A few comments!
QUOTE=Gordon Rice]The original question was
"has any one done one of these courses or heard of them?"
I would be extremely surprised if anyone who had been on an e-nails course would give a negative reply.
A few questions were raised. Is Hazel a nail technician?
To be an NVQ assessor you need to have an NVQ and several years experience in the subject you are teaching, in all systems. Hazel also has a PGCE in teaching, the equivalent of a Master's degree. It's not mentioned on the web site because it sounds a bit too much!
I am an assessor and got my D32,33,34 and 36 before I completed my NVQ unit in Artificial Nail Structures. At no time during my assessors training were nails mentioned ... just the process of assessing.
Not sure what you mean by and NVQ in all systems?? And until things change in September (hopefuly) there is no such thing as an NVQ in nails. Artificial Nail Structures forms only one (1) unit of a full NVQ in Beauty therapy and is not an NVQ in its own right, Nor does one have to be proficient in all 3 systems (only one) to acheive it.
How can anyone know if you don't tell them? I would think that prospective students would want this type of assurance altho PGCE wouldn't mean much to most people .... should be spelled out to them.
Many companies use trainers who are purely nail technicians. They may not know how to teach effectively. Hazel is graded, by government standards, at the highest level it is possible to achieve.
The course is only two days because innovative training techniques are used. As the students say, Hazel is an exceptional teacher and the course is excellent value.
???? Would just love to know what these innovative tecniques are that teach a person a difficult skill as well as all the underpinning knowledge necessary to start and build a thriving business and all in just 2 days ????
e-nails have been sent people to train by several government agencies and Learn Direct for many years.
Is the information up to date? The web page quoted is designed to be an easy guide for newcomers and says they might like to learn other systems. Gels are covered on the course and are not described as weak.
Not many people offer wraps. Drills, normally used with sculptured nails, can cause trauma to the natural nail plate. Fumes are also a problem with this system. No brands are mentioned.
It is true that wraps as a primary service do not comprise the largest segment of the nail market but this segment is growing. One can no longer classify systems generically (re. products being strong or weak or this or that) as new innovation is producing systems that are proving to be exceptions to the old rules.
As for 'fumes' ... incorrect terminology. Vapours are particles carried in air ... nail systems produce vapours. Fumes are particles carried in smoke ... unless the salon is on fire or someone is smoking at the nail table, Fumes are not produced in a nail salon. This is information taught to beginners on day 1.
Every e-nails student signs a declaration that they understand they have not been trained as teachers and will not train anyone else without the relevant qualifications.
And who enforces this 'declaration'??? At this moment in time there is no one who can stop anyone (qualified or not) from setting up a nail school and supposedly training anyone who will pay them
The brand used is not mentioned because branded products typically cost three to five times as much as unbranded and often come from the same factory. Monomer and polymer production, composition and characteristics are interesting fields, but not necessarily to nail technicians. Why pay several times the price for virtually the same product?
REAL Branded lines are manufactured NOT bought from a supplier and re-labeled. The line you are using as quoted in another post is not a brand but a private lable and is not manufactured by those selling it. As such you are correct, it is similar if not the same as many other lines. When one teaches with cutting edge, innovative true branded lines, then chemical knowledge becomes very important so the technician knows how the product works differently from all those other generic lines. As they say, "you can't educate what you don't innovate".
The majority of information imparted during a nail technician course has little to do with the system used. Health and safety, anatomy of the hand and arm, structure of the nail, setting up a business, dealing with clients, sealing and shaping the extension does not vary.
e-nails offer a course that is respected by both students and professional bodies. It is recognised by Professional Beauty and The Guild of Professional Beauty Therapists, who have looked at it long and hard and offer our students inexpensive insurance. It is an academic course, not a product course designed to push a company's goods. Students are free to use any system upon completion.
Well actually the're not free to use any system because there are some companies who would not let your students buy their products to use after only completeing a 2 day course. I am very surprised that PB or the Guild offer insurance to students who have attended only a 2 day course -must look into that) it has always been my understanding that they do not support courses of such short duration
Hopefully legislation will be passed that only trained, qualified professionals can teach beauty therapists and nail technicians. Hazel's standing and expertise will ensure that e-nails is still around when many of the so-called 'industry leaders' have had to re-think their training programs.
I whole heartedly agree and I'm sure Hazel is an excellent teacher but as you say, that legislation is not in place and at the moment anyone can do it as stated above.
Every student that has attended has signed a comments book, which is freely available for anyone to read. I hesitate to mention this, but many of them have less than glowing remarks on many of the other courses mentioned, which they also attended.
Thank you for the support from past students and thank you for alerting me to this forum. I wish you every success and, as always, if there is anything I can do please do not hesitate to contact me.
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