How do you become a trainer?

[collin]

anyone know?? do i contact the company with the products/equipment i want to train with??

Is that what you mean noodles, you want to train people for a certain treatment?like st.Tropez, or creative nails?

A good starting point is to contact companies that have products you have an interest in and simply ask them if they have any vacancies in your area and what qualifications are needed to apply.

Make sure you ask if /what is the "in house training" that would be offered to you and what form of accreditation certification you will receive.

HTH

 

[Miss Sylk]

A good starting point is to contact companies that have products you have an interest in and simply ask them if they have any vacancies in your area and what qualifications are needed to apply.

Make sure you ask if /what is the "in house training" that would be offered to you and what form of accreditation certification you will receive.

HTH

Spot on!:green:

 

[Kim Lawless]

There are many companies as well as individuals that seemingly purport to be trainers or offering training and use these terms in advertising to pull in customers when in fact they are far from accredited,offer minimal training and no recognised certification which facilitates adequate insurance cover to those that have supposedly been "trained".

I think it highly unethical for individuals or companies to advertise "training" in their marketing campaigns when in fact they mean either "demonstration,product awareness or mentoring"

The label on the tin should be clear and precise as to what you will find inside...not withstanding that it goes completely against trading standards and could well end up getting the individual or company into deep trouble.

I couldn't disagree with you more on this one Collin. Here's why:-

Although my courses are in the process of being accredited, I don't really want to do so, I just feel pressured into it but that's another thread.

ALL........and I mean ALL of my students that come to me have trained on accredited courses and a lot of them couldn't wax if their life depended on. Mentoring or training.......call it what you like, but the results are in the end product. If they go away being a better waxer then job done.

As far as it being unethical, I've heard many many stories of therapists being told that they can be a trainer for individual companies, regardless of whether they're capable or not. I think that this is what this thread is really about........reading between the lines.

 

[Kim Lawless]

Sorry Noodles, to bring this back on track. To become a trainer, you either train as a trainer in your particular field, or you excel at what you do and have your own technique, and then develop your own training courses. xxx

 

[Lucy-Jayne]

IMO, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to be taught how to read from a script and pass that information onto others. In many jobs that I've done, I've seen this happen and it's boring.

A good trainer is someone who KNOWS what they're doing inside out and can only be seen to be improving and passing that invaluable knowledge over to those they teach. Someone who has a passion for doing what they do.

I'm going to be honest here, yes I recently became a trainer for Tantick, and I haven't been tanning for years, but I do have a flare for teaching and am enthusiastic about what I teach and what I enjoy as I have a passion for the industry.

Lets be honest (and I'll probably get slated here)..... it doesn't take much to spray tan someone, and you can't get it really really wrong and hurt someone.

Other things you can. Waxing should be taught correctly by someone with lots of experience, as should Semi-permanent Eyelash Extensions, Massage, Nails etc.

My dream is to have my own nail academy, but I've already spoken to Samantha and been told I'm not allowed one yet!! I need to keep going with my training and get excellent so I'm an asset to the company. If I did it now I'd probably send them under!

 

[tonilee]

Its not just a case of reading from a script tho is it, if that was all teaching was then perhaps my partner wouldnt have needed 4 years at uni to train as a teacher when she is after all, reading from a script (curriculum)??!!!

There is the whole side of delivering, planning, assessing ...blah blah but I wont go into that.

Enthusiasm and the ability to be able to do something really well is good, dont get me wrong its a good quality to have. But there are a whole load of other things that are needed too. As I said earlier experience counts for alot, you need to know a whole lot more than how to do something and do it well. To be able to recognise and in some cases even predict where a trainee may go wrong, and why and then therefore how to correct that, not only all that but to be able to put all that into words or demonstration in a way that the trainee understands.

When I learnt nails I was stunned at the stuff Diane could tell I had been doing wrong at home, even without seeing me do it, and then explain to me how that would affect my work and what problems it may lead to and then how to overcome it. And thats not mentioning the zillion other random tips she gave me (I still always carry my gelbond around in a little tuppaware container padded out with couch roll!!!LOL)

We are all quick to say that our industry should be regulated and moan on about NSS and the other like one man dodgey bands, me included. I therefore think its incorrect to say "its not rocket science to spray tan" while you're quite correct it is not rocket science, NOT if you know what your doing and have been taught well yourself and have spent the time practicing as with any skill. However it is a skill and technique thats needs mastering just like any other, and the more experience you have whilst mastering the skill yourself, the better trainer you will be, if you go down that route. But how effectively YOU as a trainer DELIVER that course is a different matter!

All of course just my own opinion!!! lol

 

[Lucy-Jayne]

Its not just a case of reading from a script tho is it, if that was all teaching was then perhaps my partner wouldnt have needed 4 years at uni to train as a teacher when she is after all, reading from a script (curriculum)??!!!

There is the whole side of delivering, planning, assessing ...blah blah but I wont go into that.

Enthusiasm and the ability to be able to do something really well is good, dont get me wrong its a good quality to have. But there are a whole load of other things that are needed too. As I said earlier experience counts for alot, you need to know a whole lot more than how to do something and do it well. To be able to recognise and in some cases even predict where a trainee may go wrong, and why and then therefore how to correct that, not only all that but to be able to put all that into words or demonstration in a way that the trainee understands.

When I learnt nails I was stunned at the stuff Diane could tell I had been doing wrong at home, even without seeing me do it, and then explain to me how that would affect my work and what problems it may lead to and then how to overcome it. And thats not mentioning the zillion other random tips she gave me (I still always carry my gelbond around in a little tuppaware container padded out with couch roll!!!LOL)

We are all quick to say that our industry should be regulated and moan on about NSS and the other like one man dodgey bands, me included. I therefore think its incorrect to say "its not rocket science to spray tan" while you're quite correct it is not rocket science, NOT if you know what your doing and have been taught well yourself and have spent the time practicing as with any skill. However it is a skill and technique thats needs mastering just like any other, and the more experience you have whilst mastering the skill yourself, the better trainer you will be, if you go down that route. But how effectively YOU as a trainer DELIVER that course is a different matter!

All of course just my own opinion!!! lol

I do agree with you hun, maybe I worded it a bit incorrectly.

I've had people train me on things who have literally 'read off a script'. No eye contact, no enthusiasm, no nothing. All for big well known companies. It is down to how you deliver it 100%.

 

[wowbb]

Especially because there is companies out there who title trainers only after having read something or having been demonstrated a product makes it so vital to make sure that training is done properly.

I have been at some trainings myself where you leave at the end of the class and think that was not worth the money!

It is not only what you learn as in Health and safety, background information, the actual skill, theory and practical (no matter which class you go to ) but also how it is taught and how much the trainer pays attention to his student to make sure the application/product etc is fully understood.

I agree that there is different levels of skill and understanding is needed for different products or training classes, however the fact remains the same that you simply cannot read a training class and be fit enough to write a training course yourself. Different training courses involve different levels and in all aspects you can unfortunately hurt someone whether it is nails, waxing, hair or tanning - If you dont know what you are doing you cannot perform a treatment correctly and therefore risk harming your client. Training is essential whatever treatment you are performing and to become a trainer you obviously have to have a certain level of skill and knowledge as well as understanding of the product, procedures and also due care for your students.

Which ever company you want to train for will be able to tell you what they require for you to be a trainer and if you are good at what you do then I am sure that you will enjoy the teaching element of it also. :hug:

 

[collin]

Whatever the discipline that you are being trained in weather its something that can take 4 years (as I was)or something that can be done in a day training in what you are about to do is a must especially when it comes to undertaking a function on the paying general public.

In so far as the issue of brands is concerned ..well within the training is Incorporated "specific" product training which is developed to suit the "specific" culture of the brand and the most suitable means of application of that brands "specific" products.

Legislation is constantly changing and it is very much a responsibility of the training organisation to adapt it's training to suit and to ensure that all trainers are fully up to speed with those changes.

 

[steviemac]

I agree scoobydoo, equally important to the training content and quality is the attitude and respect of the trainers, to the brand,the material and the trainees, before, during and after training.
If you think your students are mugs, you're in the wrong game....IMHO

 

[ValencianNails]

So... back to the question in hand... How do you become a trainer?

It might be quite good to hear from the different professions within the salon industry, ie waxing, nails, massage, hair etc.

How long is recommended to be in the relevant industry before embarking on becoming a trainer/educator?

Are there differing amounts of weeks/months/years that different salon professions require candidates to have had experience in prior to considering them as a trainer/educator for their company/business/college?

Let's all try to keep it on topic please :wink2:

 

[hippy-chick]

I call myself a trainer, although I did a teaching certificate 18 years ago, my assessors qualifications about 10 years ago and have been teaching here and there.

I have recently started to write my own training manuals which are accredited and approved through THE GUILD. I also pay extra insurance to be able to issue my students with a certificate that they can gain insurance for.

The industry is becoming self regulating, and it is good to see that most people are now undertaking teaching certificates.

I personally would always check that the course that I attended was acceptable to my insurance company.

But, teaching does really need that certain flair, that passion for the subject that you are teaching. Also tips, antedotes, EXPERIENCE!

Now lets all play nice xxx

 

[pammy b]

Ive done 3 year training course part time 1 night a week for beauty therapy NVQ Level 2 & 3, including an in depth anatomy and physiology. Thats what you need to know!!! also, and i asure you it aint mastered over a few hours.i went from being mobile to owning a beauty salon all this whilst keeping my main job as income . I am very proud of myself juggling all this ( i should be 8 stone haha) very hard work and im still working at it. Adding to my bow other interesting treatments as im able to do this with my NVQ Qualifications.

 

[Scoobydoo2]

Ive done 3 year training course part time 1 night a week for beauty therapy NVQ Level 2 & 3, including an in depth anatomy and physiology. Thats what you need to know!!! also, and i asure you it aint mastered over a few hours.i went from being mobile to owning a beauty salon all this whilst keeping my main job as income . I am very proud of myself juggling all this ( i should be 8 stone haha) very hard work and im still working at it. Adding to my bow other interesting treatments as im able to do this with my NVQ Qualifications.

it does take a lot of blood sweat and tears and I so admire you doing it the right way not taking a short cut and just opting to train with a product and then call yourself a trainer which is what so many do and this is my gripe. Well done you, you have every right ot be proud of yourself.

 

[Jen Smith]

it does take a lot of blood sweat and tears and I so admire you doing it the right way not taking a short cut and just opting to train with a product and then call yourself a trainer which is what so many do and this is my gripe. Well done you, you have every right ot be proud of yourself.

I have been constantly training for the past 5 years. I trained with CND to Master Nail Technician and NVQ Level 3 but have never felt the confidence to push myself with the nail enhancement industry.. enjoying more natural nail care. It just isnt my 'bag'. I have had private training in waxing on a fast track course when I started out 5 years ago... and lots more fast track courses but then felt I 'needed' to do it all again but in collage over two years covering waxing again and the usual Level 2 beauty therapy moduals, but in a more intense course Beauty Specialist Techniques which is VTCT qualification. I didnt want to do the full level 3 (which I did the level 2 to do but I just got too busy in my salon to spare the time) so I did another 6 months training in Level 3 Body Massage, then a further year in Level 3 Diploma Aromatherapy Massage. Along with VCTC A&P plus NVQ 3 in Electrolysis plus many workshops ie hopi ear candles.. hot stone therapy level 1 and 2. etc etc And more recently this year intimate waxing for men with Axion and topped this up with some mentoring from Kim for female intimate waxing... plus had more advanced wax training with yet more to come over the next couple of months. I am starting my 7303 this september and once this is completed I do feel I will be ready to train other people who want to learn waxing... I have had 5 years experience waxing on a daily basis... I havent just had product knowledge... I have had extensive training and experience and feel very proud of what I have achieved and worked very hard for thus far.

 

[ValencianNails]

So... back to the question in hand... How do you become a trainer?

It might be quite good to hear from the different professions within the salon industry, ie waxing, nails, massage, hair etc.

How long is recommended to be in the relevant industry before embarking on becoming a trainer/educator?

Are there differing amounts of weeks/months/years that different salon professions require candidates to have had experience in prior to considering them as a trainer/educator for their company/business/college?

Let's all try to keep it on topic please :wink2:

More please :green:

I want to hear from ALL sectors of the salon industry on this one!!!

 

[naildoctor]

More please :green:

I want to hear from ALL sectors of the salon industry on this one!!!

I was working for a distributor when a sales rep from ProFinish approached me about becoming an educator. I had to have a certain amount of experience at the time, although I cannot remember how much.
My regional training position required me to travel to Scotsdale, Arizona and complete a grueling course. I'm not putting it down, just the opposite. But I am saying that it was pretty tough. :!:
If you have a product that you love to work with, then contact the company and inquire about a position.

 

[Kim Lawless]

Maybe there's two sides to this thread:-

HOW DO YOU BECOME A TRAINER
Appraoch the brand that you want to train for and see how you go about it. Or, go to your local adult education colleges to see if they run courses in your subject.

HOW DO YOU BECOME A GOOD TRAINER
Practice and keep your standards high at all times.

 

[Tracey Park]

Maybe there's two sides to this thread:-

HOW DO YOU BECOME A TRAINER
Appraoch the brand that you want to train for and see how you go about it. Or, go to your local adult education colleges to see if they run courses in your subject.

HOW DO YOU BECOME A GOOD TRAINER
Practice and keep your standards high at all times.

aren’t they both needed to be a trainer and a good trainer..??

 

[PinkPotions]

If you are thinking of becoming a trainer why is that and what are your expectations from doing it??

Now that is an interesting question given that there does seem to be an increase in trainers it would be good to know what is enticing them down this road & what the motivation is to take on the extra work?

Also, to the trainers: How do you cope with your existing clients when you are always out training? Does your base business suffer? Surely if you are working all day every day serving clients then taking days off to train will mess with your appointment book?

Still true to the original post aswell x