VTCT Skills
    Level 3
    QN: 500/9078/1
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    VTCT Skills Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Nail Services

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 462 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    VTCT Skills
    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:
    • 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 enhancements
    • 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 enhancements 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 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
    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 design 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 airbrushingtechniques and designs
    • understand organisational and legal requirements
    • understand how to work safely and effectively when providing airbrush services, .
    • understand 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)
    500/9078/1
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    VTCT Skills
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Aug 2010