Beauty Therapy Level 2 - Principles
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Beauty Therapy Level 2 - Principles
Our home study Beauty Therapy Level 2 course covers a whole range of treatments, so no two days will ever be the same!
The role of a beauty therapist is ideal for anyone who is a good listener, creative and who likes working with people. If you enjoy pampering people and helping them to feel good about themselves, then our Beauty Therapy course is the ideal home study course for you.
Modules
Unit 1: Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safety
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace
- Be able to reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace
- Know how to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
Unit 2: Fulfil salon reception duties
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to maintain the reception area
- Be able to attend to clients and enquiries
- Be able to make appointments for salon services
- Be able to handle payments from clients
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand communication methods
- Understand salon services, products and pricing
- Understand how to calculate and take payments
- Understand how to make appointments
Unit 3: Develop and maintain effectiveness at work
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to improve their personal performance at work
- Be able to work effectively as part of a team
- Understand salon roles, procedures and targets
- Understand how to improve their performance
- Understand how to work with others
Unit 4: Promote additional services or products to customers
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Identify additional services or products that are available
- Inform customers about additional services or products
- Gain customer commitment to using additional services or products
- Understand how to promote additional services or products to customers
Unit 5: Anatomy and Physiology
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to discuss the anatomy and physiology of the human body
- Understand the effects that beauty treatments have on the face and body
Unit 6: Provide facial skin care treatment
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when improving and maintaining facial skin condition
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for facials with clients
- Be able to improve and maintain skin condition
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing facial treatments
- Understand how to perform client consultation and treatment planning
- Understand anatomy and physiology that relates to facial skin care treatments
- Understand contra-indications that affect or restrict facial skin care treatments
- Understand facial skin care techniques, products and treatment planning
- Understand the aftercare advice to provide clients for facial care treatments
Unit 7: Enhance the appearance of eyebrows and eyelashes
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working providing eyebrow and eyelash treatments
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for the treatment with clients
- Be able to shape eyebrows
- Be able to tint eyebrows and lashes
- Be able to apply artificial eyelashes
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing eyebrow and eyelash treatments
- Understand how to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation
- Understand how to shape the eyebrows
- Understand how to tint the eyebrows and lashes
- Understand how to apply artificial lashes
- Understand the contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict eyebrow and eyelash treatments
- Know the equipment, materials and products to use when carrying out eyebrow and eyelash treatments
Unit 8: Provide make-up and instruct clients in the use of skin care products and make-up
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective working methods when providing make-up services
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for make-up
- Be able to apply make-up products
- Know the organisational and legal requirements related to make-up application
- Know how to work safely and effectively when providing make-up services
- Know how to use client consultation, treatment planning and preparation for make-up services
- Know anatomy and physiology related to make-up
- Know the contra-indications and contra-actions of make-up
- Know how to apply make-up
- Know how to provide aftercare advice for clients following make-up services
Unit 9: Provide manicure and pedicure services
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when providing manicure services
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for the service with clients
- Be able to carry out manicure services
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Be able to carry out pedicure services
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing pedicure services
Unit 10: Carry out waxing services
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when waxing
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for waxing treatments with clients
- Be able to remove unwanted hair
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing waxing treatments
- Understand how to consult, plan and prepare for the treatment
- Know anatomy and physiology that relates to waxing treatment
- Understand contra-indications that affect or restrict waxing treatments
- Understand equipment, materials, products, techniques and treatment planning for waxing
- Be able to provide aftercare advice for clients
Entry Requirements
No experience or previous qualifications are required for enrolment on this course.
Minimum age restriction
You must be aged 16 or older to enrol.
Average completion timeframe
The average time it takes our learners to complete the course is 1 year.
Assessment requirements
After each lesson, there will be a question paper to complete.
Placement or Practical required
There are no placements or practicals involved in this course.
Exams required
After each lesson there will be a question paper
Is Membership Required?
No membership is required to enrol the course.
Course Fees
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
Assessment Method
After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.
What's Included
- All study materials
- Study Guide
- Full Tutor and Admin support.
- The course fee includes the awarding body registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).

At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
Level 2 Beauty Therapy Level 2 - Principles Certificate of Achievement
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that learndirect has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 2 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed learndirect to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
To view a sample of the Certificate of Achievement, please click here.
- SALE Savings End Midnight Tuesday 12th December
- SALE Savings End Midnight Tuesday 12th December
Beauty Therapy Level 2 - Principles
Our home study Beauty Therapy Level 2 course covers a whole range of treatments, so no two days will ever be the same!
The role of a beauty therapist is ideal for anyone who is a good listener, creative and who likes working with people. If you enjoy pampering people and helping them to feel good about themselves, then our Beauty Therapy course is the ideal home study course for you.
Modules
Unit 1: Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safety
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace
- Be able to reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace
- Know how to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace
Unit 2: Fulfil salon reception duties
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to maintain the reception area
- Be able to attend to clients and enquiries
- Be able to make appointments for salon services
- Be able to handle payments from clients
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand communication methods
- Understand salon services, products and pricing
- Understand how to calculate and take payments
- Understand how to make appointments
Unit 3: Develop and maintain effectiveness at work
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to improve their personal performance at work
- Be able to work effectively as part of a team
- Understand salon roles, procedures and targets
- Understand how to improve their performance
- Understand how to work with others
Unit 4: Promote additional services or products to customers
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Identify additional services or products that are available
- Inform customers about additional services or products
- Gain customer commitment to using additional services or products
- Understand how to promote additional services or products to customers
Unit 5: Anatomy and Physiology
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to discuss the anatomy and physiology of the human body
- Understand the effects that beauty treatments have on the face and body
Unit 6: Provide facial skin care treatment
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when improving and maintaining facial skin condition
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for facials with clients
- Be able to improve and maintain skin condition
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing facial treatments
- Understand how to perform client consultation and treatment planning
- Understand anatomy and physiology that relates to facial skin care treatments
- Understand contra-indications that affect or restrict facial skin care treatments
- Understand facial skin care techniques, products and treatment planning
- Understand the aftercare advice to provide clients for facial care treatments
Unit 7: Enhance the appearance of eyebrows and eyelashes
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working providing eyebrow and eyelash treatments
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for the treatment with clients
- Be able to shape eyebrows
- Be able to tint eyebrows and lashes
- Be able to apply artificial eyelashes
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing eyebrow and eyelash treatments
- Understand how to perform client consultation, treatment planning and preparation
- Understand how to shape the eyebrows
- Understand how to tint the eyebrows and lashes
- Understand how to apply artificial lashes
- Understand the contra-indications and contra-actions that affect or restrict eyebrow and eyelash treatments
- Know the equipment, materials and products to use when carrying out eyebrow and eyelash treatments
Unit 8: Provide make-up and instruct clients in the use of skin care products and make-up
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective working methods when providing make-up services
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for make-up
- Be able to apply make-up products
- Know the organisational and legal requirements related to make-up application
- Know how to work safely and effectively when providing make-up services
- Know how to use client consultation, treatment planning and preparation for make-up services
- Know anatomy and physiology related to make-up
- Know the contra-indications and contra-actions of make-up
- Know how to apply make-up
- Know how to provide aftercare advice for clients following make-up services
Unit 9: Provide manicure and pedicure services
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when providing manicure services
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for the service with clients
- Be able to carry out manicure services
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Be able to carry out pedicure services
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing pedicure services
Unit 10: Carry out waxing services
By the end of this unit the learner will be able to:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when waxing
- Be able to consult, plan and prepare for waxing treatments with clients
- Be able to remove unwanted hair
- Understand organisational and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely and effectively when providing waxing treatments
- Understand how to consult, plan and prepare for the treatment
- Know anatomy and physiology that relates to waxing treatment
- Understand contra-indications that affect or restrict waxing treatments
- Understand equipment, materials, products, techniques and treatment planning for waxing
- Be able to provide aftercare advice for clients
Entry Requirements
No experience or previous qualifications are required for enrolment on this course.
Minimum age restriction
You must be aged 16 or older to enrol.
Average completion timeframe
The average time it takes our learners to complete the course is 1 year.
Assessment requirements
After each lesson, there will be a question paper to complete.
Placement or Practical required
There are no placements or practicals involved in this course.
Exams required
After each lesson there will be a question paper
Is Membership Required?
No membership is required to enrol the course.
Course Fees
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
Assessment
Assessment Method
After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.
What's Included
- All study materials
- Study Guide
- Full Tutor and Admin support.
- The course fee includes the awarding body registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).
Endorsement

At the end of this course successful learners will be given the option to receive a Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
Level 2 Beauty Therapy Level 2 - Principles Certificate of Achievement
The course has been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme. This means that learndirect has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 2 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed learndirect to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
To view a sample of the Certificate of Achievement, please click here.
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