Course qualifications, time, etc?

[funkiichiicka]

Hi,

I kind of have 2 questions really.

First of all, I'm so confused with all the different qualifications offered upon completing a nail course. I have seen things like NVQ, VCTC, City and Guilds etc and then some that are offered by specific companies eg 'Beauty Academy Diploma' and I think CND has their own too... it's all so confusing. Which is the 'best' qualification to have? For example, if I wanted to work in a salon or something once I'm done training, what would they prefer? I've always thought NVQ was the proper one?

Also, I see some courses that are like 1, 2... 5 days. And then some others are 8... 12 weeks etc. What's the best to go for when it comes to that, especially as I have no issues with when I could study.

So yeah I would really appreciate some help with that please?

Thank you.

 

[funkiichiicka]

Trying to bump - sorry?

 

[souz]

the longer the course the better, you cannot learn nails in just 5 days unless those days are spread out over say 5 weeks and you get to practice inbetween. if you are going to spend money out (which you will!) get the best that you can.

If you go for an NVQ it will generally be at a local college where there will probably be about 20-30 of you in the class with 1 tutor! yes you will have a recognised qualification but you may or may not have had enough teaching to feel confident.

Have a search on here and see where others have gone and what they have found to be the best. You will see that alot of the geeks have trained with CND (sweet squared). It does seem alot of money to fork out at the time but the benefit is that you get all your kit that you need included in the price, not extra like lots of other places and the class sizes are alot smaller and you get alot more attention from the trainer and the days are spread out over weeks and you are expected to practice like mad inbetween and show that you have practised.

15 years ago my friend trained with CND which i couldnt afford so i went with cheaper companies etc....she got on far better than me and even to do this day she is super at L+P and i stay away from it even though i had a conversion with CND but she had had so much more in her full course in the way of training. hth

 

[syncage]

You need to ask yourself a few questions:

What kind of career do you want - job in a salon/work for yourself?
Do you want to offer a full range of services or natural nails/gel polish only?
Does you training need to fit into current job?
Are you likely to want to offer other beauty services e.g. lashes/tanning/waxing?
What area are you going to geographical work in/ what is the demand & pricing like?

Answering these questions will help you decide which training route is most suitable.