RebeccaMartin
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Background:
I am a long term lurker but have not yet had the confidence to post but really would like some advice and am desperate not to make mistakes.
I work (self employed) in a different industry and am currently working around 70 hours a week, I have a lot of family commitments and also live in a very rural part of the country, I have no car. The nearest beauty college only does part time courses that involve 3 days per week and would take me 2 hours to get there each way.
I have researched all the other private colleges in the area and the costs are prohibitive and taking a lot of time out of my business is not an option right now.
I have read many posts on this forum about home learning and understand that it is not an ideal way of doing things but I wondered if a combination of home learning, private courses where I can find them and practical experience on friends and family would be an option.
After much research I have found a Diploma in Beauty Therapy (NCFE level 3) that does look interesting. This is obviously completely theoretical but I would imagine, as long as you do all the work and read widely on each subject, that it can give you a good thorough ground in the theory of beauty therapy.
Obviously this does not give any practical experience. I would therefore try and get as much of this as possible in my local area. We do have a good Sallys and there are lots of training courses that would be of interest. I would propose that for each subject area of the Diploma I would also do a course at Sallys (or equivalent) to get some hands on experience.
Then it would be a case of practice practice practice. I have family members who will let me practice on them and would do this until I was 100% confident of my skills before going any further.
To me this seems a sensible plan, in my circumstances, and I wouldnt want anyone reading this to think that I am trying to do this the easy way by not going to college it is just not an option for me. I realise this plan will also probably end up costing me more money in the long term so I am not going for the cheap option. I am committed to this (although I am sure that some readers will believe that if I was that committed I would go and do a full course) and I am a perfectionist so really would have to be confident in my skills before doing anything.
I have not really found any answers from reading online about whether a NCFE is a good qualification to have. Is it accepted by insurers for instance?
I am not worried about getting a job in a salon afterwards as I only want to provide a service to people who live in my area (there is not even a salon within 15 miles of my village if you can believe it and the mobile lady is coming up to retirement ).
I think my main concern is the insurance side of things and would appreciate any advice on this.
Sorry for the long post but I do want to get this straight in my head.
I am a long term lurker but have not yet had the confidence to post but really would like some advice and am desperate not to make mistakes.
I work (self employed) in a different industry and am currently working around 70 hours a week, I have a lot of family commitments and also live in a very rural part of the country, I have no car. The nearest beauty college only does part time courses that involve 3 days per week and would take me 2 hours to get there each way.
I have researched all the other private colleges in the area and the costs are prohibitive and taking a lot of time out of my business is not an option right now.
I have read many posts on this forum about home learning and understand that it is not an ideal way of doing things but I wondered if a combination of home learning, private courses where I can find them and practical experience on friends and family would be an option.
After much research I have found a Diploma in Beauty Therapy (NCFE level 3) that does look interesting. This is obviously completely theoretical but I would imagine, as long as you do all the work and read widely on each subject, that it can give you a good thorough ground in the theory of beauty therapy.
Obviously this does not give any practical experience. I would therefore try and get as much of this as possible in my local area. We do have a good Sallys and there are lots of training courses that would be of interest. I would propose that for each subject area of the Diploma I would also do a course at Sallys (or equivalent) to get some hands on experience.
Then it would be a case of practice practice practice. I have family members who will let me practice on them and would do this until I was 100% confident of my skills before going any further.
To me this seems a sensible plan, in my circumstances, and I wouldnt want anyone reading this to think that I am trying to do this the easy way by not going to college it is just not an option for me. I realise this plan will also probably end up costing me more money in the long term so I am not going for the cheap option. I am committed to this (although I am sure that some readers will believe that if I was that committed I would go and do a full course) and I am a perfectionist so really would have to be confident in my skills before doing anything.
I have not really found any answers from reading online about whether a NCFE is a good qualification to have. Is it accepted by insurers for instance?
I am not worried about getting a job in a salon afterwards as I only want to provide a service to people who live in my area (there is not even a salon within 15 miles of my village if you can believe it and the mobile lady is coming up to retirement ).
I think my main concern is the insurance side of things and would appreciate any advice on this.
Sorry for the long post but I do want to get this straight in my head.
