The NI Traineeship provides a high-quality vocational education and training programme those who aspire to work within a specific sector.
The NI Traineeship provides a high-quality vocational education and training programme those who aspire to work within a specific sector.
Course Content
As a Trainee in Beauty & Nails you may work in a salon, a client’s premises, or in your own salon. Your day-to-day tasks may include:
Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safety
Fulfil salon reception duties
Develop and Maintain effectiveness at work
Promote additional services or products to clients
Provide facial skin care treatment
Enhance the appearance of eyebrows and eyelashes
Carry out waxing services
Provide manicure services
Provide pedicure treatments
Provide make-up services
Entry Requirements
You must:
Have a minimum of a Level 1 qualification defined as 4 GCSEs at grades D-G including Maths and English grades D-F or equivalent. However, most areas will require higher grades in Maths and English. See our Traineeship page for specific grades for each vocational area.
Attend an information session.
Careers/Progression
On completion of the Traineeship, you can progress to a Level 3 further education course or a Level 2 or 3 Apprenticeship (possibly with your work placement employer).
Over 90% of students who complete this course progress into Level 3 Beauty Therapy Massage route/Level 3 Nail Technology and specialist areas. This can lead you to Higher Education options.
About
Northern Regional College is the main provider of further education across four of the 11 council areas in Northern Ireland, covering a population of over 560,000.
We offer a comprehensive range of qualifications for school leavers, full and part-time courses for adults, apprenticeships, professional qualifications and university accredited courses as well as providing a range of business services to support the business community.
We are one College with six campuses - Ballymoney, Ballymena (Farm Lodge and Trostan Avenue), Coleraine, Magherafelt and Newtownabbey and have now embarked on an exciting £84 million investment to redevelop our Coleraine and Ballymena campus where we will move from six to four campuses by 2024.
At Northern Regional College we teach over 10,000 students - 5,500 further education, 1,000 higher education and nearly 1,000 apprentices.
Many of our lecturers continue to work as industry professionals and offer extensive knowledge and experience of their specialist area helping to equip our students with the knowledge and skills they need to prepare them for the world of work.
The College has extensive well-equipped workshops and classrooms with the latest equipment and facilities to meet industry standards.
Northern Regional College has courses across 3 academic departments - Business & Service Industries, Health,
Social Care and Access, and Advanced Technologies. We constantly review and develop our curriculum to ensure that all courses meet the needs of industry and economy demands.
No matter what subject or qualification you choose, your course will be geared towards helping you to enhance your career prospects. Search online today and find the right course for you.
With all our courses we feel it important that our students receive in-depth training, not only on their chosen subject, but with everything else that goes with it such as health & safety, anatomy and physiology.
Beauty Therapy course allows students to complete the course alongside current work and family commitments. Students will be required to attend the training centre for the practical and assessment days.
The aim of the Beauty Therapy apprenticeship is to provide learners with the skills and knowledge needed to progress into roles within the Beauty sector.
With this course it is very full on with a huge amount of content to learn. You will be expected to learn all of your theory first and pass all your modules. You will then be assessed over seperate weeks. 2 courses one week(2 days), 2 courses the next week(3 days).
This qualification will provide you with a range of technical knowledge and practical skills which will enable you to gain employment or complete further training in the Beauty Therapy industry.
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