Service Industries

Apply make-up

This element focuses on the fundamental skills required to safely and effectively prepare for and apply basic make-up. Learners will develop competencies in client consultation, skin preparation, selection of appropriate products and tools, and application techniques to achieve a natural day look. Mastery of these skills is essential for progression in beauty therapy and ensures adherence to industry health and safety standards.

Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy, Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Diploma in Hair and Beauty Therapy

Legal Aspects of Letting and Management

This topic provides a comprehensive overview of the legal framework governing residential letting and property management in the UK, covering tenancy agreements, possession procedures, landlord and agent obligations, property standards, safety regulations, HMO licensing, deposit protection, consumer protection laws, tax implications, and insurance roles. Learners will gain the essential knowledge required to ensure compliance and manage legal risks in the residential rental sector.

Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Certificate in Residential Letting and Property Management

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Applying for a Job

This subtopic equips learners with the practical skills to prepare effective job applications and CVs specifically for entry-level roles in the hair and beauty sector. It focuses on understanding job requirements, presenting relevant skills and experiences professionally, and tailoring applications to meet industry expectations.

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Hair Plaiting

This subtopic focuses on the foundational skills needed to prepare for and perform basic hair plaiting services. Learners will develop competence in sectioning hair, creating simple three-strand plaits, and applying appropriate finishing techniques, preparing them for supervised work in a salon environment.

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Basic Make-up Application

This element introduces learners to the fundamental principles of basic make-up application within the hair and beauty therapy sector. It covers the essential preparation steps, including client consultation, skin analysis, and selection of appropriate products and tools, as well as the practical techniques for applying foundation, concealer, powder, and basic eye and lip make-up. The focus is on developing safe, hygienic, and professional working practices to achieve a natural, well-blended finish suitable for various occasions.

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Create a Hair and Beauty Image

This element focuses on developing the learner's ability to conceptualize a cohesive hair and beauty look, considering client requirements, face shape, skin tone, and occasion, and then executing the planned style and makeup application. It emphasizes the integration of creative design with technical skills, reflecting real-world salon scenarios where professionals must translate a vision into a finished image.

Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy, Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Diploma in Hair and Beauty Therapy, Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Hair and Beauty Therapy +1 more

Salon reception duties

This element focuses on the essential front-of-house tasks in a hair and beauty salon, including greeting clients, managing communications, and maintaining a professional reception area. Learners must demonstrate the ability to accurately record and manage salon appointments using manual or electronic booking systems, ensuring efficient client flow and adherence to data protection principles. These skills underpin positive client first impressions and operational efficiency in any salon environment.

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Digital Skills for Work

This subtopic equips learners with essential digital skills for a modern hair and beauty therapy setting. It covers handling work-related information such as client records and appointments, creating and editing digital content like promotional materials, and communicating professionally using email and social media. Learners will also develop safe and responsible online practices and basic troubleshooting skills, ensuring they can confidently use digital devices in a salon environment.

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Create an image using colour for the Hair and Beauty Sector

This topic covers understanding the colour spectrum and applying it in hair and beauty industries. Learners will know colour theory and be able to use it for creating images and looks.

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Engage in Discussion

This element develops the learner's ability to participate actively in conversations relevant to hair and beauty therapy, such as client consultations, team briefings, or product discussions. Learners will practice listening attentively to others, interpreting verbal and non-verbal cues, and formulating appropriate responses to demonstrate understanding and maintain a professional dialogue. Mastery of these skills is essential for effective communication in salon environments, ensuring client needs are accurately identified and addressed.

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Shampoo and condition hair

This subtopic covers the essential practical skills and underpinning knowledge required to safely and effectively shampoo and condition hair in a salon environment. Learners will demonstrate correct client preparation, product selection, and application techniques while adhering to health, safety, and hygiene regulations. Mastery of these foundational skills ensures client comfort, promotes hair and scalp health, and prepares learners for further hair services.

Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Hair and Beauty Therapy

Create and maintain retail displays in the salon

This subtopic equips learners with the practical skills to design, set up, and sustain eye-catching retail displays in a hair and beauty salon environment. It covers product selection, layout principles, and ongoing maintenance to enhance sales and client experience, ensuring displays reflect brand identity and comply with health and safety standards.

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Styling Men's Hair

This element focuses on preparing and delivering professional styling services for male clients, including consultation, product selection, and the use of techniques such as blow-drying, finger drying, and setting to achieve desired looks. Learners develop practical skills to create styles that meet men’s requirements while maintaining health and safety, adapting to different hair types, lengths, and conditions. Mastery of these fundamentals is essential for progression in barbering and men’s grooming services.

Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Hair and Beauty Therapy

Environmental awareness

This element introduces learners to the concept of environmental awareness within the hair and beauty sector. It covers the causes and consequences of climate change, the meaning of a carbon footprint, and practical steps that both individuals and salon businesses can take to minimize their environmental impact. Understanding these principles is essential for responsible practice in the service industries.

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Customer service skills

This subtopic focuses on developing essential customer service skills within the hair and beauty therapy context. Learners will understand the principles of good customer service, including effective communication, personal presentation, and handling queries. The practical application involves performing real-world customer service tasks such as greeting clients, managing appointments, and maintaining a professional salon environment to ensure a positive client experience.

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Styling Women's Hair

This element focuses on the foundational skills required to prepare for and carry out styling services for female clients, covering consultation, tool selection, and product usage. Learners will develop the ability to perform basic styling techniques such as blow-drying, setting, and finishing, ensuring client comfort and safety throughout the process.

Gateway Qualifications Level 1 Award in Hair and Beauty Therapy

Evening Make Up

This subtopic equips learners with the essential knowledge and practical skills to design, apply, and safely remove evening makeup for a given occasion. Emphasis is placed on selecting appropriate products, tools, and techniques to enhance facial features, considering lighting, outfit, and event formality, while maintaining hygiene and skin care standards.

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Exploring and Presenting Enterprise Ideas

This subtopic focuses on developing foundational entrepreneurial skills within the hair and beauty sector, enabling learners to generate, evaluate, and communicate a viable business idea. Learners explore how to identify simple market opportunities, consider resources needed, and effectively present their chosen enterprise concept to others. This directly supports practical application in planning small-scale salon services or product sales, fostering initiative and communication.

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Exploring Entrepreneurship

This subtopic introduces learners to the key traits of a successful entrepreneur in the hair and beauty sector, such as creativity, resilience, and customer focus. It encourages self-reflection to identify personal strengths and areas for development, linking these to the demands of setting up a small enterprise.

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Hand care

This subtopic focuses on the foundational skills required to safely prepare for and deliver a basic hand care treatment, including hygiene, equipment setup, and a simple massage routine. Learners will develop the ability to perform treatments that improve skin condition and relaxation, essential for progression in beauty therapy.

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Health and Safety in the Salon Environment

This subtopic introduces learners to the essential health and safety considerations within a hair and beauty salon, focusing on identifying common hazards such as chemical exposure, electrical equipment, and slip risks. It emphasises personal and employer responsibilities under current legislation and the critical importance of emergency procedures in ensuring a safe working environment, directly preparing learners for real-world salon practice.

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Legislation and Regulation affecting Residential Lettings and Property Management

This element covers the essential legislative and regulatory framework governing residential letting and property management. It examines how health and safety, security, contract law, land law, discrimination, data protection, and anti-money laundering rules apply practically to managing properties and dealing with tenants, clients, and third parties.

Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Certificate in Residential Letting and Property Management

Health and Safety in the Workplace

This subtopic covers essential health and safety knowledge for the hair and beauty workplace. Learners gain understanding of legal duties for employers and employees, how to spot potential dangers like chemical spills or electrical faults, and the correct steps to take if an accident occurs. Applying these principles ensures a safe environment for clients and staff in salons.

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Follow health and safety in the salon

This element covers the essential principles of maintaining a safe working environment in hair and beauty salons, including adherence to hygiene regulations, safe use of tools and products, and proactive hazard management. Learners will develop the skills to identify risks, follow salon policies, and respond correctly to emergencies such as fire, chemical spills, or accidents. Practical application ensures they can protect themselves, clients, and colleagues in daily salon operations.

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Improving sustainability in the workplace

This element focuses on enabling learners to recognise and propose simple improvements for sustainability in a hair and beauty setting. Learners will identify wasteful practices, suggest practical alternatives like reducing water or energy use, and create a basic project plan to present their ideas. This equips them with foundational skills for environmentally responsible working.

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Interview Skills

This subtopic covers the essential skills needed to prepare for and succeed in an interview within the hair and beauty industry. Learners will develop practical techniques for planning their journey, presenting themselves professionally, and reflecting on their performance to improve future opportunities.

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Introduction to Self-Employment

This element introduces learners to the fundamental concepts of self-employment within the hair and beauty sector. It explores what it means to work for oneself, the initial planning required to start a small business, and the basics of managing money through tracking income and expenditure. The focus is on building practical awareness for potential future self-employment, emphasising the importance of preparation and financial awareness.

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Introduction to the Hair and Beauty Sector

This subtopic introduces learners to the structure of the hair and beauty sector, outlining the variety of career opportunities available and the distinct services provided in hairdressing and beauty therapy. Learners explore job roles such as hairdresser, barber, beauty therapist and nail technician, along with the main hairdressing services like cutting, colouring and styling, and beauty treatments including facials, manicures and hair removal. This foundational knowledge supports progression onto more specialised units and helps learners identify potential career pathways within this thriving industry.

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Listen and Respond

In Hair and Beauty Therapy, the ability to listen and respond effectively in verbal exchanges is fundamental to building client rapport, understanding service requirements, and ensuring a positive salon experience. This element develops active listening techniques—such as paraphrasing, clarifying, and using open questions—enabling learners to accurately interpret client needs and deliver appropriate responses. Mastery at Entry 3 involves demonstrating basic yet professional communication skills that underpin safe and client-focused practice.

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Making Calculations

This element develops essential numeracy skills for hair and beauty therapy, focusing on the practical application of basic arithmetic. Learners will add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals to solve real salon problems, such as calculating product quantities, treatment costs and appointment timings, with and without a calculator.

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Making the Most of Work Placement

This subtopic guides learners through the essential stages of preparing, goal-setting, and reflecting on a hair and beauty work placement, ensuring they gain maximum benefit from the experience. It equips them with practical strategies to identify personal learning aims, demonstrate professional conduct, and document their development. Effective engagement with these processes enhances employability skills and underpins successful progression within the service industries.

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Residential Property Letting Practice

This subtopic covers the foundational practices of residential property letting, including agency services, market appraisals, legal requirements such as EPCs, and the end-to-end process from tenant referencing to handing over the property. Learners will explore the agent's roles and responsibilities towards landlords and applicants, ensuring compliance with housing benefit systems and local housing allowance regulations.

Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Certificate in Residential Letting and Property Management

Career Planning

This element equips learners with foundational skills to research and evaluate career pathways within the hair and beauty sector, focusing on identifying personal interests and the practical steps needed to set achievable career goals. It emphasizes understanding various roles, from salon assistant to specialist therapist, and aligning individual strengths with job requirements.

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Money, Time and Temperature

This element develops essential functional skills in handling money, managing time, and understanding temperature within a hair and beauty therapy context. Learners apply these skills to real salon scenarios such as taking payments, scheduling appointments, and using heated equipment safely, ensuring they can work accurately and professionally in a vocational setting.

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Nail Art Application

This subtopic focuses on the fundamental skills required for basic nail art application, including health and safety preparation, tool and product selection, and execution of simple decorative techniques like dots, stripes, and glitter application. Learners will understand how to create designs suitable for an entry-level salon setting, emphasizing client consultation and hygiene protocols.

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Negotiation Skills

This element introduces learners to the fundamental negotiation skills required in hair and beauty therapy, such as agreeing on services, managing client expectations, and resolving minor conflicts. Through practice, learners will gain confidence in expressing their own needs while respecting and accommodating the perspectives of clients and colleagues. These skills are essential for building positive professional relationships and ensuring customer satisfaction in a salon environment.

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Numbers, Decimals, Fractions and Percentages

This subtopic equips learners with essential numeracy skills applied directly in hair and beauty therapy contexts, such as measuring product quantities, calculating treatment times, handling money, and understanding discounts. Mastery of numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages ensures accuracy in client consultations, stock management, and financial transactions.

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Numeracy Skills for Work

This element develops essential numeracy skills within hair and beauty therapy contexts, such as accurately measuring product ratios, calculating treatment timings, handling payments, and interpreting client records. Learners will practice selecting and applying appropriate mathematical techniques to solve real work-related problems, ensuring safe and efficient service delivery.

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Numerical Relationships, Algebra and Ratios

This subtopic applies foundational mathematical concepts to practical scenarios in hair and beauty therapy. Learners must understand numerical relationships such as proportions and percentages when mixing products like hair dyes and developers, use basic algebra to solve for unknown quantities in formulae (e.g., calculating cost or time), and accurately work with ratios to ensure correct mixture consistency and colour results. Mastery of these skills is essential for safe and professional salon practice.

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Plaiting and Twisting Hair

This element introduces learners to essential hairdressing skills, focusing on the preparation and execution of simple plaiting and twisting styles. It emphasizes health and safety, client consultation, and the development of manual dexterity required for creating neat, even plaits and twists, which are foundational for further hairdressing qualifications and salon services.

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Presenting a professional image in a salon

This subtopic covers the fundamental aspects of presenting oneself professionally in a hair and beauty salon setting. Learners must understand the importance of personal hygiene, appropriate attire, and positive body language, as well as effective communication with clients and colleagues. Practical application involves demonstrating these skills in a simulated or real salon environment to meet industry standards and ensure client satisfaction.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Read for Information

This subtopic develops essential literacy skills for the hair and beauty sector, enabling learners to extract key details from everyday texts such as product instructions, appointment cards, and salon notices. It also focuses on using a dictionary to clarify unfamiliar terms, supporting accurate task completion and safe practice.

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Bridal and Special Occasion Hairstyles

This topic covers bridal and special occasion hairstyles, including factors to consider, accessories, and styling techniques. Learners must choose and present appropriate hairstyles for given situations.

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Residential Property Management Practice

This subtopic equips learners with the essential knowledge and skills to manage residential properties effectively, covering financial management through client accounting, coordination of repairs and maintenance within legal frameworks, and handling tenancy lifecycles from breaches to termination. Practical application involves ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, managing disputes, and maintaining professional standards to protect both landlord and tenant interests. Mastery of these areas is critical for property managers to mitigate risks, uphold legal obligations, and deliver quality service in the residential letting sector.

Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Certificate in Residential Letting and Property Management

Communication Skills for Work

This subtopic focuses on developing basic written and oral communication skills essential for entry-level roles in the hair and beauty industry. Learners practice completing simple written records such as appointment cards or client consultation forms, and engaging in spoken interactions like greeting clients, confirming bookings, and relaying key information. The aim is to build confidence in communicating clearly, professionally, and in line with workplace expectations.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Presenting a Professional Image in a Salon

This subtopic covers the essential skills required to communicate effectively and present a professional image in a salon environment, focusing on verbal and non-verbal communication, personal appearance, and hygiene standards. Mastery of these skills ensures a positive client experience, upholds salon reputation, and complies with health and safety regulations.

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Read for Purpose and Meaning

This topic focuses on reading for purpose and meaning at Entry Level 3 in Hair and Beauty Therapy. Learners develop the ability to read and understand texts and use simple reading strategies.

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Providing basic manicure treatment

This element introduces learners to the fundamental skills required for preparing and delivering a basic manicure treatment. It covers essential health and safety practices, client consultation, tool and product selection, and the step-by-step process of shaping, cuticle care, and nail finishing. Proficiency in this unit underpins safe and effective practice in a salon environment, ensuring client satisfaction and foundational readiness for advanced nail services.

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Providing Basic Pedicure Treatment

This element focuses on the fundamental skills required to deliver a safe and effective basic pedicure treatment, encompassing thorough preparation of the client, tools, and work area, followed by the systematic execution of nail shaping, cuticle care, foot exfoliation, and moisturising. Learners must demonstrate an ability to uphold professional hygiene standards and adapt the service to individual client needs, ensuring a relaxing yet hygienic experience.

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Searching for a Job

This subtopic covers the methods and resources for identifying job opportunities within the hair and beauty sector, including traditional and digital channels. Learners will explore proactive strategies such as networking, speculative applications, and personal branding to enhance their employability. Mastery of these foundational job search skills is essential for gaining a foothold in this competitive industry.

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Self-Management Skills for Work

This topic covers self-management skills for work, including time-keeping, organisation, managing feelings and behaviours, and reviewing own skills.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Setting and Meeting Work-Related Targets

This element introduces learners to the importance of setting and reviewing personal work-related targets within a hair and beauty therapy context. It focuses on practical techniques for identifying realistic goals, monitoring progress, and adapting approaches to ensure continuous improvement and professional development. The ability to set and review targets is essential for meeting workplace standards and client satisfaction in service industries.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Setting up for Hair and Beauty Services

This subtopic focuses on the foundational skills required to prepare a salon environment for hair and beauty treatments. Learners will understand the significance of pre-service organization, including equipment selection, sanitation, and workstation setup, to ensure treatments run smoothly and safely. These skills are essential for assisting professionals and delivering high-quality client care in a salon setting.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Shampoo and Conditioning

This subtopic covers the fundamental skills required to prepare for and perform a shampoo, conditioning treatment, and towel dry service on a client. Learners will develop an understanding of the importance of client consultation, product selection, and safe working practices to ensure a comfortable and effective hair cleansing experience. Mastery of these techniques is essential for progression in the hair and beauty industry, forming the basis for further styling and chemical services.

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Skills for Creative Thinkers

This element develops the ability to generate original ideas and apply imaginative solutions in hair and beauty therapy contexts. Learners practise creative thinking techniques to adapt styles, troubleshoot client concerns, and enhance service outcomes. The focus is on practical creativity that meets industry standards while personalising client experiences.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Lead a service that supports individuals through significant life events

This subtopic focuses on the leadership skills required within hair and beauty therapy services to effectively support individuals during significant life events such as illness, bereavement, or major transitions. Learners must demonstrate the ability to implement organisational policies and procedures that ensure sensitive, tailored service delivery, while managing resources and equipping staff with the skills to respond empathetically and professionally.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Award in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Community environment project

This element focuses on enabling learners to apply basic hair and beauty therapy skills in a real community setting, such as providing simple nail care or hand massage at a local care home. Learners will learn to identify a suitable project, articulate its benefits to the community, plan and carry out the activity, and finally reflect on their own performance and the project's success. Practical application builds essential employability skills and awareness of client needs outside a salon environment.

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Skills for Effective Participants

This subtopic focuses on developing the skills necessary for learners to actively participate in their communities by identifying and addressing local issues. Within the context of hair and beauty therapy, this could involve recognising how salon practices impact the local environment or community well-being, and taking steps such as organising a sustainable product drive or volunteering services for a local cause. The aim is to empower learners to become proactive citizens who can plan and implement small-scale improvements that benefit their place of learning, work, or neighborhood.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Certificate in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)

Colour hair using temporary colour

This element focuses on the practical steps involved in preparing the client and workstation for temporary hair colour application, ensuring safety and cleanliness. Students learn to select appropriate temporary colour products, protect the client's skin and clothing, and apply the colour evenly for a consistent result. Mastery of these skills underpins client satisfaction and professional standards in hair salons.

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Conduct at Work

This subtopic focuses on the fundamental professional behaviours expected in a hair and beauty therapy setting, including personal presentation, communication, teamwork, and adherence to workplace policies. It also develops learners' ability to self-assess and reflect on their own conduct to identify strengths and areas for improvement, fostering a commitment to continuous personal development and industry standards.

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Communication skills for work

This unit develops the communication competencies required in a hair and beauty therapy setting, focusing on both written and spoken interactions. Learners will practice drafting accurate appointment records and consultation notes, as well as conducting professional client verbal exchanges to ensure service clarity and safety.

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Skin care

This subtopic focuses on the fundamental skills needed to carry out a basic skin care treatment. Learners will understand how to safely prepare the client and work area, select appropriate products, and perform a simple facial routine. Emphasis is on hygiene, client consultation, and following procedural steps to deliver a relaxing and effective treatment.

Gateway Qualifications Entry Level Award in Hair and Beauty Therapy (Entry 3)