- This is a fee-for-service course, government funding is not available. Payment plans are available
- Only Australian Citizens and Residents can apply for this course. Limited visa holders can be accepted pending a VEVO check. We are not CRICOS registered and cannot accept Subclass 500 visa holders
Course Overview
This nationally recognised SHB40121 Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy is designed to transform you into a fully qualified beauty therapist. You will learn how to perform a variety of treatments including facials, make-up, nail enhancements, lash extensions, massage, waxing, tanning lash lifting and nails.
Specialise in a range of treatments, and thrive in this booming industry!
The number of available beauty therapist roles is expected to grow strongly in the next 5 years by 12.2%.
Who's It For?
Whether you have some salon experience or you’re wanting to launch a career in beauty, this custom designed course will train you to deliver a full range of services as a professional beauty therapist.
If you are an existing worker or have experience in the related industry, please inform our enrolment consultants during your enrolment conversation. You may be eligible to enrol as an existing worker and complete your studies faster. Please note – limitations do apply.
Job Outcomes
Potential career outcomes could include:
- Beauty therapist
What You'll Learn
During this course, you’ll learn how to perform facial and body treatments, waxing, and nail services, as well as the art of make-up application, and other specialist treatments, such as eyelash extension procedures. You will also learn how to recommend skincare products and cosmetics.
Recognition
Study Method
- OnlineOnline delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
- BlendedBlended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
- In-classIn class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location
- VirtualVirtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
Duration and Study Load
- Course duration: The duration for the course is maximum 18 months. As a self-paced online course, the time it will take you to complete is flexible and dependent on ability and time available
- Recommended hours per week: 21h
Delivery
- Delivery method: Online with Work Placement
Entry Requirements
This course does not require specific formal education qualifications. However, you must be a minimum of 18 years old to enrol. At Open Colleges, we’re passionate about helping you choose courses that are a perfect fit for your individual goals and aspirations. Please note that this course is not open to student visa holders. For personalised assistance and more information, please enquire now.
Work Placement
Duration
This course contains a minimum of 350 hours of work placement.
What are the benefits?
- By undertaking a work placement you’ll get a chance to put the knowledge you’ve learned on your course into practice
- You’ll also develop practical, on-the-job skills and could make contacts that could help you find a job once you graduate
- Work placement is often the most rewarding part of a student’s course. Working face-to-face with clients and colleagues in your chosen field makes a huge difference to your career confidence
If you’d like to learn more about the work placement component of this course, get the course guide for further details.
Recognition of Prior Learning
We value the diverse skills and expertise you may have gained from various sources. These experiences can be acknowledged through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.
For a more comprehensive understanding of our RPL procedure, please refer to our Credit Transfer & Recognition of Prior Learning Policy, available in the Key Student Information section of our website. Alternatively, you can contact an Enrolment Consultant to discuss your RPL options.
Assessment
- Multiple choice quiz
- Projects
- Role plays
- Video
- Work Placement
- Written assessments
Materials
Your learning materials are access through our online platform OpenSpaceX. These learning materials include
- Learning content
- Media
- Additional resources
- Learning activities
- Self-checks
Why study this course?
- This hands-on course gets you job-ready so that when you finish your study, you can walk straight into work as a beauty therapist.
- Throughout the course, you will learn how to use social media to grow your client base.
- The course gives you the opportunity to specialise in a range of unique treatments including spray tanning, eyelash extensions, waxing, makeup, and gel and dip powder nail enhancements.
Subjects
- Establish client priorities
- Prepare for nail service
- Provide nail service
- Review service
- Clean treatment area
- Operate point-of-sale equipment
- Complete point-of-sale transactions
- Complete refund
- Remove takings from register or terminal
- Reconcile takings
- Establish client priorities
- Prepare for lash and brow service
- Chemically treat eyelashes and eyebrows
- Shape eyebrows
- Review service and provide post service advice
- Clean service area
- Establish client priorities
- Design and recommend facials
- Prepare for facial treatment
- Cleanse skin
- Provide facial massage
- Apply specialised products
- Review facial
- Provide post treatment skin care recommendations
- Clean treatment area
- Establish client priorities
- Design and recommend aromatherapy treatment
- Prepare for aromatherapy massage
- Provide massage treatment
- Review massage treatment and provide post treatment advice
- Clean treatment area
About Open Colleges
Open Colleges puts you at the centre of everything we do. As an institution, we measure our success in the success of our students.
We have more than 125 years of experience in distance education, and this has given us the time to perfect the ways we deliver education and training to people across Australia. In the last decade alone, we’ve helped more than 450,000 students reach their potential.
We understand the needs of adult learners. That’s why we created OpenSpace, our world-class online learning platform that gives you complete flexibility and control to study whenever and wherever you are. OpenSpace provides you with access to learning resources, expert trainers and assessors, a superior support network and the opportunity to connect with other learners just like you.
Our nationally recognised courses could help you launch, change or accelerate your career. Now is the time to make your next move. With Open Colleges, everything could happen.
Open Colleges Pty Ltd is a Registered Training Organization (RTO 90796)
