VTCT Skills
Level 3
QN: 501/1431/1
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VTCT Skills (ITEC) Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Spa Therapy
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 746 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
12 Units
Guided Hours
746 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Carry out massage using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when carrying out massage using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for treatments with clients
- Be able to massage the body using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Understand organisational and legal requirements for carrying out massage using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when carrying out massage using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Understand how to consult with clients
- Be able to prepare to carry out massages using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Understand anatomy and physiology related to massage treatments
- Understand contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict massages using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Understand how to use pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Understand the principles behind massage techniques using pre-blended aromatherapy oils
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice
2
Contribute to the financial effectiveness of the business
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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
3
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
4
Monitor Clients and the Operation of Sauna, Steam and Hydrotherapy Treatments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when monitoring clients and the operation of sauna, steam and hydrotherapy treatments
- Be able to prepare
- maintain and monitor the spa environment
- Be able to provide client consultation, care and advice
- Be able to provide shut down treatment
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when monitoring clients and the operation of spa treatment areas
- Understand preparation, maintenance and monitoring for sauna, steam and hydrotherapy treatments
- Understand client consultation and care
- Understand sauna, steam and hydrotherapy treatments
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice for clients on sauna, steam and hydrotherapy treatments
5
Monitor procedures to safely 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
6
Promote additional services or products to customers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- identify additional services or products that are available, inform customers about additional services or products, gain customer commitment to using additional services or products
- understand how to promote additional services or products to customers
7
Provide Body Electrical Treatments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain effective and safe methods of working when providing body electrical treatments
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for treatments with clients
- Be able to carry out body electrical treatments
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing body electrical treatments
- Understand how to perform client consultation, planning and preparation
- Understand the anatomy and physiology for body electrical treatments
- Understand contra-indications that affect or restrict body electrical treatments
- Understand equipment, materials, products and treatment specific knowledge
- Be able to provide aftercare advice
8
Provide body massage treatments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing body massage treatments
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare to provide body massage treatments
- Be able to perform manual massagetreatments
- Be able to perform mechanical massage treatments
- Understand organisational and legal requirements for protecting body massage treatments
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing body massage treatments
- Understand how to consult with clients
- Understand how to prepare to provide body massage treatments
- Understand anatomy and physiology related to body massage treatments
- Understand contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict body massage treatments
- Understand how to carry out body massage treatments
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice
9
Provide Body Wrapping and Flotation Treatments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing body wrapping and flotation treatments
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for the treatments with clients
- Be able to provide body wrapping treatments
- Be able to provide flotation treatments
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing body wrapping and flotation treatments
- Understand how to perform client consultation.
- Understand Anatomy and Physiology related to body wrapping and flotation treatments
- Understand body wrapping treatments
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice for clients on body wrapping and flotation treatments
10
Provide facial electrical treatments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing facial electrical treatments
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for treatments with clients
- Be able to carry out facial electricaltreatments
- Understand organisational and legal requirements for providing facial electrical treatments
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing facial electrical treatments
- Understand how to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation
- Understand anatomy and physiology that relates to facial electrical treatments
- Understand the contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict facial electrical treatments
- Understand how to carry out facial electrical treatments
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice
11
Provide Indian head Massage
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing Indian head Massage
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for treatments with clients
- Be able to perform Indian head massage
- Understand organisational and legal requirements for providing Indian head massage
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing Indian Head Massage
- Understand how to consult with clients
- Understand how to prepare for providing Indian head massages
- Understand anatomy and physiology related to Indian head massages
- Understand contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict body massage treatments
- Understand different Indian head massage mediums
- Understand the principles of Indian head massage
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice
12
Provide stone therapy treatments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing stone therapy treatments
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for treatments with clients
- Be able to perform stone therapytreatments
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing stone therapy treatments
- Understand how to consult with clients
- Understand how to prepare to provide stone therapy treatments
- Understand anatomy and physiology related to stone therapy treatments
- Understand contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict stone therapy treatments
- Understand how to use stone therapy equipment
- Understand the principles behind stone therapy techniques and how to use them
- Understand how to provide aftercare advice
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 501/1431/1
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2010