Nails | Oldham College

What will I learn on my apprenticeship?

Apprenticeship in Beauty Professionals - Nail Technician

Intermediate Apprenticeship in Nail Services.

On the Advanced Apprenticeship in Nails, you will gain the skills and knowledge to provide a range of advanced nail services, nail enhancements using liquid and powered, wraps and light cured gel, airbrushing, creative nail art, and hand and nail treatments/manicures and pedicures.

Entry requirements: English and maths grades 3-9 or A-D, or working towards Functional Skills Level 1.

What will I achieve?

Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Beauty Professionals - Nail Technician
Level 2 Functional Skills

Compulsory kit and uniform cost:

Kit £120, Uniform £50

How will I be assessed?

Assessment takes place both within College and on the work placement.

Continuous on course assessment involves:

Practical observations
Externally set written/online modular tests
Spoken questioning
Mock EPA
Final EPA and knowledge test.

What will my apprenticeship lead to?

Progression for a Nail Technician: Nail Technicians can move into Beauty Therapy, or Make Up to work in TV or Film.

Career options:

Retail Department Store,
Salon Owner,
Nail Technician,
Cruise Ship Worker
Freelance Nail Technician.

Starting salaries depend on your skills and expertise.

Cost of my apprenticeship

Contribution Rules

16-18 Where the employer has under 50 employees and they are not a levy paying employer the learner is fully funded by the government, this rule also applies to 19-24 year old who are Care Leavers or in possession of an Educational Healthcare Plan
16-18 Where the employer has 50 or more employees and they are not a levy payer there will be a 5% charge with the government paying the remaining 95%. The 5% contribution will be invoiced as per the table above.
16-18 Where the employer is a levy payer, 100% of the funding will be claimed from their digital account on a monthly basis where the payments are scheduled according to the length of the learner's programme
19+ All employers that are not a levy payers there will be a 5% charge with the government paying the remaining 95%. The 5% contribution will be invoiced as per the table above.
19+ Where the employer is a levy payer, 100% of the funding will be claimed from their digital account on a monthly basis where the payments are scheduled according to the length of the learner's programme

Incentives

16-18 The employer will receive £1,000 incentive, 50% at 90 days following enrolment and 50% at 365 days following enrolment assuming the student is still employed and active on the Apprenticeship. The employer will need to invoice the college for this at that time and confirm their eligibility to make the claims at that point. This applies to Apprenticeship Frameworks only and not new Standards.
19-24 Where an employer has an Apprentice under the age of 25 where their earnings are below £43,000 per year the employer does not have to pay National Insurance Contributions (NIC's). Correct at the time of publication, check the HMRC section on gov.uk website

How to apply

You can apply for this programme via the Apply Now button, at the top.

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