Diploma in Beauty Specialist Techniques

About this qualification

The VTCT Skills Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Specialist Techniques is a qualification that has been specifically designed to develop your practical skills in eyelash and brow treatments, removing hair using waxing techniques, applying make-up, manicure, pedicure, and skincare.

To further enhance your practical skills you will have the opportunity to choose from optional practical units including the application of tanning techniques, instruction on make-up application, removing hair using alternatives to wax such as threading or sugaring, eyelash lifting, ear piercing, or the creative skill of nail art.

Underpinning this qualification you will develop a sound knowledge of health and safety practice in a salon environment, how to contribute to the effective running of a beauty business, how to carry out effective salon reception duties, and how to display retail stock to promote sales in the salon.

Mandatory units

• Provide facial skincare 56 GLH
• Remove hair using waxing techniques 57 GLH
• Provide eyelash and brow treatments 36 GLH
• Apply make-up 41 GLH
• Client care and communication in beauty-related industries 20 GLH
• Provide manicure treatments 48 GLH
• Provide pedicure treatments 48 GLH
• Follow health and safety practice in the salon 22 GLH
• Salon reception duties 24 GLH

Optional units

• Provide eyelash lifting 20 GLH
• Apply skin tanning techniques 30 GLH
• Instruction on make-up application 34 GLH
• Provide ear piercing 17 GLH
• Provide threading services for hair removal 29 GLH
• Remove hair using sugaring 29 GLH
• Provide nail art 24 GLH
• Display stock to promote sales in a salon 24 GLH
• Create an image based on a theme within the hair and beauty sector 60 GLH
• Contribute to the effective running of business 30 GLH

Prerequisites

There are no formal prerequisite qualifications that you must have prior to undertaking this qualification.