Beauty and Nails courses

Gain the skills and qualifications needed for a successful career as a Beauty Therapist.
Turn your passion for beauty into a rewarding career

Do you love self-care and getting glammed up, and do you love the idea of helping others feel their best? As a Beauty Therapist, you’ll be able to do all this and more! By enrolling in a Beauty and Nails Pre-Apprenticeship, you’ll learn all the necessary skills needed for a successful career in beauty including, but not limited to, facial skincare, massage, manicure and pedicure, client care, and health and safety. 

To help us deliver our first pre-apprenticeship courses in Beauty and Nails, we have partnered with fully accredited training provider AAXAcademy, which is based in Feltham, West London. Together, we have designed a 16-week vocational programme in which learners study toward a qualification while also completing a work placement. By the end of the programme, learners will be fully qualified to begin a career as a Beauty Therapist.

As a learner with our AAXAcademy Beauty and Nails Pre-Apprenticeship, you’ll earn one of the following qualifications over the course of 16 weeks while also completing a relevant work placement:

 

Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy

Duration:
16 weeks

Career Paths:

  • Makeup artist 

  • Massage therapist 

  • Facialist 

  • Aesthetician 

  • Freelance or mobile beauty therapist 

  • Salon or spa manager 

     

Prerequisites:

  • None

 

What you will learn:

  • Manicure

  • Pedicure

  • Facials

  • Waxing

  • Makeup

  • Lash and brow tinting

  • Brow shaping

  • Lash lifting

  • Threading

  • Client care 

  • Health and safety 

Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy

Duration:
16 weeks

Career Paths:

  • Makeup artist 

  • Massage therapist 

  • Facialist 

  • Aesthetician 

  • Freelance or mobile beauty therapist 

  • Salon or spa manager 

     

Prerequisites:

  • Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy

 

What you will learn:

  • Full body massage

  • Hot stone massage

  • Indian head massage

  • Facial and body electrics

  • Client care 

  • Health and safety 

Level 2 Certificate in Nail Technology

Duration:
16 weeks

Career Paths:

  • Nail technician 

  • Freelance or mobile beauty therapist 

  • Salon or spa manager 

Prerequisites:

  • None

 

What you will learn:

  • Manicure

  • Pedicure

  • Nail art

  • Acrylic

  • Gels

  • Client care 

  • Health and safety

 

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Pre-apprenticeships

Our Pre-apprenticeship courses are a great way for 16-24 year olds to develop first-hand experience of the workplace. You’ll also get essential work preparation training and work on your Maths and English if required.

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“I want to climb the ladder as high as possible. I want to have something in my name that people know me for. This is the first step that I need to take – it’s the qualification that will enable me to do what I want to do.” – George
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