Why We Are The Obvious Choice For Training

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Our Training and Us

  • We are NZQA-Registered and are the longest-established beauty therapy provider in the South Island.
  • Most NaSA courses are NZQA-Registered.
  • Our Certificate in Nail Technology is the only NZQA-Approved course dedicated solely to nail tech in the South Island.
  • We offer the most comprehensive, longest-running, leading edge Diploma in Beauty Therapy and Applied Aesthetics in the South Island.
  • Our Diploma in Spa Therapies is the most comprehensive spa therapies course in New Zealand.
  • We are the only South Island provider offering spa therapies courses.
  • Our training is some of teh best in not only New Zealand but also the world; we are leaders in this field.

Our History

  • We've been doing this for over 24 years. No other provider in the South Island has been teacing in this field for that long.
  • 2010 is our 25th anniversary!
  • Our owners are both qualified beauty therapists. They opened the school in 1985.
  • International examiners and visitors tell us we're one of Australasia's top training providers.
  • People come from all over the South Island, New Zealand and the world to study with us.
  • We've trained thousands of excellent beauty therapists, spa therapists and nail technicians to an internationally superb standard since 1985.

More One-on-One Time with Your Tutor

  • 10 students per each beauty therapy or spa therapies practical class; and
  • Between 2 and 6 students per each nail technology practical class
  • That's a 5-to-1 student-to-tutor ratio in beauty therapy and spa therapies practical classes; and
  • A 2-to-1 to 6-to-1 per each nail technology practical class.
  • Most other providers take 16 or more students per class.
  • You are an individual student, not a number to us, and your success is important to us.

Impressive Facts and Fitures

Between 2003 and 2008, on average:

94%

Our students who gained at least one or more qualifications in their course

91%

Our graduates who gained 80% of higher score overall in their course

22%

Our graduates who gained 80% of higher score overall in their course

97%

Our students who sat and passed external international examinations

93%

Our graduates who gained employment or went on to further study

36%

Members of our student body who are aged 25 and older

30%

Members of our student body who are from somewhere else beside Christchurch

With this information and more (see this site, the What Makes Us Different section of "Who We Are" and the Prospectus), why would you choose anywhere else for your training?

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