Duration: 24 weeks
Start date: 25th September 2025
End date: 20th March 2026
Cost: £3,345 (advanced learner loan available)
Course contribution fee: £129.00
Kit purchase required
The VTCT Skills Level 3 Diploma in Nail Technology is a qualification that has been specifically designed to develop your practical skills in; how to provide manicure and pedicure treatments and how to apply and maintain nail enhancements.
To further enhance your practical skills, you will have the opportunity to choose from the following practical units; the application of airbrush designs for nails, enhancing nails using electrical files, application and design of nail art, how to display retail stock to promote sales in the salon, how to promote both products and services to salon clients.
Underpinning this qualification, you will develop a sound knowledge of health and safety practice in a salon environment, how to promote client care and communication in beauty related industries and how maintain personal health and wellbeing when working with nail technology.
You will also develop an underpinning knowledge and understanding of the practical skills learned throughout this qualification.
The purpose of this qualification is to develop your skills in beauty therapy to a high level of occupational ability, to enable you to perform your own salon services.
The legislations referred to within this qualification apply to UK learners. For learners outside of the UK, you should familiarise yourself with legislations that may apply to you.
Modules of Study include:
Additional modules of study include:
The course is 6 months long (24 weeks term time) and will require you to attend our Training Academy 1 day per week (9:30am-4pm), plus some online classes, catch up sessions will be held in half term holidays.
You are required to produce a portfolio of evidence which will consist of small assignments plus online exams. You will be continually assessed throughout the course where you will practice your skills on clients in a realistic working environment.
The course is £3,345 which can be paid in full, instalments or via the Advanced Learner Loan. This is a government loan that you only have to start repaying when you’re earning over £25,000.
You be required to pay a course contribution fee of £129 and a kits list will be sent to you to purchase.
If you decide you would like to start this course, you can reply via call on 01322 275807 or send us an email
There are no formal prerequisite qualifications that you must have prior to undertaking this qualification.
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