Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This one-year course is designed to enhance the practical knowledge and personal skills required for a career in the Beauty & Retail Sales industry. During the year, students will have the opportunity to take further professional qualifications with QQI and ITEC. Our work experience programme offers students the opportunity to further develop their skills in selected and approved Beauty & Retail establishments. Students will gain additional experience of the Beauty & Retail industry through the running of pop-up salons within the College.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Depilation, Tanning & Lightening
Fashion, Bridal & Photographic Make-up
Airbrush Make-up
Customer Service
Eyebrow & Eyelash Treatments (including HD Brows & Mink Lashes)
Sales & Marketing Management
Work Experience
Workshops:
Nail Art
Gel Polish
Creative Hairstyling
Threading
Advanced Waxing
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
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
Career Progression
Retail Sales Consultancy in the cosmetic industry, in pharmacies, department stores, on make-up counters, health food shops, self-employment or contract work.