Your training pathway

How our qualifications build on each other, from your first step into beauty to Level 5.

Qualifications, in order

  1. VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Access to Aesthetic Practice

    Start here if you are new to beauty. No previous experience is needed.

    £1,400, 6 weeks. Entry requirements: None. This course is designed for learners with no formal background in beauty therapy.

  2. VTCT Level 4 Laser Hair Removal and Skin Rejuvenation

    Next, with your Level 3: laser hair removal and skin rejuvenation, the qualification for working as a laser and IPL technician.

    £1,400, 6 weeks, one day a week. Entry requirements: A Level 3 qualification, such as the VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Access to Aesthetic Practice. We check this when we review your application.

  3. Level 5 Certificate in Aesthetic Practice

    Then, with a Level 4: develop your aesthetic practice, including for work internationally, on the way to Level 7.

    Fees on request. Entry requirements: A Level 4 qualification. Contact us to check whether yours counts.

Steps 1 and 2 can be booked together as one application: see the bundle.

Add CPD at any point

Short courses that add a treatment to what you already offer.

Not sure which step you are at?

Tell us what you have already done and we will tell you where to start. We check qualifications when we review every application.

Questions about applying

Paying, hybrid study, waiting lists and cancelling are covered in our questions and answers.