There is so much more to beauty than making someone look great. Browse our range of beauty and complementary therapies courses.
Why beauty and complementary therapies
From building someone’s confidence through a new look to helping to lower their blood pressure with a stress-reducing massage, you will be having a positive impact on people’s health and wellbeing by choosing to enter this industry.
But not only that, you will potentially be placing yourself at the heart of your community, with the power to turn someone’s bad day into a brilliant one. By choosing beauty and complementary therapies, you are choosing superpowers.
There is still a lot we don’t know about the potential healing powers provided by the beauty industry, but as more and more people look to alternative methods for managing their health, the wellness industry will continue to grow at a rapid rate.
Choose your course
Facial Massage and Skincare
- Course code: FMS2
- Level: 2
- Qualification: Award
- Awarding body: Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)
- Duration: 16 weeks
- Course type: Part-time
Junior Hair & Beauty Academy – Makeup workshop (for 14-16 year olds)
- Course code: JHBA3
- Level: E
- Qualification: Short Course
- Awarding body: City College Plymouth
- Duration: Six weeks
- Course type: Short course
Hair and Beauty Skills
- Course code: AHBS1
- Level: 1
- Qualification: Award
- Awarding body: Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)
- Duration: 10 weeks
- Course type: Part-time
Future Careers
What you could earn:
Hairdressing and Beauty Salon Managers and Proprietors
£49,535.08
Potential salary
£16,104.49
Entry level salary
£29,362.00
Average salary
2
Annual openings in Plymouth
What you could earn:
Beauticians and Related Occupations
£23,435.57
Potential salary
£7,158.24
Entry level salary
£13,336.14
Average salary
11
Annual openings in Plymouth
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