Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This Beauty Therapy with Specialised Lash and Tanning Treatments course is the perfect launch pad for students wishing to embark on a career as a beauty therapist or skin care specialist with in-depth knowledge and skills in lashes and tanning treatments.
Students will learn the necessary practical and theoretical skills to provide a range of Beauty Specialist treatments including specialised lash and tanning treatments to clients. On successful completion of the course students will gain an internationally recognised ITEC Level 2 Diploma for Beauty Specialists and an award in QQI Level 5 Beauty Therapy.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
BODY MASSAGE AND FIGURE ANALYSIS
SKIN CARE, EYE TREATMENTS AND MAKE UP
MANICURE, PEDICURE AND WAXING
CUSTOMER SERVICE
WORK EXPERIENCE – DELIVER AS BLENDED LEARNING*
BEAUTY INDUSTRY ETHICS AND PRACTICE – DELIVER AS BLENDED LEARNING*
DEPILATION, TANNING AND LIGHTENING
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 5M3471 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
There has never been a better time to start to train as a beauty therapist with specialised training in lash and tanning treatments as it allows flexibility with a variety skills to continue to develop throughout your working career.
Graduates of this course have the opportunity to further their studies on the Advanced Beauty Therapy with Microdermabrasion and Laser/IPL, QQI Level 6 course, here in Cathal Brugha FET.