Pearson BTEC Level 1 Introductory in Hair and Beauty
The BTEC Level 1 Introductory in Hair & Beauty Therapy is a two year programme designed to give you the underpinning knowledge and skills of how to become a professional therapist in today’s industry. Covering a wide range of skills both practically and theoretically, throughout the two years, you will cover areas such as:
Health and Safety, Being Organised, Customer Care, Progression Opportunities, Consultations, Facials, Manicures, Nail art, Make- up techniques, Creating a themed make-up and Hair Styling piece.
The BTEC Level 1 qualification is delivered on site at Larches High School, this will be delivered by a qualified industry professional.
On completion of this course you will gain an accredited qualification:
Level 1 Award Introductory in Hair and Beauty
Level 1 Certificate Introductory in Hair and Beauty
Level 1 Diploma Introductory in Hair and Beauty
All BTEC qualifications are completed and marked through assignment, portfolio evidence, practical assessment and observation.
Curriculum planning Year 10
Knowledge / Skills to be developed and enhanced during Year 1 of the Introductory to Hair and Beauty:
Research skills and behaviour that would be required to progress in further education including a variety of resources and information about progression opportunities and requirements offered to school leavers that will contribute towards producing a progression plan. Comparing and exploring progression opportunities within a specific field of the learner’s choice. Benefits and purpose of developing a progression plan. Finding out about progression opportunities to help create a personal progression plan. Identifying the skills and behaviours needed to meet these goals. Setting individual progression goals, Identifying the skills and behaviours needed to meet the requirements. Reviewing own skills and behaviours against expectations and creating a personalised progression plan.
Outlining the importance of health and safety with in a salon environment. How to consult with clients, how to prepare before a hair or beauty treatment. Customer care, Safe and hygienic working practices in a salon. Different types of hair or beauty tasks, presenting a professional image with client aftercare, covering a wide range of contra-indications found on the skin/hair before or during a skincare/ haircare treatment. Identify what a contra-indication is and how this can prevent or restrict a treatment. How to look for contra-indications. Where to record contra- actions and accidents along with client aftercare. Create a safe working environment to demonstrate a hair or beauty treatment. Learn new techniques and practice skills. To be able to demonstrate skills, client care and self-evaluation of each practice.
Larches High School: Curriculum Planning 2023/ 24
Subject: Hair & Beauty- Award Year Group: Year 10
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 | Spring Term 2 | Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Topics to be covered
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Unit A2
Developing a Personal Progression plan
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Unit A2
Developing a Personal Progression plan
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Unit HB9
Carrying out a treatment
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Unit HB 9
Carrying out a treatment
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Unit HB 9
Carrying out a treatment
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Start HB10 Prep
Preparation for Demonstrating Nail Art |
| Knowledge / Skills to be developed and enhanced
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Benefits and purpose of developing a progression plan
Finding out about progression opportunities (research)
Setting a progression goal
Identify requirements to meet goals |
Identify the skills and behaviours needed to meet progression goal
Review own skills and behaviours against progression goal
Creating a progression plan on how to meet intended goal |
Customer consultations
Client care
Preparation techniques for treatments and clients
Professional image
Health and Safety
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Preparation stages for tasks
Leaflet listing hair and beauty treatments
Demonstration of treatment
Practise different tasks and techniques on each other- providing feedback.
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Customer care
Safe and hygiene beauty practises
Carrying out a hair and beauty treatment for assessment following safe and hygienic practises
Customer feedback
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Evaluate treatment
Recap and complete any outstanding/ missed posters/flyers/ assessment sheets.
Design for HB10 some Nail Art designs, both on paper with pen then convert these to 3d on nails. |
| Learning aims | Explore the skills and behaviours needed to meet personal progression goals | Produce a progression plan to meet intended progression plan | Prepare to carry out a hair and beauty task | Select correct tools and equipment and products in response to client consultation, demonstrating how they meet the requirements of the agreed treatment | Carry out a hair and beauty task
Recognise the importance of feedback for improvement |
Recognise the importance of evaluation
Reviewing and assess own performance.
Carry out Nail Art Design work for HB10 |
| Rationale | This unit will help the learners to find out what opportunities are available to them when they finish this course. It allows them to consider whether they will continue to study in this subject field or whether they want to do something completely different. Before they decide what their next steps are, the learners will need to know what they are good at, what their interests are and what their end goal is. The unit allows them to carry out a self-audit, identifying their strengths and how to progress and develop to meet your progression goals. They will learn how to set goals and plan ways to achieve them. They will also produce a personal progression plan to help them reach the next steps in life. The skills that the learners develop in this unit will be good preparation when applying for another course or training programme. | This is the 1st hair and beauty unit that allows learners to develop and practise, under supervision, practical skills used in hair and beauty in a salon environment. This unit gives the learners the opportunity to carry out a specific hair and beauty task. This will take place in a salon environment where the learner is expected to treat the client in a professional manner at all times.
The learner will carry out a hair and beauty task, where the client will also be asked to provide feedback about the performance of the learner and their client care. The unit teachers learners how to behave in a professional manner and how to maintain safe and hygienic working practices. The experience gained from this unit will help to develop practical skills in a range of salon related tasks. This will form the foundation for future development. |
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Curriculum planning – Year 11
Knowledge / Skills to be developed and enhanced during Year 2 of the Introductory to Hair and Beauty:
Organisational and time management skills the use of ICT management tools, improved techniques to improve organisation, planning and managing information communicating appropriately with clients.
Client consultation, care and communication, Safe and hygienic working practice, Developing and communicating ideas for nail-art. Equipment, tools and products for nail art, Preparation procedures, design and application of 2d images and 3d surfaces and working with others in a simulated salon situation to prepare for and carry out nail art treatments along with factors influencing choice of treatment. Reviewing own work and identifying how to improve.
In the last terms students can choose between a hair or makeup units which allows them to:
Use products, tools and equipment used in makeup techniques. Preparation procedures for applying basic makeup, Develop makeup techniques and application. Removal techniques. Working with others in a simulated salon situation to prepare for and provide makeup treatments, reviewing own work and identifying how to improve techniques. Learn underpinning knowledge of the skin types, bone structure and functions of the skin. Demonstrate safe and hygienic working practices Client consultation, care and communication.
Reviewing own work and identifying how to improve development and communicating ideas for hair styles and communicating appropriately with customers. Working with others, customers and hairdressers, in a simulated salon situation to prepare for and provide hair treatments, reviewing own work and identifying how to improve techniques. Learn underpinning knowledge of the hair structure. Demonstrate hair styling for men and women with products, tools and equipment used in hair treatments, preparation procedures Safe and hygienic working practices Client consultation, care and communication.
Identify a specific theme for Hair and Beauty. Create your image using a mood board. Presentation of mood Board. Create a theme on a model and evaluate practice.
Larches High School: Curriculum Planning 2023/ 24
Subject: Hair & Beauty- Certificate Year Group: Year 11
| Autumn Term 1 | Autumn Term 2 | Spring Term 1 | Spring Term 2 | Summer Term 1 | Summer Term 2 | |
| Topics to be covered
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Unit A1
Being Organised
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Unit HB10
Demonstrating Nail Art
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Unit HB10
Demonstrating Nail Art
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Unit HB 11
Demonstrating Makeup Techniques Or Unit HB12 Demonstrating Hair styling
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Unit HB11
Demonstrating Makeup Techniques Or Unit HB12 Demonstrating Hair styling
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Create an Image
Creating an Image using the skills and techniques used throughout Level 1 BTEC |
| Knowledge / Skills to be developed and enhanced
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Techniques to improve organisation
Organisational skills
Time management.
Use of ICT management tools
Planning
Managing information
Planner for a 2 week period |
Factors influencing choice of treatment
Equipment, tools and products for nail art
Preparation procedures
Developing and communicating ideas for nail-art
Design and application of 2D images and 3D surfaces.
Working with others in a simulated salon situation to prepare for and carry out nail art treatments |
Communicating appropriately with customers.
Client consultation, care and communication
Safe and hygienic working practice
Application of techniques
Client feedback
Reviewing own work and identifying how to improve |
Skin types and bone structure
Structure of the skin
Skin functions
Products, tools and equipment used in makeup techniques
Application of different products and purpose
Preparation procedures for applying basic makeup _______________ Developing and communicating ideas for hair styles
Communicating appropriately with customers
Working with others, customers and hairdressers, in a simulated salon situation to prepare for and provide hair treatments
Reviewing own work and identifying how to improve |
Client consultation, care and communication
Safe and hygienic working practice.
Application and removal practices
Role play of client consultation
Log book of applications and procedures carried out
______________ Hair structure
Hair styling for men and women
Products, tools and equipment used in hair treatments Preparation procedures
Safe and hygienic working practices
Client consultation, care and communication |
Identify a specific theme (eg hair styles, different hair colour, trends etc)
Create your image using a mood board
Presentation of mood Board
Preparation
Create a theme on a model
Evaluate practice |
| Learning aims | Explore techniques to improve own organisational skills
Review the use of techniques to improve own organisational skills |
Prepare to carry out nail art treatments | Provide nail art Treatments | Prepare to use makeup techniques
______________ Demonstrate hair preparation techniques selecting correct equipment and products. |
Use Makeup techniques to provide makeup treatments
________________ Carry out effective hair treatments while demonstrating safe working practises. |
Managing information using different sources and selecting and creating designs. |
| Rationale | This unit allow the students to learn how to be organised and be able to manage their own time; as this is essential for success in education. From creating to do lists and filing systems to setting alarms and alerts on the phone this unit introduces ways to the learners to help plan and use their time more effectively. It also helps them organise their work better. After learning and practising the techniques the learners can review how successful they were at their organisational skills. | This unit allows the leaners to learn about the many aspects of nail art treatments. The learners all love to have their nails done so this is a great unit to develop and practise their skills further using nail art techniques.
This unit introduces the procedures for preparing clients and the tools, products and equipment used for nail art treatments. The unit will help the learners to develop skills and knowledge about nail art. They will be able to show their creative side and work independently to create new 2D and 3D images to use on nails. The learners will also learn how to prepare for a client by carrying out a consultation and ensure the nail station is also prepared in a safe and hygienic environment. The experience gained in this unit will help to develop practical skills in the design and application on nail art. This will form the foundation for future development should they wish to pursue this career. |
In this unit, they will learn about the many products used in makeup application, along with the equipment required and the techniques used. This unit is a favourite amongst all the learners as enjoy working at the makeup stations to do makeup applications. They will learn about the different skin types as well as the main structures and functions of the skin. This knowledge will help them make decisions about the right makeup to use on a client. They will also be supervised applying basic makeup to create day, evening or special occasion looks.
The learners will develop skills and knowledge about makeup techniques and applications. They will be able to show their creative side and work independently to create new looks. The experience gained in this unit will help to develop practical skills essential for any kind of makeup application. This will form the foundation to progress to further learning.
In this unit the leaners have an opportunity to develop and practise skills in hair management and styling.
The unit allows the student to learn basic styling techniques for men and women and to develop their hairdressing skills. This builds on existing skills such as blow drying, shampooing, conditioning, hair straightening and using hair products. The students will learn the structure of the hair, the different hair types and conditions. They learn how to use different styling techniques and what factors influence styling. This knowledge will enable them to learn to use different techniques to carry out hair procedures and techniques in a hygienic and safe way. |
This allow the learning to showcase their skills to manage information. They will have used different sources to gather information and created a mood board to present their ideas. | ||
Our Hair and Beauty qualification Btech Level 1 Introductory Award and Certificate is designed around practical skills and tasks that places an emphasis on learners demonstrating what they can do rather than what they need to know in theory.
| How Learning will take place/pedagogy/demonstration/independently/impairs – Our Hair and Beauty qualification Btech Level 1 Introductory Award is designed around practical skills and tasks that places an emphasis on learners demonstrating what they can do rather than what they need to know in theory. Learning will take place through practical observation/ demonstration and group discussion and formal/informal discussions and portfolio. |
| How Learning will be assessed- Learners will be assessed through practical Observation and written assignments, group work, discussions and 1:1 Q&A. End of unit assessment will take place to ensure that underpinning knowledge has been understood correctly. |
| Literacy and Numeracy Statement of Intent- Literacy and numeracy is embedded within all lessons. Literacy will be in all written work which is marked with learner feedback attached promptly. Numeracy is used throughout practical and theory lesson for measuring product amount and through timing of treatments and technique movements. |
| Evaluation at end of academic year- On completion of this Award learners will move onto their Level 1 Beauty Therapy Certificate.
On completion of the Certificate, learners can enrol onto a Beauty Therapy Level 2 course at college. |
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