowledge and skills to carry out advanced and creative hairdressing services, enabling learners to gain the necessary skills and essential underpinning knowledge to work commercially as a Hairdresser/Senior/Creative Stylist. The Diploma will also provide opportunities for learners to develop the necessary skills and competencies to progress directly into employment or to further study.

Units

To achieve this qualification a learner must successfully complete nine units, all eight mandatory units, and at least one unit from the optional section:

Mandatory

• Advanced Hair Science
• Implement health, safety, and hygiene
• Client consultation and profiling

Optional

• Creatively cut hair
• Creatively set, dress, style, and finish hair
• Creatively colour and lighten hair
• Colour correction
• Creatively perm hair
• Smooth and strengthen hair
• Relax hair
• Hair extensions
• Braid, twist, and thread wrap hair
• Cultivate, maintain, and repair locks
• Advise on products and services
• Freelance worker
• Promotional activities

Learning Outcomes

1. Advanced hair science – learners will gain advanced knowledge on the; structure and function of the body systems and their interdependence on each other, structure and function of hair and hair growth, structure and functions of the skin and the relative and absolute contraindications and related pathologies to improve their ability to select the most appropriate products, tools, equipment, and techniques when performing advanced and creative hair services.
2. Implement health, safety, and hygiene – learners will be able to implement their advanced knowledge and understanding of health, safety, and hygiene practices through research of legislation, policies, and procedures. The learner will analyse and review policies and procedures for refinement when implementing health, safety and hygiene for the salon, self, and clients for services/treatments.
3. Client consultation and profiling – underpins all the practical technical units within this qualification. Learners will be able to conduct a concise consultation to determine the most appropriate service/treatment to meet the client’s needs and achieve the desired outcome/s.
4. Creatively cut hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a variety of creative cutting skills to create a bespoke restyled creative look to enhance personal image.
5. Creatively set, dress, style, and finish hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a variety of conventional and nonconventional styling and dressing techniques to produce innovative, fashionable, creative, and personalised looks.
6. Creatively colour and lighten hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, by combining, adapting, and personalising colouring and lightening techniques to create a variety of creative looks. Techniques include the use of weaving, slicing and block, block panel colouring and full head and regrowth application of lightener.
7. Colour correction – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a variety of techniques will include, removing artificial colour, removing bands of colour, recolouring hair and correcting highlights and lowlights colouring services.
8. Creatively perm hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a range of advanced perming techniques to create a variety of permed effects.
9. Smooth and strengthen hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial smoothing and strengthening services.
10. Relax hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial relaxing hair services.
11. Hair extensions – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial hair extension services.
12. Braid, twist, and thread wrap hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment to carry out braid, twists and thread wrapping services.
13. Cultivate, maintain, and repair locks – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment to be able to cultivate, maintain and repair locked hair using a variety of techniques.
14. Advise on products and services – learners will gain the knowledge and skills on how to promote, advise and instruct on products and services, for client loyalty and satisfaction and to contribute to business success.
15. Freelance worker – learners will gain the knowledge and skills on how to work within Government guidelines regarding; legislation, accounts, tax, and insurance responsibilities as well as managing cash flow during economic or personal changes in circumstances, when working self-employed.
16. Promotional activities – Learners will gain knowledge and skills about planning, implementing and evaluating promotional activities including presentations, exhibitions, digital technologies and social media platforms. The ability to competently present information and interact with the public whilst demonstrating skills is a particularly important aspect of this unit. Learners will need to ensure that their practices reflect up-to-date information, policies, procedures and best practice guidance.

Entry Requirements

• The qualifications are designed for learners aged 16 and above who have achieved a Level 2 qualification or apprenticeship in hairdressing or have considerable industry experience. Centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is appropriate to the ability of learners.
• The qualifications have been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.

Course Overview

This practical and knowledge-based range of qualifications has been created to develop and equip existing hairdressers with advanced and creative skills, competencies, and expertise in hair services in particular; advanced hair science, consultation and profiling, creative cutting, colour correction, creative setting, dressing styling and finishing hair and creative colouring. This qualification will also enable existing hairdressers to gain confidence in practice while gathering evidence in a realistic working environment.

The Diploma and Certificate will provide learners with the knowledge and skills to carry out advanced and creative hairdressing services, enabling learners to gain the necessary skills and essential underpinning knowledge to work commercially as a Hairdresser/Senior/Creative Stylist. The Diploma will also provide opportunities for learners to develop the necessary skills and competencies to progress directly into employment or to further study.

Units

To achieve this qualification a learner must successfully complete nine units, all eight mandatory units, and at least one unit from the optional section:

Mandatory

• Advanced Hair Science
• Implement health, safety, and hygiene
• Client consultation and profiling
• Creatively cut hair
• Creatively set, dress, style, and finish hair
• Creatively colour and lighten hair

Optional

• Colour correction
• Creatively perm hair
• Smooth and strengthen hair
• Relax hair
• Hair extensions
• Braid, twist, and thread wrap hair
• Cultivate, maintain, and repair locks
• Advise on products and services
• Freelance worker
• Promotional activities

Learning Outcomes

1. Advanced hair science – learners will gain advanced knowledge on the; structure and function of the body systems and their interdependence on each other, structure and function of hair and hair growth, structure and functions of the skin and the relative and absolute contraindications and related pathologies to improve their ability to select the most appropriate products, tools, equipment, and techniques when performing advanced and creative hair services.
2. Implement health, safety, and hygiene – learners will be able to implement their advanced knowledge and understanding of health, safety, and hygiene practices through research of legislation, policies, and procedures. The learner will analyse and review policies and procedures for refinement when implementing health, safety and hygiene for the salon, self, and clients for services/treatments.
3. Client consultation and profiling – underpins all the practical technical units within this qualification. Learners will be able to conduct a concise consultation to determine the most appropriate service/treatment to meet the client’s needs and achieve the desired outcome/s.
4. Creatively cut hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a variety of creative cutting skills to create a bespoke restyled creative look to enhance personal image.
5. Creatively set, dress, style, and finish hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a variety of conventional and nonconventional styling and dressing techniques to produce innovative, fashionable, creative, and personalised looks.
6. Creatively colour and lighten hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, by combining, adapting, and personalising colouring and lightening techniques to create a variety of creative looks. Techniques include the use of weaving, slicing and block, block panel colouring and full head and regrowth application of lightener.
7. Colour correction – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a variety of techniques will include, removing artificial colour, removing bands of colour, recolouring hair and correcting highlights and lowlights colouring services.
8. Creatively perm hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and a range of advanced perming techniques to create a variety of permed effects.
9. Smooth and strengthen hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial smoothing and strengthening services.
10. Relax hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial relaxing hair services.
11. Hair extensions – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial hair extension services.
12. Braid, twist, and thread wrap hair – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment to carry out braid, twists and thread wrapping services.
13. Cultivate, maintain, and repair locks – learners will gain advanced knowledge and creative skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment to be able to cultivate, maintain and repair locked hair using a variety of techniques.
14. Advise on products and services – learners will gain the knowledge and skills on how to promote, advise and instruct on products and services, for client loyalty and satisfaction and to contribute to business success.
15. Freelance worker – learners will gain the knowledge and skills on how to work within Government guidelines regarding; legislation, accounts, tax, and insurance responsibilities as well as managing cash flow during economic or personal changes in circumstances, when working self-employed.
16. Promotional activities – Learners will gain knowledge and skills about planning, implementing and evaluating promotional activities including presentations, exhibitions, digital technologies and social media platforms. The ability to competently present information and interact with the public whilst demonstrating skills is a particularly important aspect of this unit. Learners will need to ensure that their practices reflect up-to-date information, policies, procedures and best practice guidance.

Entry Requirements

• The qualifications are designed for learners aged 16 and above who have achieved a Level 2 qualification or apprenticeship in hairdressing or have considerable industry experience. Centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is appropriate to the ability of learners.
• The qualifications have been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.

Course Overview

This practical and knowledge-based qualification has been created to develop and equip Barbers with skills, competencies, and occupational expertise to support both the barber and the barbershop from; Infection control, health and safety and business support, to, consultation, shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp, styling and finishing services, cutting services including both traditional and modern barber haircuts, facial hair beards, and moustaches, shaving services and the underpinning hair science for barbering. This qualification has been designed to enable barbers to gain both confidence in practical skills and knowledge whilst gathering evidence in a barbering environment.

Units

Mandatory

• Hair Science for barbering
• Health, safety and infection control for barbershops
• Consultation for barbering services
• Shampoo, condition and treatment services for barbering
• Introduction to barbering on a headblock
• Traditional barber haircuts
• Modern barber haircuts
• Style and finish barbering services
• Facial hair, beards and moustaches
• Shaving services
• Barbershop business support

Learning Outcomes

1. Hair science for barbering – learners will study the structure and function of the hair, the effects of products and heat on the hair, facial hair, skin and scalp, pathologies, relative and absolute contraindications that can affect barbering services.
2. Health, safety and infection control for barbershops – learners will study how to prepare themselves, the barbershop and clients for barbering services whilst protecting all against the spread of viruses and infection. They will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding of health, safety and infection control when preparing for and providing barbering services in a real or realistic barbershop.
3. Consultation for barbering services – learners will gain the knowledge and understanding that will underpin all technical units within this qualification. Learners will develop the skills to be able to conduct a concise consultation to determine the most appropriate; products, tools, equipment, and techniques to enable them to carry out the planned service.
4. Shampoo, condition and treatment services for barbering – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to select and use service appropriate products and techniques to safely and effectively, provide shampooing, conditioning, and treatment services.
5. Introduction to barbering on a headblock – learners will gain the knowledge and skills of how to cut and finish barbering haircuts on a training head, before moving onto both traditional and modern barbering haircuts.
6. Style and finish barbering services – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial styling and finishing of barbering services.
7. Facial hair, beards and moustaches – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to select service appropriate products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial facial hair cutting services.
8. Shaving services – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to select service appropriate products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial shaving services.
9. Barbershop business support – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to provide basic business support by promoting products and services, dealing with customer enquiries, making appointments, handling payments, assisting with stock, liaising with the team, and handling paperwork and administrative tasks.

Entry Requirements

• This qualification is designed for learners aged 16 and above. Although there are no mandatory entry requirements for the BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing, centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is appropriate to the ability of learners.
• The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.

Course Overview

This practical and knowledge-based range of qualifications has been created to develop and equip hairdressers with skills, competencies, and expertise in hair services in particular; consultation, shampoo and treat, colour, and lighten, cutting, style and finish and set and dress. This qualification will also enable hairdressers to gain confidence in practice while gathering evidence in a realistic working environment.

The rationale for the Diploma and Certificates is to provide recognition for those who wish to gain the necessary skills to enter employment in the hair industry. The BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing is suitable for those progressing from Level 1 in Hairdressing as well as those new to the industry.

Units

To achieve this qualification a learner must successfully complete nine units, all eight mandatory units, and at least one unit from the optional section:

Mandatory

• Health, safety, and hygiene
• Client consultation
• Smooth and strengthen hair
• Relax hair

Learning Outcomes

1. Health, safety, and hygiene – learners will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding of health, safety and hygiene when preparing for and providing services/treatments in a real or realistic working environment.
2. Client consultation – underpins all the practical technical units within this qualification. Learners will be able to conduct a concise consultation to determine the most appropriate service/treatment to meet the client’s needs and achieve the desired outcome/s.
3. Smooth and strengthen hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial smoothing and strengthening services.
4. Relax hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial relaxing hair services.

Entry Requirements

• This qualification is designed for learners aged 16 and above. Although there are no mandatory entry requirements for the BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing, centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is appropriate to the ability of learners.
• The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.

Course Overview

This practical and knowledge-based range of qualifications has been created to develop and equip hairdressers with skills, competencies, and expertise in hair services in particular; consultation, shampoo and treat, colour, and lighten, cutting, style and finish and set and dress. This qualification will also enable hairdressers to gain confidence in practice while gathering evidence in a realistic working environment.

The rationale for the Diploma and Certificates is to provide recognition for those who wish to gain the necessary skills to enter employment in the hair industry. The BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing is suitable for those progressing from Level 1 in Hairdressing as well as those new to the industry.

Units

To achieve this qualification a learner must successfully complete all four mandatory units.

Mandatory

• Health, safety, and hygiene
• Client consultation
• Set and dress hair
• Blow-dry and finish hair

Learning Outcomes

1. Health, safety, and hygiene – learners will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding of health, safety and hygiene when preparing for and providing services/treatments in a real or realistic working environment.
2. Client consultation – underpins all the practical technical units within this qualification. Learners will be able to conduct a concise consultation to determine the most appropriate service/treatment to meet the client’s needs and achieve the desired outcome/s.
3. Blow-dry and finish hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial blow-drying and finishing services.
4. Set and dress hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial setting and dressing services.

Entry Requirements

• This qualification is designed for learners aged 16 and above. Although there are no mandatory entry requirements for the BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing, centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is appropriate to the ability of learners.
• The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.

Course Overview

This practical and knowledge-based range of qualifications has been created to develop and equip hairdressers with skills, competencies, and expertise in hair services in particular; consultation, shampoo and treat, colour, and lighten, cutting, style and finish and set and dress. This qualification will also enable hairdressers to gain confidence in practice while gathering evidence in a realistic working environment.

The rationale for the Diploma and Certificates is to provide recognition for those who wish to gain the necessary skills to enter employment in the hair industry. The BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing is suitable for those progressing from Level 1 in Hairdressing as well as those new to the industry.

Units

To achieve this qualification a learner must successfully complete all four mandatory units.

Mandatory

• Hair Science
• Health, safety, and hygiene
• Client consultation
• Colour and lighten hair

Learning Outcomes

1. Hair science – learners will know the structure and function of the hair, the effects of products on the hair and scalp, pathologies, and their relation to relative and absolute contraindications to hair services.
2. Health, safety, and hygiene – learners will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding of health, safety and hygiene when preparing for and providing services/treatments in a real or realistic working environment.
3. Client consultation – underpins all the practical technical units within this qualification. Learners will be able to conduct a concise consultation to determine the most appropriate service/treatment to meet the client’s needs and achieve the desired outcome/s.
4. Colour and lighten hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial hair colouring and lightening services.

Entry Requirements

• This qualification is designed for learners aged 16 and above. Although there are no mandatory entry requirements for the BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing, centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is appropriate to the ability of learners.
• The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.

Course Overview

This practical and knowledge-based range of qualifications has been created to develop and equip hairdressers with skills, competencies, and expertise in hair services in particular; consultation, shampoo and treat, colour, and lighten, cutting, style and finish and set and dress. This qualification will also enable hairdressers to gain confidence in practice while gathering evidence in a realistic working environment.

The rationale for the Diploma and Certificates is to provide recognition for those who wish to gain the necessary skills to enter employment in the hair industry. The BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing is suitable for those progressing from Level 1 in Hairdressing as well as those new to the industry.

Units

To achieve this qualification a learner must successfully complete all four mandatory units.

Mandatory

• Health, safety, and hygiene
• Client consultation
• Cut hair
• Blow-dry and finish hair

Learning Outcomes

1. Health, safety, and hygiene – learners will be able to apply their knowledge and understanding of health, safety and hygiene when preparing for and providing services/treatments in a real or realistic working environment.
2. Client consultation – underpins all the practical technical units within this qualification. Learners will be able to conduct a concise consultation to determine the most appropriate service/treatment to meet the client’s needs and achieve the desired outcome/s.
3. Cut hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial hair cutting services.
4. Blow-dry and finish hair – learners will gain the knowledge and skills to be able to use products, tools, equipment, and techniques to safely and effectively, provide commercial blow-drying and finishing services.

Entry Requirements

• This qualification is designed for learners aged 16 and above. Although there are no mandatory entry requirements for the BATHE Level 2 Diploma in Hairdressing, centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is appropriate to the ability of learners.
• The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.

Specifications

Qualification Overview

With the emergence of cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence, data science has become a key fourth generation profession. The Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Data Science has been developed to prepare aspiring Data Scientists, Data Analysts and Artificial Intelligence specialists to take advantage of the growing business and employment opportunities in these fields.

The Diploma is designed to enable learners to gain skills in maths, statistics and programming in R, Python and SQL. The Diploma also provides a sound basis for a progression to Masters Degrees in a number of relevant disciplines.

Units

• Exploratory Data Analysis
• Statistical Inference
• Fundamentals of Predictive Modelling Advanced Predictive Modelling
• Time Series Analysis
• Unsupervised Multivariate Methods Machine Learning

Learning Outcomes

1. Gain the mathematical and statistical knowledge and understanding required to carry out basic and advanced data analysis.
2. Develop sufficient skill in the R, Python and SQL programming languages to use them to successfully carry out data analysis to an advanced level.
3. Develop a strong understanding of data management, including evaluation, structuring and cleaning of data for analysis.
4. Become familiar with and use the tools and techniques used in data visualisation
5. Develop a comprehensive knowledge of classical data analytics, including statistical inference,
   predictive modelling, time series analysis and data reduction.
6. Become familiar with and apply common machine learning techniques to business and other problems
   in order to uncover options and solutions for them.
7. Develop an understanding of essential concepts from contemporary themes in business.
8. Understand, evaluate and apply data science and analytics within business and organisational contexts.

Entry Requirements

• A minimum of a Level 6 qualification in a related sector or;
• Bachelors degree or;
• A minimum of 3 years’ work experience which demonstrates current and relevant industry knowledge.

Specifications

Qualification Overview

The aim of the BATHE Level 3 Diploma in Data Science is to provide learners with an introduction and understanding of the field of data science.

The Level 3 Diploma provides a contemporary and holistic overview of data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, from the birth of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the late 1950s, to the dawn of the “big data” era in the early 2000s, to the current applications of AI and machine learning and the various challenges associated with them. In addition to the standard machine learning models of linear and logistic regression, decision trees and k-means clustering, the diploma introduces learners to two new exciting and emerging areas of data science: synthetic data and graph data science.

The Diploma also introduces learners to the data analytical landscape and associated analytical tools, teaching introductory Python so that Learners can analyse, explore, and visualise data, as well as implement a number of basic data science models.

Successful completion of the BATHE Level 3 Diploma in Data Science provides learners with the opportunity to progress to further study or employment.

Units

• The Field of Data Science
• Python for Data Science
• Creating and Interpreting
• Visualisations in Data Science
• Data and Descriptive Statistics in Data Science
• Fundamentals of Data Analytics
• Data Analytics with Python
• Machine Learning Methods and Models in Data Science
• The Machine Learning Process
• Linear Regression in Data Science
• Logistic Regression in Data Science
• Decision Trees in Data Science
• K-means Clustering in Data Science
• Synthetic Data for Privacy and Security in Data Science
• Graphs and Graph Data Science

Learning Outcomes

1. Gain the mathematical and statistical knowledge and understanding required to conduct basic data analysis.
2. Develop analytical and machine learning skills with Python.
3. Develop a strong understanding of data and data processes, including data cleaning, data structuring, and preparing data for analysis and visualisation.
4. Understand the data science landscape and ecosystem, including relational databases, graph databases, programming languages such as Python, visualisation tools, and other analytical tools.
5. Understand the machine learning processes, understanding which algorithms to apply to different problems, and the steps required build, test and verify a model.
6. Develop an understanding of contemporary and emerging areas of data science, and how they can be applied to modern challenges.

Entry Requirements

• Approved Centres are responsible for reviewing and making decisions as to the applicant’s ability to complete the learning programme successfully and meet the demands of the qualification. The initial assessment by the centre will need to consider the support that is readily available or can be made available to meet individual learner needs as appropriate.
• The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access. For this qualification, applicants must be aged 18 or over.
• Entry to the qualification will be through centre-led registration processes which may include interview or other appropriate processes.

Specifications

Course Overview

These practical and knowledge-based qualifications have been developed to enable Beauty Therapists to advance their occupational skills and competences through the acquisition of higher level techniques. The purpose is improved employability by increasing the range of treatments that can be provided, in particular: consultation and profiling, body massage, facial electrotherapy, body electrotherapy, epilation, lash lifting and brow lamination, advanced lash extensions and intimate waxing. The qualifications will enable beauty therapists to gain confidence in practice while gathering evidence in a realistic working environment.

The rationale for the Diploma and Certificates is to provide recognition for those who wish to gain the necessary occupational skills to gain employment within the beauty and spa industries. The Qualifi Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Beauty Therapy and associated Certificates are suitable for those progressing from a Level 2 Beauty Therapy qualification or from the Level 2 Beauty Therapist apprenticeship.

Units

To achieve this qualification a learner must successfully complete nine units, all eight mandatory units, and at least one unit from the optional section:

Mandatory

• Implement health, safety and hygiene
• Client consultation and profiling
• Intimate waxing

Learning Outcomes

1. Implement health, safety, and hygiene – learners will be able to implement their advanced knowledge and understanding of health, safety, and hygiene practices through research of legislation, policies, and procedures. The learner will analyse and review policies and procedures for refinement when implementing health, safety and hygiene for the salon, self, and clients for services/treatments.
2. Client consultation and profiling – underpins all the practical technical units within the qualification. Learners will be able to conduct a concise consultation to develop and create client lifestyle profiles from which wellbeing experiences and holistic therapy treatment plans can be produced and tailored to meet the individual needs of clients, to achieve the desired wellbeing and holistic outcome/s.
3. Intimate waxing – learners will be able to provide intimate waxing treatments using advanced waxing techniques to remove unwanted hair safely and effectively from intimate regions.

Entry Requirements

• This qualification is designed for learners aged 16 years and older who have achieved a Level 2 qualification or apprenticeship in Beauty Therapy or have equivalent qualifications and/or substantial industry experience for direct entry to Level 3. Learners undertaking the unit/Certificate in Intimate Waxing must be aged 18 years or older.
• Centres are responsible for ensuring that this qualification is suited to the ability of learners.
• The qualification has been designed to be accessible without artificial barriers that restrict access and progression. Entry to the qualification will be through centre interview and learners will be assessed on an individual basis.