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Course: Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy SIB40110

Break into the buoyant beauty industry or enhance your skills with nationally recognised training that comes with a wealth of complimentary extras and no hidden costs.

Jobs in beauty therapy nearly doubled between 2002 and 2011 (source: joboutlook.gov.au), delivering great opportunities for skilled professionals. Take advantage of these opportunities with this custom-designed distance learning course that develops your skills so that you can deliver a full range of services, including skin-care treatments, pedicures, manicures, massages and waxing. A work placement conducted in the setting of your choice or in Open Colleges' Brisbane assessment centre will help you build confidence, competence and industry contacts. You will also enjoy more than $1800 worth of bonus items, including a beauty kit packed with products from Vani-T and Krush Minerals, and a professional nail kit from Young Nails, to help you further your skills.

Start anytime, choose one of our affordable payment options and study at your own pace online or by correspondence. You will be supported throughout by our experienced trainers and the vibrant online learning community at OpenSpace. When you successfully complete your course, your qualification will be recognised by salons around Australia and you will be eligible for affiliate membership of the Advanced Association of Beauty Therapists. Ambitious students may even wish to pursue higher-level studies by enrolling in Open Colleges' Diploma of Beauty Therapy SIB50110.

Potential careers:

  • Salon-based beauty therapist
  • Cruise ship or resort-based beauty therapist
  • Mobile beauty therapist
  • Beautician
  • Self-employed beauty therapist
  • In-store skin-care and cosmetics demonstrator
  • Beauty salon owner-operator

Included materials

  • Beauté Internationale beauty kit, including professional
        salon products from leading cosmetics companies such as
        Vani-T and Krush Minerals
  • Young Nails standard professional nail kit
  • Professional Beauty Therapy: Australia and New Zealand
        First Edition     textbook
  • Waxing DVD

Valued at more than $1800!

Extras

  • 10% student discount on Young Nails products and Beauté
        Internationale products

Advanced Association of Beauty Therapists

Students who successfully complete their Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy SIB40110 will be entitled to affiliate membership of the Advanced Association of Beauty Therapists. Membership benefits include:

  • Business-related support and advice
  • Quarterly magazine The Australian Beauty Therapist
  • Opportunities to attend professional seminars and
        workshops.
    NRT Vani-T
    Beaute Young Nails
    Krush Minerals
    Course Number E0143
    Course Fees From $129.81 per week View our payment options
    Delivery mode: Print or online
    Course duration: Max 24 months
    Assessments: Written and verbal tasks, work placement activities and portfolio of work
    Qualification: Certificate IV
    Nationally Recognised Yes
    Government Funding Yes
    Career One jobs for:
    Beauty Therapy & Make-Up 77

    ID

    Subject

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    SIRXCOM001A
    • Communicate in the workplace
      • Establish contact with customers
      • Process information
      • Communicate with customers and colleagues from diverse backgrounds
      • Work in a team
      • Read and interpret retail documents
    SIRXOHS001A
    SIBXCCS201A
    • Conduct financial transactions
      • Operate point-of-sale equipment
      • Perform point-of-sale transactions
      • Complete sales
      • Remove takings from register or terminal
      • Reconcile takings
    SIRXIND001A
    SIBXCCS202A
    • Provide service to clients
      • Receive clients
      • Deliver customer service to clients
      • Schedule clients
      • Respond to client complaints
      • Identify clients' special customer service needs
    SIRXSLS001A
    • Sell products and services
      • Apply product knowledge
      • Approach customer
      • Gather information
      • Sell benefits
      • Overcome objections
      • Close sale
      • Maximise sales opportunities
    SIBBNLS201A
    • Work in a nail services framework
      • Apply knowledge of nail science to beauty treatments
      • Apply knowledge of the structure and function of nails to nail treatments
      • Promote skin health and care
    SIBBNLS204A
    • Apply acrylic nail enhancement
      • Prepare for an acrylic nail enhancement service
      • Remove artificial nails
      • Apply or refill artificial nails
      • Review treatment and provide post-treatment advice
    SIBBNLS202A
    SIBBCCS403A
    SIBBCCS301A
    SIBBCCS405A
    • Develop treatment plans
      • Determine client requirements
      • Analyse client characteristics
      • Identify contraindications
      • Develop treatment plan
    SIBBRES201A
    SIBBFAS201A
    SIBBCCS302A
    SIBXFAS201A
    • Design and apply make-up
      • Prepare client
      • Cleanse face
      • Analyse face and design make-up plan
      • Select products and equipment
      • Apply make-up
      • Apply false eyelashes
      • Advise on further product use
    SIBXFAS202A
    SIBBFAS303A
    HLTFA301B
    • Apply first aid

      Satisfied via the completion of a Senior First Aid certificate from an accredited provider, at student's own cost.
    SIBBCCS404A
    • Work in a skin therapies framework
      • Apply knowledge of skin science to beauty therapy treatments
      • Apply knowledge of skin disorders to beauty therapy treatments
      • Promote skin health and care
    BSBSUS201A
    SIBBBOS401A
    • Perform body massage
      • Prepare for massage treatments
      • Manage massage treatments
      • Apply safe and effective methods of body massage
      • Review treatment and provide post-treatment advice
    SIBBFAS404A
    • Provide facial treatments
      • Confirm treatment plan
      • Manage a facial massage service
      • Cleanse skin
      • Perform massage
      • Apply skin care products
      • Review treatment and provide post-treatment advice
    SIBBFAS302A
    • Provide lash and brow treatments
      • Manage lash and brow treatments
      • Chemically treat eyelash and eyebrows
      • Shape eyebrows
      • Review treatment and provide post-treatment advice
    SIBBHRS301A
    • Perform waxing treatments
      • Prepare for a waxing service
      • Perform waxing treatments
      • Review treatment and provide post-treatment advice

    Minimum education

    Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.

    Minimum age

    Minimum age of 16 years. If you are under 18 your application must be signed by a parent or guardian.

    Computer requirements

    Students will need access to a computer and the internet. For students who do not have access to either a computer or the internet please contact a student support officer to discuss alternative methods of communication.

    Minimum specifications for the computer are:

    • Microsoft Office 2003 or equivalent, and
    • Microsoft Windows 98, or
    • Mac OS X, and
    • CD-ROM drive.

    Students will also need access to a printer and the following applications:

    • Adobe Acrobat Reader and
    • Macromedia Flash player.

    English language requirements

    You should be able to read and write English at approximately Year 10 schooling level. If English is your second language and you did not complete the last two years of secondary education in English, you are required to provide evidence of English language competency before enrolling into the course. Examples of appropriate evidence are listed below:

    Evidence

    Example
    IELTS Overall score of 5.5
    TOEFL 530 (paper), 197 (computer) or 71 (internet)
    12 months in English-speaking employment Testimonial, statutory declaration

    Open Colleges will endeavour to provide additional assistance to students who experience difficulties with language, literacy and numeracy.

    Workplace requirements

    Students are required to complete a minimum of 100 hours in an appropriate setting and demonstrate their skills in the workplace according to the units of competency they are studying. Students may choose to be assessed in their own workplace or in the Open Colleges assessment centre in Brisbane.

    Please note, there is an additional administration fee over and above the course cost for students who choose to access the Open Colleges assessment centre. This will cover the assessment centre's costs in providing workplace operations and resources, along with the completion of administrative requirements necessary for the workplace assessment. You can find the Open Colleges Beauty Assessment Centre Fees in the Schedule of Administrative Fees published on our website at http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/policies.aspx. Fees are payable via Student Support on 1300 650 011.

    You will need to cover travel and accommodation costs to attend the Open Colleges assessment centre in Brisbane and take your nail and/or beauty kits and workplace assessment documentation with you to the Open Colleges assessment centre.

    First Aid requirements

    In order to complete this course, you will need to hold a current First Aid Certificate, issued by an accredited provider. Approximate cost to student: $170. For information on your nearest St John office, please phone 1300 360 455. For your nearest Red Cross office, please phone 1300 367 428.

    Successful completion of the Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy SIB40110 provides partial completion of the Diploma of Beauty Therapy SIB50110.

    Petrina Jones

    Petrina Jones

    Petrina has had a long and successful career in the beauty industry, starting out as a receptionist at a beauty product distributor before moving on to work at the Ella Bache counter at David Jones.

    After that, she worked in a number of beauty salons and held several management and training roles before running her own salon for 11 years. Petrina continues in her own private beauty practice, and provides freelance bridal party beauty treatments for Ethix Beauty in NSW's Southern Highlands. Petrina has a fully mobile beauty service, with manicures, pedicures, facials, make-up, waxing and tinting being among the treatments she offers.

    Since 2004, Petrina has been sharing her valuable knowledge with Open Colleges students as a trainer in our beauty and make-up courses. Most recently, Petrina has been acknowledged for her contribution to the latest 2012 Professional Beauty Therapy textbook.

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    Available payment options

    Pay Just $129.81 per week with a $400.00 deposit
    or
    Pay in full $5,720.00 and save $1430.00
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    Government Funding

    In some instances, students may be eligible for Austudy, Centrelink or other government-funded programs to help with study. Please check with Centrelink regarding eligibility, or contact a course and careers adviser on 1300 853 033.

    Work Placement

    Why is a Work Placement Required?

    To help you become job ready, this course includes 100 hours of practical experience in a suitable workplace.

    A work placement can be a highly stimulating and rewarding part of the course. It will provide opportunity for you to participate in a real workplace and put into practice the new skills and knowledge that you are learning in your course. Work placement will also give you an insight into particular job roles and responsibilities, so you can be certain this is the right industry for you and that you are right for this industry. In addition, undertaking a work placement helps to ensure the relevance of learning and assessment, and allows you to build useful networks of contacts. These networks can be highly advantageous when looking for work.

    To ensure you gain the intended benefit from your work placement, it is important to undertake it in an organisation that is suitable for the course and under the direction of an appropriately experienced supervisor, who can help guide you. While you are expected to identify a suitable organisation for your work placement, Open Colleges can provide advice and direction. An Open Colleges assessor will then review the organisation to ensure it is able to provide the resources and supervision that you need. Once your chosen organisation is approved, the work placement can proceed.

    Workplace assessments are conducted by Open Colleges' workplace assessors, who work with both the organisation and you to arrange mutually convenient times to undertake assessment activities.

    Insurance

    Open Colleges provides insurance cover for the mandatory work placement you undertake as part of your course. This insurance coverage includes Public and Products Liability Insurance as well as Student Personal Accident Insurance.

    Open Colleges maintains Public and Products Liability Insurance which covers students undertaking work placements in the employer's workplace.

    Known as Student Personal Accident Insurance, the policy covers 'Personal Accidents' in the workplace, and will help put employers' minds at ease for the duration of the work placement.

    Copies of the Insurance Certificate of Currency can be requested from an Open Colleges student support officer on 1300 882 121.

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