Beauty Courses at DCG
Give your future a stunning make-over at Derby College. We’ll provide the ideal foundation for a fulfilling career in helping people look and feel their best.
Perfecting your career ambitions
We’ll develop your expertise in a wide range of face and body treatments, from skin care, make-up and nail technology to massage and stone therapy. You’ll be equipped for exciting career opportunities in salons, spas, hotels and cruise ships as well as the fashion, theatre and film industries.
Derby College is renowned for high-quality learning pathways, whether for those just embarking on their careers, for apprentices training in salons or for qualified beauty therapists keen to broaden their portfolio of treatments.
Is this you?
- Good practical skills
- Creativity
- An awareness of fashion
- A willingness to learn new techniques and methods
- Customer service and people skills
- The ability to make people feel relaxed
- An understanding and tactful approach
- Listening and communication skills
- An interest in business and the ability to sell products
- An awareness of health and safety issues
Getting into Beauty
- Full time at College There is a wide range of full-time Hair and Beauty courses offered at Derby College, with different starting points depending on your GCSE results.
- Apprenticeships These are available through Derby College for roles in hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy. For some apprenticeships, you might need GCSEs or Functional Skills in English and Maths.
- Higher education You could develop your career by completing higher qualifications, such as a foundation degree, HNC, HND or degree. These normally incorporate further specialist skills with training in salon management. There are also courses which combine hairdressing with fashion and makeup, aimed at those wishing to work in theatre, film and TV.
- Jobs You can start work as a trainee hairdresser in a salon and learn on the job. To become a qualified beauty therapist, you would normally need to complete an advanced Beauty Therapy qualification. However, you can start working in a salon or spa as an assistant and study for qualifications on the job. As well as roles in high street salons, there are opportunities for skilled professionals to work in areas that include cruise ships, military bases, film and television sets, fashion shows, spas, health farms and holiday resorts.
Why choose Derby College?
- You’ll gain hands-on experience of beauty therapy in our SENSI training and commercial salons – high street standard facilities open to the public.
- Every day is different on our courses: you could devise stunning looks for special effects in film and TV, create eye-catching nail art or learn about the latest skin care advances.
- There are opportunities to take part in high-profile competitions or head overseas on work experience.
- You’ll benefit from our strong professional links: our staff boast wide-ranging industry experience as well as impressive contacts.
- We offer real choice: you can study at either our Roundhouse or Ilkeston Campus and some of our part-time courses include both day-time and evening study options.
Beauty is a glamorous but demanding sector. At Derby College you’ll finesse your practical techniques while gaining the broader qualities – creativity, communication, understanding, diplomacy and business acumen – which make a good beauty therapist.
information evening I’m here to talk to
you tonight about our beauty courses
here in the Roundhouse first let me give
you a bit of background knowledge about
the college to put everything into
perspective for you so we’re made up of
four campuses including the Roundhouse
where your studies will be the Joseph
Wright Center Brimfield hall and
Ilkeston
all together these make up Derby College
Group aka DCG we have a multitude of
support areas available to every student
at DCG from the moment we meet you right
up until you complete your study program
and they’re deciding on your next steps
whether you still need to gain your
maths and English GCC’s or if you’re
looking for top quality work experience
to help gain valuable industry knowledge
we will offer you a tailored support to
suit your individual needs as you will
see DCG has invested in first-class
industry standard equipment we will do
everything we can to help and support
you during your time here this has been
recognized by Ofsted who have graded us
as a good provider which is the second
highest rating available to schools and
colleges another fantastic asset we have
at DCG is our innovative employer
academies they help our students gain
valuable work experience create industry
contacts and really bring to life the
college learning experience we work with
a variety of hair and beauty employees
Sully Montague Robert Ashley hair angels
and ragdale hall our students are at the
heart of everything we do our inclusion
support service
DCG is here to help you maximize your
potential and reach your learning goals
whatever learning difficulty or
disability you may have
we offer tailor-made support to match
your individual needs we work in
partnership with teaching staff other
internal services and external
organisations to provide a
person-centered approach we have teamed
up with career coach which is designed
to help you find a good career by
providing the most current local data on
wages in
moment job postings and associated
education and training here is an
example of the data relevance the beauty
related occupations you can do your own
research on the role that is relevant to
your goals directly from the careers
coach link on our website head over to
the careers and courses section of our
website and select careers coach from
here you can easily browse and search
for the available courses that DCG that
lead to the career you want you can see
projected employment count for beauty
related industries in the dct region
this is predicted to keep rising each
year from now through to 2028 and here
refuse the top posted job titles over
the past year for this industry so here
is a breakdown of each of our beauty
courses at DCG our beauty courses cover
a wide range of unit which will enable
you to progress into the world of work
our website call sheets have more detail
about each unit covered you will learn
to take one theory session a week and
many practical sessions in our training
and commercial salons with our
experienced staff the mission of the
dhobi college group is to predict and
serve the needs of our business and
civic communities we are committed to
working in partnership with employers to
co-create talent for the success of the
region generate new jobs increase social
mobility and bolster economic prosperity
we are therefore always working hard on
securing the best most relevant employee
partnerships to help support our
students here is an example of a few of
our hair and beauty employer partners
Sallie Montague Robert Ashley hair
angels and ragdale hall timetables will
be given out within the hair and beauty
department you will have Theory written
work and tests to complete alongside
many sessions within our salons ready to
prepare you fully for industry if there
is a requirement for maths and English
you will also be timetabled for that
alongside tutorial sessions work
experience is also a valuable part of
the program and will be timetabled in
for you they’ll be requirement for every
student
purchased the uniform and equipment
bursaries are available in some cases
derby college has a significant impact
on many individuals businesses and the
wider community we are committed to
producing a talent pool equipped with
the right skills and attributes to meet
the needs of the employer we are proud
to contribute to economic growth and
social prosperity by guiding people on
two learning pathways that lead to
positive destinations we encourage
progress and aspirational outcomes many
of our students have gone on to achieve
great things since leaving the college
and here are a few examples of the many
aspirational stories we have to share
with you please feel free to have a look
at our course sheets which will give you
more specific information on each
individual course or head back to the
virtual events homepage we have a
detailed step-by-step guide on how to
apply which you can access either from
our website or in our perspectives here
is a summarized breakdown of the steps
you can expect to take during the
application process with DCG you may
wish to contact student services for
advice and guidance on courses
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Our Teachers
At Derby College we believe the best tutors are usually those who have real world experience of working in the field they’re teaching. So, in most cases, you’ll be taught by someone who has worked in the industry that you wish to enter. As well as being able to share their knowledge and experiences with you, they have crucial industry connections, which is a huge benefit when it comes to helping you to secure a work placement in your chosen field.
As part of your studies at Derby College we offer a full range of assistance to ensure you have a great learning experience.
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