VTCT Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy
What is the Course About?
Department: Hair and Beauty
Faculty: Creative and Leisure Industries
This one-year course includes all the required elements to enable you to work effectively as a beauty therapist.
Training is undertaken in a modern training suite with highly qualified tutors who have many years' experience within the beauty industry, ensuring you achieve the highest level of training and maximum employment opportunities in this fast-growing industry.
What subjects/units/modules* will I study?
• Anatomy & Physiology (this is online study)
• Salon health and safety
• Manicure treatments
• Pedicure treatments
• Waxing & Threading treatments
• Facial treatments and skin type analysis
• Eyelash and eyebrow tinting and brow shaping services
• Make up application
Will I need a DBS check for this course?
No
How can I find out more about the course?
If you apply for this course, you will be invited to an Information Sharing Appointment (ISA) when you will be given more detailed information about the course and when you’ll be able to ask any questions you may have.
Will I need any specialist uniform and/or kit?
2 tunics, 1 pair of black trousers and 1 pair of low heeled black enclosed shoes.
Beauty Kit & Magnifying Head Lamp
You may find it useful once you have started the course to purchase a mobile massage couch and a professional wax starter kit for home practice outside of college.
When will I get a timetable?
Timetable will be given at beginning of the course, during your induction week. It will consist of teaching hours at UCM and work experience.
Useful links
https://qualifications.vtct.org.uk/finder/qualfinder/1Record%20of%20Assessment%20Book/AB20026.pdf
What happens once I have applied?
We will send you an email to let you know we have received your application. If you are new to the course area you have applied for, you will be invited to an Information Sharing Appointment (ISA) along with all other applicants to the course.
Please note: applicants are invited to ISAs depending on the date the application was received (there is limited capacity for each ISA so you may not be invited to the same one as other applicants who have applied for the same course). You will receive your invitation via email, to the email address you used when setting up your UCM Learner Portal.
Popular Courses
Sometimes we get a high volume of applications for particular courses. If your first choice course is popular, we’ll let you know and ask if you would like us to process your second choice course as well. This doesn’t mean you won’t be considered for your first choice it just provides you with a back-up plan.
International/UK Applicants
If you are an international/UK applicant someone from UCM will contact you remotely. It is essential that you have uploaded copies of your results/ certificates and relevant translations of grades/ certificates. Please note, if you are an international applicant and your application is received later than the end of May (i.e. three months before the start of the academic year) we will not be able to process it as the immigration processes would exceed the timescale required to start in September.
What do I need to know about Information Sharing Appointments (ISAs)?
Do I have to attend an ISA?
If you are invited to an ISA, you must attend!
What happens if I can’t attend the ISA I’m invited to?
Please let us know and we will make sure you are invited to an ISA on a different date.
What happens if I don’t attend an ISA?
If you fail to attend two ISAs without letting us know why, we will assume you don’t want us to continue with your application.
How long will the ISA take?
The ISA will start at 4:30pm and finish around 5.30pm-6.30pm (depending on the amount of applicants attending.)
(If parents/carers bring you to the ISA, they can wait in the College’s refectory; there are vending machines available.)
What can I expect at the ISA?
Group talk about the course content and structure
Dianostic assessment
1 to 1 chat with a tutor
What should I wear?
Comfortable clothes
What will I need to bring?
CV or Record of Achievement
Tutor Statement if applicable
Portfolio of Work
Who do I contact if I have mobility or additional educational needs that I would like to discuss before the ISA?
Please email applications@ucm.ac.im
What happens once I’ve attended an ISA?
We will contact you within 5 working days of the ISA to either:
• make you an unconditional offer (i.e. a definite place on the course);
• make you a conditional offer (i.e. a place on the course IF you get the results required in the summer exams);
• suggest you apply for another course because the one you have applied for is not suitable for you (if this is the case it is likely we will have discussed this with you during the ISA).
What happens if I get an unconditional offer?
You will be invited in to enrol, which is when you are given your student card. This may happen in the summer, if not you will be enrolled at the start of your course.
What happens if I get a conditional offer?
If you have applied for an FE course, you will need to upload your results to your UCM Learner Portal, once you get them (e.g. GCSE, BTEC). We will then check to see you have got what is needed for the course and, if you have, we will convert your offer to unconditional, which means you definitely have a place on the course. You will be enrolled at the start of your course (that’s when you get your student card).
If you are unlucky and don’t get what you need for the course you applied for, you will be invited in to find out what else is available to you at UCM.
What are my progression and career options?
Progression to the VTCT NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy Massage Course.
Employment opportunities include becoming a beauty therapist in commercial salons or as a mobile therapist.
How will I be assessed?
Practical assessments are carried out throughout the year in the purpose-built training salons using high quality, professional products. Underpinning knowledge is checked through oral questions, assignments and online exams. Evidence is compiled into an e-portfolio, which can be viewed and amended from any smartphone, tablet or computer.
Entry requirements
Three GCSEs, grade 3 (D) or above, including Science and English
It is essential to have:-
• a keen interest in beauty therapy
• good IT skills
• good communication skills
• a positive attitude
• a willingness to learn
• an ability to work independently and as part of a team