Overview Structure Documents Approved Centres

Qualification Information

VTCT Product Code: AB10242 GLH: 208 Age Restriction: 14
Qualification Number: 600/1655/3 Units: 8 - 12
Level: 1 Minimum Credits: 23

Additional Information

The VTCT Level 1 Certificate in Beauty Therapy will equip you with the skills and knowledge required to provide basic facial skincare and make-up treatments for clients, as well as basic manicure and pedicure treatments for the hands and feet.

You will gain an insight into working with others in the hair and beauty sector, and knowledge of health, safety and hygiene requirements.

You will also have the oppportunity to choose to learn about the creative and specialist aspects of beauty therapy such as nail art, face painting and photographic make-up.



Qualification Structure

Mandatory - from this group you'll need to cover a minimum of 7 components and earn a minimum of 20 credits.

Unit Code Unit Ref Unit Title Level Credits GLH
UV10343 R/502/3981 Introduction to the hair and beauty sector 1 3 25
UV10416 R/601/3557 Providing basic manicure treatment 1 3 30
UV10417 L/601/3556 Providing basic pedicure treatment 1 3 30
UV10477 A/600/6327 Follow health and safety in the salon 1 3 22
UV10478 H/600/6323 Working with others in the hair and beauty sector 1 2 19
UV30335 Y/502/3464 Skin care Entry 3 3 30
UV30339 J/502/3797 Basic make-up application 1 3 30



Optional - from this group you'll need to cover a minimum of 1 components and earn a minimum of 3 credits.

Unit Code Unit Ref Unit Title Level Credits GLH
UV10344 Y/502/3982 Presenting a professional image in a salon 1 3 25
UV10346 L/502/3980 The art of photographic make-up 2 5 30
UV10481 R/600/6334 Salon reception duties 1 3 22
UV30333 K/502/3470 Nail art application 1 3 30
UV30340 L/502/3803 Themed face painting 1 3 30



*For full details of the Rules of Combination for this qualification please see the Qualification Specification/Record of Assessment book.

Documents


*To find specifications for individual units, click on the "Structure" tab of your chosen qualification, select the unit code in the left hand column and on the new page click on the "Download unit book" tab under the unit title.

Centres approved to run this qualification

VTCT accredits centres to offer our qualifications, but cannot advise which centres are running particular courses at any time. Please contact the centre directly to find out if they currently offering your chosen qualification.

NB: The location displayed for each centre is based upon the centre's main address. The location displayed is not necessarily the only location that the centre can deliver VTCT qualifications from. For further information on a centre's delivery capabilities please select the centre's website address.

Centre Name Telephone Website Location
Active Support (Luton) 01582 256040 Visit website Bedfordshire - Luton
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College - Filton Campus 0117 909 2357 Visit website Bristol, City of
Sir William Ramsay School 01494 815211 Visit website Buckinghamshire
Cromwell Community College 01354 692193 Visit website Cambridgeshire
Ely College 01353 667763 Visit website Cambridgeshire
Truro College 01872 267000 Visit website Cornwall
Angelique Beauty & Holistic Academy 01229 821411 Visit website Cumbria
Carlisle College 01228 822700 Visit website Cumbria
Life Skills Centres Ltd 01246 275366 Visit website Derbyshire
Petroc - Barnstaple Campus 01271 338157 Visit website Devon
Weymouth College 01305 761100 Visit website Dorset
Hartlepool College of Further Education 01429 295111 Visit website Durham - Hartlepool
Total Hair and Beauty Training Academy 07455 866886 Visit website Durham - Stockton-on-Tees
East Sussex College - Eastbourne 0303 003 9300 Visit website East Sussex
King's Academy Ringmer 01273 812220 Visit website East Sussex
Greater Brighton Metropolitan College 01273 667788 Visit website East Sussex - Brighton and Hove
Harlow College 01279 868000 Visit website Essex
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education - Basildon Campus 0845 521 2345 Visit website Essex
UK Learning Station 07957 425773 Visit website Essex
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education - Thurrock Campus 0845 521 2345 Visit website Essex - Thurrock
Yate Academy 01454 862624 Visit website Gloucestershire - South Gloucestershire
The Manchester College - Harpurhey Campus 0161 909 6655 Visit website Greater Manchester - Manchester
Wigan and Leigh College 01942 761600 Visit website Greater Manchester - Wigan
AHEd - Peter Symonds College 01962 886166 Visit website Hampshire
Basingstoke College of Technology 01256 354141 Visit website Hampshire
The Arnewood School 01425 625400 Visit website Hampshire
Highbury College 023 9238 3131 Visit website Hampshire - Portsmouth
Oaklands College 01727 737000 Visit website Hertfordshire
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre 01580 764222 Visit website Kent
Trinity College 01634812233 Visit website Kent - Medway
Preston's College 01772 225001 Visit website Lancashire
New College Stamford 01780 484300 Visit website Lincolnshire
College of North West London 0208 208 5879 Visit website London - Brent
Y.O.U.R Beauty School 0208 698 0345 (opt. 1) Visit website London - Lewisham
Waltham Forest Adult Learning Service 020 8496 2974 Visit website London - Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest College 020 8501 8120 Visit website London - Waltham Forest
Blackburne House 0151 709 4356 Visit website Merseyside - Liverpool
St Helens College - Town Centre Campus 01744 733766 Visit website Merseyside - St. Helens
The College of West Anglia - King's Lynn Campus 01553 761144 Visit website Norfolk
Harrogate College 01423 879466 Visit website North Yorkshire
The Powder Rooms Beauty Academy 07799730354 Visit website North Yorkshire - Middlesbrough
QDOS - Diva 07432538397 Visit website Nottinghamshire
Abingdon and Witney College - Abingdon Campus 01235 216415 Visit website Oxfordshire
SBC Training 01743 718586 Visit website Shropshire
Lowestoft College 01502 525005 Visit website Suffolk
West Suffolk College 01284 701301 Visit website Suffolk
East Surrey College 01737 772611 Visit website Surrey
Hinchleywood School 01932 267186 Visit website Surrey
Barnardo’s Employment and Training Skills North 0191 2963367 Visit website Tyne And Wear - North Tyneside
University College Birmingham 0121 604 1000 Visit website West Midlands - Birmingham
Dudley College of Technology 01384 363000 Visit website West Midlands - Dudley
Solihull College 0121 678 7000 Visit website West Midlands - Solihull
Community Footprints Service 01922 325410 Visit website West Midlands - Walsall
Pathway Walsall Academy 01922 870050 Visit website West Midlands - Walsall
Kirklees College - Huddersfield Centre 01484 437000 Visit website West Yorkshire - Kirklees
The White Rose School of Health and Beauty 01484 510625 Visit website West Yorkshire - Kirklees
Olive Training 01985 840093 Visit website Wiltshire
New College Swindon 01793 611470 Visit website Wiltshire - Swindon
Fairfield Neighbourhood Learning Centre 01905 758420 Visit website Worcestershire
ISAS International Beauty School +91 7507985007 Visit website India
Centre De Formation Aroma +230 57357 972 Visit website Mauritius
Decorum Aesthetics NI 028 9122 6426 Visit website Ards and North Down
Academy Hair and Beauty Training School - Belfast 028 9024 3243 Visit website Belfast
Academy Hair and Beauty Training School - Ballymena 028 25647824 Visit website Mid and East Antrim
Beautiko College (PTY) Ltd +27 12 362 6571 Visit website South Africa
Coleg Gwent - Ebbw Vale Campus 01495 333777 Visit website Blaenau Gwent
Eastern High Community Campus 02920250250 Visit website Cardiff
Emrys-ap-Iwan Community College 01745 832287 Visit website Conwy
Grwp Llandrillo Menai - Coleg Llandrillo 01492 546666 Visit website Conwy
Grwp Llandrillo Menai - Coleg Meirion Dwyfor 01341 422827 Visit website Gwynedd
NPTC Group - Brecon 0845 408 6400 Visit website Powys
NPTC Newtown College 0845 408 6200 Visit website Powys
Coleg y Cymoedd - Nantgarw 01443 662800 Visit website Rhondda Cynon Taff
Coleg y Cymoedd - Rhondda 01443 663202 Visit website Rhondda Cynon Taff

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