Focus Awards
Level 3
QN: 603/3320/0
Curriculum Active
Focus Awards Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Nail Services (RQF)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Focus Awards. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 462 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
Focus Awards
Syllabus Units
10 Units
Guided Hours
462 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Contribute to the financial effectiveness of the business
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to the effective use and monitoring of resources
- Be able to meet productivity and development targets
- Understand salon procedures and legal requirements
- Understand the use, monitoring, and recording of resources
- Understand effective methods of communication
- Understand work and time management
- Understand productivity and development targets
2
Contribute to the planning and implementation of promotional activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to the planning and preparation of promotional activities
- Be able to implement promotional activities
- Be able to participate in the evaluation of promotional activities
- Understand the venue and legal requirements
- Understand how to plan and prepare promotional events
- Understand how to sell products and services
- Understand communication techniques
- Understand evaluation methods and techniques
3
Develop a range of creative nail images
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan and design a range of images for nails
- Be able to produce a range of creative nail images
- Be able to evaluate results against design plan objectives
- Understand design principles and presentation
- Understand how to prepare and plan for nail design work
- Understand how to evaluate nail design work
4
Enhance and maintain nails using liquid and powder
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when enhancing, maintaining and removing liquid and powder nail enhancements
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for the liquid and powder nail enhancements
- Be able to sculpt and apply liquid and powder overlays
- Be able to apply tip and liquid and powder overlays
- Be able to maintain liquid and powder enhancements
- Be able to remove liquid and powder enhancements
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing enhancements, maintenance and removal of liquid and powder nail enhancements
- Understand how to perform client consultation planning and preparation
- Understand contra-indications that can effect or restrict nail enhancement services
- Understand anatomy and physiology for nail enhancement services
- Understand liquid and powder nail service
- Understand how to maintain and repair nail enhancements
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice for clients on nail enhancements
5
Enhance and maintain nails using UV gel
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain effective and safe methods of working when enhancing, maintaining and removing UV gel nail enhancements
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for the UV gel nail enhancements
- Be able to sculpt and apply UV gel overlays
- Be able to apply tip and UV gel overlays
- Be able to maintain UV gel enhancements
- Be able to remove UV gel enhancements
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing enhancements, maintenance and removal of UV gel nail enhancements
- Understand how to perform client consultation, planning and preparation
- Understand contra-indications that can affect or restrict nail enhancement services
- Understand the anatomy and physiology for nail enhancement services
- Understand UV gel nail services
- Understand how to maintain and repair nail enhancements
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice for clients on nail enhancements
6
Enhance and maintain nails using wraps
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when enhancing, maintaining and removing wrap nail enhancements
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for the wrap nail enhancements
- Be able to apply wrap overlays to natural nails
- Be able to apply tip and wrap overlays
- Be able to maintain wrap enhancements
- Be able to remove wrap enhancement
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing wrap enhancements, maintenance and removal
- Understand how to perform client consultation planning and preparation
- Understand contra-indications that can affect or restrict nail enhancement services
- Understand anatomy and physiology for nail enhancement services
- Understand wrap nail services
- Understand how to maintain and repair nail enhancements
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice for clients on nail enhancements
7
Monitor procedures to safety control work operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to check that health and safety instructions are followed
- Be able to recommend changes to health and safety workplace instructions
- Be able to make sure that hazards and risks are controlled safely and effectively
- Know how to monitor procedures to safely control work operations
8
Plan and create nail art designs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing nail art design
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for the service with clients
- Be able to carry out nail art service
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing nail art services
- Understand how to consult
- plan and prepare for the nail art services with clients
- Understand techniques, products and nail art services
- Understand the aftercare advice to provide for nail art services
9
Plan and provide airbrush designs for nails
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing airbrush designs
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for the nail art design
- Be able to apply airbrushing techniques and designs
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing airbrush servicesnderstand how to consult
- plan and prepare for airbrushing services
- Understand airbrushing techniques, products and equipment
- Understand the application of airbrush designs
- Understand the aftercare advice to provide for airbrush design for nails
10
Prepare and finish nail overlays using electric files
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working, preparing and finishing nail overlays using electric files
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for the use of electric files
- Be able to prepare and finish nail overlays using electric files
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when preparing and finishing overlays using electric files
- Understand how to consult
- plan and prepare for the service
- Understand contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict electric filing services
- Understand how to use electric filing equipment
- Understand how to use electric filing techniques
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/3320/0
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Focus Awards
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2018