I need some advice

[Jennistar]

Hey all,

I really, really need some advice. I'm a qualified Beauty therapist, however. I haven't done absolutely anything since i passed which was five years ago reason for this was my tutor couldn't be bothered to teach us correct and by the time we finished and were haveing our work marked the head of department said that everyones work was all wrong (the tutor had left by then ) They suggested to comeback for 4 months and redo everything which i did but i lacked confidence big time :cry: I wish i just went for back then.

Is there such a thing as a catch up course or would i have to redo my qualification all over? i still remember everything i was taught.

 

[del3]

Oh what a horrible feeling I really feel for you :hug:
I don't know of any courses like you mentioned but how about contacting the college and having a word with the head of department and explaining how you feel and mayby there might be an option for you to attend some of the classes that they are running now.
It's not as if you need to resit any exams or assesments it would be purely for the purpose of refreshing your memory and building your confidece.
Good Luck
xxx:hug:xxx

 

[kylieb]

If you are qualified then you can do a refresher course in certain subjects. Have a look in your local colleges to see what they have to offer. XXX

 

[princess fifi]

Hi Hun

I know exactly how you feel, its difficult when you pay $$$1000's to qualify and then you get less than adequate training!:irked:
Firstly your college should let you redo what you are not confident in again at no cost, I would push for this before doing anything else.
If this fails the best thing to do is to look up postgraduate courses the international dermal institute does them here is a link:
http://www.dermalinstitute.com
They have a few locations, you can also check your local colleges around and see if they offer short courses.
Since you are qualified and remeber most things you can also buy some videos/DVD's in the subjects that you are not so confident in.
Nobody is ever fully confident when they first leave college it all comes down to experience, the more you do a treatment the more confident you will be, so don't worry, if it is really your passion you will soon get there and be confident in the treatments you give.

 

[tog]

Is there such a thing as a catch up course or would i have to redo my qualification all over? i still remember everything i was taught.

If you are wanting to get into working in the industry, why don't you approach local salons and see if anyone could give you unpaid work experience? especially if it is mainly the practical stuff you need to refresh. We have a girl at our salon who qualified in level 2 a couple of years ago, but never worked in beauty, then decided to go back to college to do level 3 and is at our salon 1 day each week. We let her observe treatments and ask as many questions as she likes, and carry out treatments on ourselves, and once she got more confident we have booked in clients for her or asked her to bring in models. It works really well for us as she helps us on reception, making tea, cleaning etc too.
It might be better for you than just repeating your training in a college environment.
Good luck anyway x x

 

[Susie H]

Hi hun, gosh I feel for you:hug: I'm just down the road from you so I know what the collage courses around here are like
Personally I wouldn't bother with the collages, if they couldn't get it right first time around then I wouldn't be confident that they'd be any better with a second chance.
In your place I would research companies selling the products that I'd like to use, then ask on here which geeks use these products and what they thought of the training they got. Then I'd do some of their short courses, as you say, you have the qualifications, you have the knowledge what you need is confidence and I've found that attending courses that are product specific are more interested in making sure that you really know what you are doing because you are going to be representing their name.
Yes you do have to pay for these courses but because you are qualified you wouldn't be doing foundation courses, you would be doing conversion courses and these are a lot cheaper and for me the biggest plus is that the classes are much smaller then the collage courses and are always run by highly qualified educators.

 

[Jennistar]

Thank you so much for all of your replies. It has given me a boost and i will take everyones advice on board. Greatly appreciated, Thank you