Trainers/Teachers, How many years experience?

[Violet Star]

Hi geeks,

A question i have for all beauty/nail/holistic trainers and teachers. How many years experience did you have in each treatment you teach before you decided to teach that certain course?

:hug:

 

[Kim Lawless]

I don't think it's about how long someone has been doing whatever they train in; it's about quality. In my opinion, you really must excel at that subject.

You can't just be shown how to do something and then call yourself a trainer. You need to be able to answer all the questions and solve problems for your students.......and that only comes with experience.

 

[gillian w]

You also have to be able to teach.Some people may be excellent at what they do but are useless at teaching either not explaining fully or babbling and overloading people with too much info.
Also i feel as a private trainer you should be available after the course and not just pass everyone regardless,so not in it just for the money, but have a passion and want your trainees to be the best they can be, so be prepared to go the extra mile.I think this is why people like Kim do so well and get recommended time and again.

 

[Violet Star]

I agree fully with both of you!

This is exactly what i do with my current students, I provide them with aftercare i always tell them, if they are confused about anything, or need help solving a problem then to email me and i will answer.
At the end of each training session i ask my student if she has any questions, problems, concerns that she wants to go over again. And more importantly ask if they were happy with their training and feel confident.

x

 

[cabinkel]

I don't think it's about how long someone has been doing whatever they train in; it's about quality. In my opinion, you really must excel at that subject.

You can't just be shown how to do something and then call yourself a trainer. You need to be able to answer all the questions and solve problems for your students.......and that only comes with experience.[/quote]


I totaly, 100% agree with Kim here. Although I havent trained people in beauty, in my previous life, (lol) I taught and trained financial advisors. I was young, just 25, but my area manager saw in me the potential to manage and teach. I had worked my way up from cashier, so had covered all the "practical lessons", and excelled as a branch manager and financial advisor, so was in a good position to train.
I think that "practical" experience is more important in being a trainer than just having the certificate to say a person is qualified in the area they are teaching, iykwim. You need a trainer to ooze confidence and experience. Teaching is very rewarding though:hug:

 

[minky]

Hello Violet star , well I taught certain aspects of beauty after around ten years but accreditation wasn't really out at those times
but you could ask the Babtac or The Guild what they ideally reccomend ,
I think they say five to seven years but I forget now ,
this way if your aiming towards accreditation with them you will get a far better idea,

I see you are doing a teaching course in college,
this is always good to have under your belt , and if you are on teaching course in college, if they have vacancies open they do keep an eye out for pupils who are training with them there ,
and if they see that their work is good and think they think they will excel as a teacher, they do keep it in mind , :hug:

For example There was a young lady in her early 20s doing her level 3 and her assessors,
now this girl was Brilliant at doing Afro Caribean hair extensions she had been doing these (self taught) for around two years ,
but the college saw her talent and straight after her level three she was teaching a course at one of their other colleges who had an opening for an afro carribean hair extensionist teacher,

anyway they needed an extensionist in afro caribean hair so they reccomended her to the college that desperatley needed one
they took her on and put her through her PGCE too ,
so I suppose sometimes its being in the right place at the right time
hope that helps :hug: x minky

 

[hippy-chick]

I've been teaching holistics for over a decade, but some of the courses that I now teach, I am relatively new too.

I tend to do the therapy and know it inside-out before I present it for a course.

Some courses I "get" immediately, get a lot of appointments so become very proficient in it quickly.

other courses I have done for many many years, but still don't feel ready to teach it.

 

[angel fingers]

this is difficult to pinpoint really.
someone may have been doing something for 10 years and still not really have any flair for it whereas another person may have been doing it for a couple of years and excell .

i'd say a couple of years minimum to get a variety of experience .
but like others have mentioned theres so much more to it.