New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy (Level 4)

The NZ Certificate in Beauty Therapy (Level 4) equips you with practical skills to deliver a wide range of beauty services, including nail care, skincare, and makeup application. You’ll also develop essential knowledge of the business side of beauty therapy, with a focus on customer service, sales, and professional practice—preparing you for success in the industry.

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Invercargill
Queenstown
Campus
Invercargill
Qualification
Certificate
Level
4
Credits
120
Duration

One year full-time

Dates
TBC
Fees
This programme qualifies for SIT Zero Fees. Terms and Conditions apply. Click here for more information.
Tuition Fees

Zero tuition fees

Direct Material Costs

$5010.00 (incl. GST)

International Fees

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Course Outline

The New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy (Level 4) will teach you how to deliver a range of beauty services. You will also learn business aspects of beauty therapy, customer service and sales.

You will learn:

  • natural nail services, products, and tools
  • beauty treatment plans
  • facial and skin care services
  • manual hair removal
  • body care services
  • chemistry, physics and biology
  • nutrition
  • skin-related disease and disorders
  • health, safety and hygiene obligations
  • small business and customer service

iTEC international examinations can be undertaken as part of this course at an additional cost.

This qualification is designed to provide the beauty sector with therapists who have the skills and knowledge to analyse, plan and provide a broad range of beauty services. This course is intended for learners who have little or no prior learning or experience in beauty services. 

Course Content

CBT400 Anatomy and Physiology

Students awarded this qualification are able to identify systems of the human body, organs and general functions as relevant to beauty services.

CBT410 Consultation

Students awarded this qualification are able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the consultation process, identify the client’s wants and needs to develop a treatment plan
  • Demonstrate knowledge of a treatment plan and product needs
  • In relation to the beauty services industry, maintain a professional working relationship with clients, other therapists, other students, and other medical professionals

CBT420 Dermatology

Students awarded this qualification are able to:

  • Identify symptoms of skin and skin related diseases and disorders
  • Identify the possible implications in terms of beauty treatments

CBT430 Health, Safety and Hygiene

Students awarded this qualification are able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of personal care, hygiene and safety in a salon
  • Maintain safe and professional practice within the beauty workplace
  • Provide first aid and provide basic life support

CBT440 Manicure and Pedicure

Students awarded this qualification are able to:

  • Prepare to perform a manicure service and perform a complete manicure service
  • Prepare to perform a pedicure service and perform a complete pedicure service
  • Prepare for a complimentary nail service and perform a complimentary nail service

CBT450 Nutrition

Students awarded this qualification are able to demonstrate knowledge of nutrition in relation to beauty therapy services; and nutritional advice in relation to supporting skin care services.

CBT460 Reception

Students awarded this qualification are able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the receptionist role and functions for the beauty industry
  • Demonstrate communication skills for customer service and client sales in the beauty industry; and maintain a beauty industry reception area

CBT470 Small Business

Students awarded this qualification are able to, in relation to the beauty services industry; explain types of business, Acts and Regulations affecting businesses, the operation of a small business and customer practice.

CBT480 Facial and Makeup Services

Students awarded this qualification are able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of skin types and skin conditions relevant to product and service selection for facial therapy services.
  • Prepare for selected facial therapy services
  • Perform a cleansing and toning service, an exfoliation service, a facial massage sequence, a mask application, and moisturising services and complete follow-up actions
  • Demonstrate knowledge of products and techniques used for eye enhancement services; prepare to perform and perform eye enhancement services; and complete follow-up actions
  • Conduct a client consultation to determine make-up selection; and perform make-up services

CBT490 Body Care Services

Students awarded this qualification are able to:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of hair growth patterns, stages of growth and hair types relevant for depilatory services; perform depilatory wax services; and complete follow up actions
  • Demonstrate knowledge of self-tanning techniques, perform a full body self-tanning treatment and complete follow-up actions
  • Demonstrate knowledge of foundation relaxation massage practice; describe the effects of, and contraindications to, foundation relaxation massage; perform a foundation relaxation massage of the back, neck and shoulders; and complete follow-up actions
Career Opportunities

This qualification is designed to provide the beauty sector with therapists who have the skills and knowledge to analyse, plan and provide a broad range of beauty services.

The beauty sector will benefit by having beauty therapists with the skills and knowledge to competently provide a range of beauty services.

Graduates can work in Beaty Therapy Clinics and Health Related Businesses, or create your own business.

Application Criteria

NCEA (Level 1) or equivalent. NCEA Level 2 is recommended only. All enrolments will be considered upon application.

English Language Requirements

Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following:

NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or

an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or

Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA), or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL); or

Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in  either New Zealand, Australia­, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or

Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or

Successful completion of a Bachelor ‘s Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters’ Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be  from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or

Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment

Certificate at Level 4

  • IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5.5 with no band score lower than 5
  • TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 530 (with an essay score of 4.5 TWE)
  • TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 46 (with a writing score of 14)
  • Cambridge English Examination –B2 First or B2First for schools with a score of 162.  No less than 154 in each skill.
  • OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
  • NZCEL - a) Expiring Level   b) Current:
  • Level 3 (Academic) b) Level 3 (Applied)
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) – PTE (Academic) score of 42 with no band score lower than 36
  • Language Cert - B2 Communicator International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
  • Trinity ISE - ISE II with no less than pass in any band
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