Nail Technician Qualifications

[srb1988]

Hello,

I am interested in becoming a nail technician but I was hoping for some advice off any professionals on here.

I have a young son so I would like to be able to get a qualification from home but all I have been able to find are things such as the ICS diploma, I have not found anywhere where I can obtain an NVQ from home.

What I would like to know is whether these 'from home' courses would hold any weight with potential employers, if so which qualifications, or whether I need to go for the NVQs

thanks in advance

 

[junction]

If you want to obtain a qualification quickly, your best bet (in my opinion anyway) would be to do a one-to-one course with a company and then practice practice practice. You will receive a qualification that is known in the industry from a reputable company, and receive the best training available. Then you can go on to do more courses as your skills progress.

I hope this helps a little - I could go on but am barely making sense as it is!!

xx

 

[pink sparkles]

If you want to obtain a qualification quickly, your best bet (in my opinion anyway) would be to do a one-to-one course with a company and then practice practice practice. You will receive a qualification that is known in the industry from a reputable company, and receive the best training available. Then you can go on to do more courses as your skills progress.

I hope this helps a little - I could go on but am barely making sense as it is!!

xx

Yep, I know some may say that how can you get qualified after such a short time etc but my tutor only has 2 in a class and I did 9 hours a day of solid learning for 5 days and then practised like crazy, and if im honest i would say i turn out a better set of nails than my friend who did a year long course at college. I think it really is a case of who your taught by. doing a long course at college wont guarantee a good level of teaching.

Theres loads of good info on here about training so hope you find what you need hun. Everyone on here is super friendly and has answered all my questions as a newbie to the boards!

 

[Nailz73]

I am currently doing one of the essential nails home courses, exactly for the same reasons as you are looking at, work commitments (i wrok part time) and also i have a child and cant get anywhere (where i live) in order to do a one to one or course away as i cant.

its going really well and you can take your time over it, i am still very in the practise stages and do about an hour a night on each step, but there is no time limit and no rush rush. Excellent support aswell i cant fault them.

You do get a diploma and it is recognised in the industry. As i did check this before starting.

I hope this helps.

Sara

 

[Vetty]

Hello,

I am interested in becoming a nail technician but I was hoping for some advice off any professionals on here.

I have a young son so I would like to be able to get a qualification from home but all I have been able to find are things such as the ICS diploma, I have not found anywhere where I can obtain an NVQ from home.

What I would like to know is whether these 'from home' courses would hold any weight with potential employers, if so which qualifications, or whether I need to go for the NVQs

thanks in advance

Personally I believe nails is a hands on skill that is best learnt in a hands on environment. I know for a fact that I would not have learnt my trade or stuck with my course had I not had a very patient educator telling me why my nails don't look right and more importantly how to put it right......

As to whether a home-learn course holds weight in the industry - well lots of us know about the home learn courses but I don't know how many would offer you a job off the back of it tbh.

I recommend classroom based training with a company with a good reputation.

Hth's

 

[geeg]

I am not sure why the untrained do not realise that an NVQ is a MINIMUM qualification to do nails. It certainly is not the be all and end all ... it is just the bare minimum required to practise really; it certainly does not get you to the standard required to start working in the industry.

I cannot tell you how many NVQ students come to train with me who have no clue what they are doing after they have been awarded the NVQ!!. They end up starting all over again.

And the NVQ is not a cheap option for training either. You add up all the fees for assessments and everything else, and it is a pretty expensive course just to have to start all over again with company training which is so much better and so much more supportive after you have finished.

 

[Pearlpippa]

Creative is a great product to use and their training courses are much better than any college course. You learn alot more

 

[lelaah]

I was in the same position as you and originally signed up to do a NVQ at my local college but after reading the forums and talking to a few on here I decided to do training with a company instead. I was choosing between CND and Young Nails and went with YN due to being nearer to me, and the days the course was being run on was more suitable to fit in around work etc. I plan to do a CND conversion course after Christmas too as I like the sound of the CND products.