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Qualification Information

VTCT Product Code: AM30180 GLH: 132 Age Restriction: 16
Qualification Number: 500/9595/X Units: 3 Registration End Date: 31st Jul 2023
Level: 3 Minimum Credits: 16

Additional Information

Documentation for this qualification last amended 1 September 2020



Guided Learning Hours


The minimum guided learning hours (GLH) to achieve this qualification is 132 GLH.

Primary Outcome


The primary outcome of the VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Stone Therapy Massage is to prepare you to enter the specific sector of beauty therapy as a stone therapy massage specialist. All the units in this qualification relate directly to the specific job role of a stone therapy massage specialist.

Overview


The VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Stone Therapy Massage is a substantial vocational qualification that will prepare you for a career as a stone therapy massage specialist. This qualification is designed for learners aged 16 years or over and will support you to gain employment as a stone therapy massage specialist, as the units contained in this qualification cover all the skills and knowledge required for this role. Entry onto this qualification can be via previous attainment of a Level 2 qualification in beauty or complementary therapy and/or a successful skills test and interview.

This is a vocational qualification and includes all the required elements to work effectively as a stone therapy massage specialist including, three mandatory units covering the following: applying stone massage therapy, health and safety and client care.

Throughout this qualification you will develop your knowledge and understanding of relevant anatomy and physiology, health and safety, client care and massage products. You will also develop a range of technical skills enabling you to prepare the body, use a stone heater and place stones and provide relaxing massage treatments using basalt stones and a variety of techniques. You will also develop interpersonal skills that will assist you to communicate effectively with clients.

What could this qualification lead to?


This qualification will prepare you for employment as a stone therapy massage specialist. You will also be eligible to join a professional association and gain insurance as a stone therapy massage specialist. Career opportunities as a stone therapy massage specialist a exist in a variety of contexts, including:

- Working in commercial beauty salons
- Working in a destination or day spa
- Working independently/self-employed/mobile/home-based settings

This is the only VTCT qualification at level 3 which will qualify you to become a stone therapy massage specialist.

Who supports this qualification?


This qualification is based on the beauty therapy National Occupational Standards (NOS) and is recognised by the UK's leading professional association, the British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology (BABTAC) as being fit for purpose for preparing you for a career as a stone therapy massage therapist. Holders of this qualification are eligible to become a professional member of BABTAC. Further information on BABTAC membership can be found here.



Qualification Structure

Mandatory - from this group you'll need to cover a minimum of 3 components and earn a minimum of 16 credits.

Unit Code Unit Ref Unit Title Level Credits GLH
UV30468 T/601/4457 Client care and communication in beauty-related industries 3 3 28
UV30475 H/601/4454 Apply stone therapy massage 3 9 75
UV30491 R/600/8780 Monitor and maintain health and safety practice in the salon 3 4 29



*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
Central Bedfordshire College - Dunstable Campus 01582 477776 Visit website Bedfordshire - Central Bedfordshire
Sapphire Hair And Beauty Academy 01767 601909 Visit website Bedfordshire - Central Bedfordshire
The Holistic Academy (Bedfordshire) 07501 111758 Visit website Bedfordshire - Central Bedfordshire
Barnfield College 01582 569500 Visit website Bedfordshire - Luton
SkinAstute Aesthetic & Beauty Training Academy 07852 169344 Visit website Bedfordshire - Luton
Holistic Beauty Academy 07876 680133 Visit website Berkshire - Reading
Beauty Workshop at Home Cottage 07801 654 233 (0118 978 6900) Visit website Berkshire - Wokingham
City of Bristol College - Ashley Down Centre 0117 312 5000 Visit website Bristol, City of
Mendip School of Mind and Body Work 01225 753061 Visit website Bristol, City of
Buckinghamshire College Group - Aylesbury Campus 01296 588588 Visit website Buckinghamshire
Red Barn Training 07877 356600 Visit website Buckinghamshire
The Beauty Training Academy 01753886060 Visit website Buckinghamshire
Have Training 07787 532827 Visit website Cambridgeshire
Acacia Training Ltd - Crewe 01270 626236 Visit website Cheshire - Cheshire East
Acacia Training TA International School of beauty Therapy - Nantwich 01270 626236 Visit website Cheshire - Cheshire East
Cheshire College - South & West 01270 654654 Visit website Cheshire - Cheshire East
Advanced Aesthetics Training Centre 07949 240852 Visit website Cheshire - Cheshire West and Chester
Greenhouse Therapies 01244 637851 Visit website Cheshire - Cheshire West and Chester
Truro - Penwith College 01736 335000 Visit website Cornwall
Truro College 01872 267000 Visit website Cornwall
Angelique Beauty & Holistic Academy 01229 821411 Visit website Cumbria
Kendal College 01539 814700 Visit website Cumbria
Polished Nails and Beauty Training - Cumbria 07745 186058 Visit website Cumbria
Heanor Gate Science College 01773 716396 Visit website Derbyshire
Pro MUA Training 07973249093 Visit website Derbyshire
Derby College 0800 028 0289 Visit website Derbyshire - Derby
East Midlands College of Beauty & Complementary Therapies 01332 368333 Visit website Derbyshire - Derby
Lees Brook Community School - The Skills Academy 01332 671723 Visit website Derbyshire - Derby
City College Plymouth 01752 305300 Visit website Devon
Holistic Therapies Training Academy 01237 472109 Visit website Devon
Lotus Spa Centre 01626 369813 Visit website Devon
The Bournemouth and Poole College of FE 01202 205205 Visit website Dorset - Bournemouth
East Sussex College - Eastbourne 0303 003 9300 Visit website East Sussex
Harlow College 01279 868000 Visit website Essex
UK Beauty Training Academy 07912384168 Visit website Essex
UK Learning Station 07957 425773 Visit website Essex
South Essex College of Further and Higher Education - Southend Campus 0845 521 2345 Visit website Essex - Southend-on-Sea
Hayden Health and Beauty Training Academy 0844 335 0152 Visit website Gloucestershire
II Intuitive 01594 846293 Visit website Gloucestershire
Worsley College 0161 631 5000 Visit website Greater Manchester
Bolton College 01204 482000 Visit website Greater Manchester - Bolton
The Full Spectrum Centre Limited 0161 711 0658 / 07734 255 666 Visit website Greater Manchester - Tameside
AHEd - Peter Symonds College 01962 886166 Visit website Hampshire
Andover College (A Campus of Sparsholt College) 01264 360000 Visit website Hampshire
Cottage Training Centre 01489 574446 Visit website Hampshire
Eastleigh College 023 8091 1028 Visit website Hampshire
Farnborough College of Technology 01252 407208 Visit website Hampshire
The Academy of Beauty Therapy 01962 733352 Visit website Hampshire
The Clinical Academy 03337777689 Visit website Hampshire - Portsmouth
Diamond Beauty Training Academy 07876 533384 Visit website Hertfordshire
The Isle of Wight College 01983 526631 Visit website Isle of Wight
Broadstairs College 01843 605040 Visit website Kent
Canterbury College 01227 811111 Visit website Kent
Inspire 020 8304 9888 Visit website Kent
Kent Sports Academy Limited 01233 641000 Visit website Kent
Prestige Beauty and Complementary Therapy Training 01795 533666 Visit website Kent
Allen & Walden Kent College of Beauty Therapy 01634710227 Visit website Kent - Medway
UK Beauty Schools Ltd - Kent 01634 827677 Visit website Kent - Medway
Deep Training Academy 01254 822832 Visit website Lancashire
Preston's College 01772 225001 Visit website Lancashire
West Lancashire College 01695 52300 Visit website Lancashire
Brooksby Melton College 01664 850850 Visit website Leicestershire
North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College - Wigston Campus 0116 264 3555 Visit website Leicestershire
Boston College 01205 365701 Visit website Lincolnshire
University Academy Holbeach 01406 423042 Visit website Lincolnshire
Acacia Training Limited - Lincolnshire Beauty Therapy and Make Up Academy 07745 437513 Visit website Lincolnshire - North East Lincolnshire
Felicity Natural Beauty LTD 020 8450 7326 Visit website London - Brent
West London Beauty Academy 0208 795 3313 Visit website London - Brent
All About You Beauty Academy 07976211874 Visit website London - Bromley
TLT Academy Ltd 020 8462 3662 Visit website London - Bromley
Skin Hair & Beauty Academy 07828 294771 Visit website London - Croydon
Serenity Beauty Academy by Klaudia Lucas 020 8575 5547 Visit website London - Ealing
College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London - Enfield Centre 020 8442 3051 Visit website London - Enfield
Naillounge Training 07487 292699 Visit website London - Enfield
Shooters Hill Sixth Form College 0208 319 9700 Visit website London - Greenwich
West London College 020 7565 1200 Visit website London - Hammersmith and Fulham
Benjawan Thai Massage 020 7281 8035 Visit website London - Haringey
College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London 020 8802 3111 Visit website London - Haringey
Alison Angold Academy 07572 617340 Visit website London - Harrow
Beautiful World Training Academy Hanworth 02034902815 Visit website London - Hounslow
LHAA / LBTA 020 8953 9344 Visit website London - Hounslow
Y.O.U.R Beauty School 0208 698 0345 (opt. 1) Visit website London - Lewisham
New City College - Redbridge Campus 020 8548 7400 Visit website London - Redbridge
Beautiful World Training Academy 02034902815 Visit website London - Richmond upon Thames
East London Beauty Academy 0203 951 7448 Visit website London - Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest College 020 8501 8120 Visit website London - Waltham Forest
South Thames College 020 8918 7702 Visit website London - Wandsworth
The London School of Beauty and Make-up 02077769766 Visit website London, City of
Norris Green Liverpool Adult Learning Centre 0151 233 8539 Visit website Merseyside - Liverpool
Park Road Liverpool Adult Learning Centre 0151 233 8539 Visit website Merseyside - Liverpool
North West Vocational College 07886942673 Visit website Merseyside - Wirral
Central College of Health and Beauty Harrogate 01423 527994 Visit website North Yorkshire
Harrogate College 01423 879466 Visit website North Yorkshire
Selby College 01757 211000 Visit website North Yorkshire
The Therapy Training Centre 07920 066112 Visit website Northamptonshire
West Nottinghamshire College 01623 627191 Visit website Nottinghamshire
Shrewsbury Colleges Group 01743 342342 Visit website Shropshire
Telford College 01952 642200 Visit website Shropshire - Telford and Wrekin
The Zahara College 07595 752704 Visit website Somerset
Bath College 01225 312191 Visit website Somerset - Bath and North East Somerset
Beauty Oasis Training Centre 01934 642299 Visit website Somerset - North Somerset
Health Academics 07956 371542 Visit website Somerset - North Somerset
Barnsley College 01226 216710 Visit website South Yorkshire - Barnsley
White Rose School of Health & Beauty - Barnsley 01226 786763 Visit website South Yorkshire - Barnsley
Armonia Health and Beauty Training Academy 01302 842444 Visit website South Yorkshire - Doncaster
The Sheffield School of Health and Beauty 0114 275 0201 Visit website South Yorkshire - Sheffield
NSCG Stafford 01785 275520 Visit website Staffordshire
South Staffordshire College - Tamworth Campus 01827 310202 Visit website Staffordshire
ATA Beauty - Advanced Training Academy Ltd 07040001234 Visit website Suffolk
Escape Beauty Rooms and Training 01473805140 Visit website Suffolk
bodyNsoul Beauty Salon & Training Centre 01276 36866 Visit website Surrey
Kingston College 020 8268 2550 Visit website Surrey
Omni Academy 01932 232322 Visit website Surrey
Professional Beauty Training 01737 357997 Visit website Surrey
Tomlinscote School and Sixth Form College 01276 709050 Visit website Surrey
Leamington College, part of Warwickshire College Group 01926 318000 Visit website Warwickshire
Little Beauty School Ltd 0121 285 3885 Visit website West Midlands - Birmingham
London College of Excellence Training Limited - King Standing 0121 4485886 Visit website West Midlands - Birmingham
SkinAstute Aesthetic & Beauty Training Academy - Midlands 07852169344 Visit website West Midlands - Birmingham
Om Massage School 07586642666 Visit website West Midlands - Walsall
Aspire Sussex - The Training Studio 01444 810710 Visit website West Sussex
Aspire Sussex Ltd - Burgess Hill 01444 810710 Visit website West Sussex
Chichester College - Chichester Campus 01243 786321 Visit website West Sussex
Freedom Therapies Training 01243 841174 Visit website West Sussex
Ashwood Beauty and Holistic Academy 01274 686330 Visit website West Yorkshire - Bradford
Learning Curve Group 01388 777129 Visit website West Yorkshire - Bradford
EMD UK CIC 0113 249 4369 Visit website West Yorkshire - Kirklees
In House Training Ltd 01924 500647 Visit website West Yorkshire - Kirklees
Ixion Holdings (Contracts) Limited 01924 420010 Visit website West Yorkshire - Kirklees
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
The Central College of Health and Beauty - Leeds 0113 246 1966 Visit website West Yorkshire - Leeds
A 2 Zen 01924 763433 Visit website West Yorkshire - Wakefield
Wakefield College 01924 789789 Visit website West Yorkshire - Wakefield
Olive Training 01985 840093 Visit website Wiltshire
Swindon College 01793 491591 Visit website Wiltshire
Therapy Courses 01722 711603 Visit website Wiltshire
Green Labyrinth Training - Swindon 01793 236245 Visit website Wiltshire - Swindon
New College Swindon 01793 611470 Visit website Wiltshire - Swindon
Wiltshire School of Beauty and Holistic Therapy 01793 737733 Visit website Wiltshire - Swindon
Drift Away - Bewdley 07972 593065 Visit website Worcestershire
Evesham College part of WCG 01386 712604 Visit website Worcestershire
Heart of Worcestershire College - Worcester 01905 726631 Visit website Worcestershire
JBH training Ltd 07712 649091 Visit website Worcestershire
Wellness Institute +233 24 867 6431 Visit website Ghana
Guernsey College of Further Education 01481 737500 Visit website Guernsey
Euro Chroma Institute of Cosmetology +91 1141615040 Visit website India
Coco College of Beauty Therapy +353 214878717 Visit website Ireland
Elite Academy +353 868593695 Visit website Ireland
Elite Hair & Beauty Academy +353 86 859 3699 Visit website Ireland
Kerry College of Further Education +353 66 7121741 Visit website Ireland
Tolka Valley Community Training Centre +353 1 830 8846 Visit website Ireland
University College Isle of Man 01624 648208 Visit website Isle of Man
Decorum Aesthetics NI 028 9122 6426 Visit website Ards and North Down
Ardoyne Shankill Health Partnership 028 9075 6638 Visit website Belfast
North West Regional College - Londonderry Campus 028 7127 8000 Visit website Derry and Strabane
South Eastern Regional College - Lisburn Campus 028 9266 7725 Visit website Lisburn and Castlereagh
Edinburgh College - Granton Campus 0131 297 9572 Visit website Edinburgh
Energise Therapies Training Academy - Glasgow 07889 815165 Visit website Glasgow City
Erasure Skin LTD. 07444474030 Visit website Glasgow City
Imagine Hair & Beauty Training Academy +34 96 584 1038 Visit website Spain
Coleg Gwent - Crosskeys Campus 01495 333460 Visit website Caerphilly
Cardiff and Vale College - City Centre Campus 029 2025 0450 Visit website Cardiff
Coleg Sir Gar - Graig Campus 01554 748000 Visit website Carmarthenshire
Grwp Llandrillo Menai - Coleg Llandrillo 01492 546666 Visit website Conwy
Neath Port Talbot College - Coleg Castell Nedd Port Talbot 01639 648200 Visit website Neath Port Talbot
In The Pink Therapies And Training (Risca) 07740774590 Visit website Newport
HB Training Wales Ltd 01437 765597 Visit website Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire College 01437 753000 Visit website Pembrokeshire
NPTC Group - Newtown College 0845 408 6200 Visit website Powys
NPTC Group - Brecon 0845 408 6400 Visit website Powys
Gower College Swansea 01792 284049 Visit website Swansea
Cardiff and Vale College - Barry Campus 01446 725000 Visit website Vale of Glamorgan
Coleg Cambria - Yale Campus 0300 30 30 007 Visit website Wrexham

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