sassy_minx24
Well-Known Member
Hi Everyone
I would really like to hear your opinions on this............
I work in a wholesalers p/time and one of the girls I work with booked on a nail training course which is held where I work (A company comes in and does the training) Last week she had her final exam day.
For the practical exam the candidates had to complete one hand of extensions. (I won't refer to them as enhancements) They were given 1hr 15mins. Unfortunately my friend ran out of time and she failed. She was devestated, I'd seen how hard she'd worked in the month leading up to the exam, she did her own nails which looked really nice, she'd also been doing other peoples.
When she'd finished her exam I spoke to her & she said she'd failed, I couldn't believe it I asked if I could see the nails she'd done, so she got the girl that she'd worked on. They looked ok, quite smooth & thin all she needed to do before finishing is abit of buffing which would have taken 5 mins !!! The girl she'd worked on, worked on my friend and her "finished" nails were horrendous they were really thick, bumpy, mishaped and had already started to lift ! But she passed !!
My friend said during her exam the "trainer" kept saying "she didn't see her do this, and she didn't see her do that" When my friend said she had done it, the trainer said "well I didn't see you do it, so go back & do it" Surely if this hadn't happened she wouldn't have ran out of time ?
The product they trained with was an L&P which had to be cured under uv. She'd been trained to complete all four nails at once and cure, then the thumbs, she said by the time she'd got to the last nail, the product on the first nail was running down the finger ! So she'd used her initiative & cured each nail for 10 secs as she went along and then all four together. But she was told doing this had wasted time !
I spoke to the trainer briefly and all she could say was I can't pass her it's not fair on the other people on the course. She said the time given is what's expected in a salon.
This whole thing has really annoyed me !! The girl who rushed through the exam and produced nails that resembled the peak district is now going to get a certificate to say she can do nails. My friend who took her time a little and produced nails which were nice isn't !!!
My friend has now got to wait untill June to re do her exam. I suggested that she looks around at other products on the market. I saw her at work today and she's going to be working in her friends new salon which is opening in may, her friend gave her a sample of Ezflo to try as this is what will be used in the salon and she loves it !!! , so she's going to Bolton tomorrow to speak to them.
What do you think ? Do you think she has been treated fairly ? Do you believe that the quality of the finished nails is more important than the amount of time it takes to produce them ?
I'd really appreciate your feedback, I will relay it back to her, as you can imagine she's feeling a little deflated at the minute !
Thanx Sassy x
I would really like to hear your opinions on this............
I work in a wholesalers p/time and one of the girls I work with booked on a nail training course which is held where I work (A company comes in and does the training) Last week she had her final exam day.
For the practical exam the candidates had to complete one hand of extensions. (I won't refer to them as enhancements) They were given 1hr 15mins. Unfortunately my friend ran out of time and she failed. She was devestated, I'd seen how hard she'd worked in the month leading up to the exam, she did her own nails which looked really nice, she'd also been doing other peoples.
When she'd finished her exam I spoke to her & she said she'd failed, I couldn't believe it I asked if I could see the nails she'd done, so she got the girl that she'd worked on. They looked ok, quite smooth & thin all she needed to do before finishing is abit of buffing which would have taken 5 mins !!! The girl she'd worked on, worked on my friend and her "finished" nails were horrendous they were really thick, bumpy, mishaped and had already started to lift ! But she passed !!
My friend said during her exam the "trainer" kept saying "she didn't see her do this, and she didn't see her do that" When my friend said she had done it, the trainer said "well I didn't see you do it, so go back & do it" Surely if this hadn't happened she wouldn't have ran out of time ?
The product they trained with was an L&P which had to be cured under uv. She'd been trained to complete all four nails at once and cure, then the thumbs, she said by the time she'd got to the last nail, the product on the first nail was running down the finger ! So she'd used her initiative & cured each nail for 10 secs as she went along and then all four together. But she was told doing this had wasted time !
I spoke to the trainer briefly and all she could say was I can't pass her it's not fair on the other people on the course. She said the time given is what's expected in a salon.
This whole thing has really annoyed me !! The girl who rushed through the exam and produced nails that resembled the peak district is now going to get a certificate to say she can do nails. My friend who took her time a little and produced nails which were nice isn't !!!
My friend has now got to wait untill June to re do her exam. I suggested that she looks around at other products on the market. I saw her at work today and she's going to be working in her friends new salon which is opening in may, her friend gave her a sample of Ezflo to try as this is what will be used in the salon and she loves it !!! , so she's going to Bolton tomorrow to speak to them.
What do you think ? Do you think she has been treated fairly ? Do you believe that the quality of the finished nails is more important than the amount of time it takes to produce them ?
I'd really appreciate your feedback, I will relay it back to her, as you can imagine she's feeling a little deflated at the minute !
Thanx Sassy x