beauty therapy qualifications

Beauty students studying anatomy and physiology in the New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy course at The National School of Aesthetics

Beauty Qualifications Need Industry Feedback

This story is no longer valid. Kia ora koutou katoa. My name is Scott Fack, and I’m the Director of Operations at The National School of Aesthetics, New Zealand’s oldest beauty therapy education organisation. NaSA’s been qualifying beauty therapists and nail technicians for over 37 years now, and I’ve been a part of that for …

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NaSA Student Jordan Taylor Talks About Her Diploma in Beauty Therapy Course

Jordan Taylor likes, “the sense of mastering the art of beauty.” Currently studying the Diploma in Beauty Therapy at The National School of Aesthetics, she feels she, “enjoys the practical application of ideas,” and the beauty programme is an outlet for these strengths. She’s passionate about make-up, waxing, manicure and electrology. Despite holding no formal …

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Why Recognised and Approved Training is Important

Thursday night, 20/20 reported on the incidence of medical issues arising from poor hygiene and sterlisation (amongst other things) in some clinics in the Auckland region.  It’s interesting to note that some (if not all) of these nail bars seemed to be run in malls.  I would wager that some of the operators did not …

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2014 Interview Changes for NaSA Courses

This story is no longer valid. In my last post about Application and Interview Changes, I wrote about the application changes happening at NaSA for 2014 courses.  In this post, I’ll continue this by writing about changes in the interview process for 2014. Changes in the Interview Process As I explained in my last post, …

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2014 Application Changes for NaSA Courses

This story is no longer valid. In my last post, I wrote about a major change at the National School of Aesthetics in 2014 by offering a concurrent Diploma in Beauty Therapy and Certificate in Nail Technology course.  Now that we’ve updated our Web site with a fresh new look and uploaded our 2014 course …

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A Sneak Peek at a Major Change at NaSA in 2014

This story is no longer valid. “But Scott,” I hear you say, “we’re only a little beyond halfway through 2013!  And you want to talk about 2014?!?” I think a lot of people don’t quite understand how much forward planning goes into tertiary education.  We’re lucky that Private Training Establishments (PTEs) like ours respond to …

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Our NZQA Review Results: Yet More Proof The National School of Aesthetics is One of New Zealand’s Best Beauty Training Providers

This story is no longer valid. The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is required to review all New Zealand tertiary-level education providers, including Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) and Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) but excluding universities, through an External Evaluation and Review (EER).  In our 2013 EER, NZQA judged us “highly confident in educational …

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Scott’s Plain English Guide to the Targeted Review of Qualifications

As I said in my previous post about the New Zealand Beauty Expo, one of the most humbling pieces of feedback I received was about my blog entries on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) in beauty therapy education. Some providers and industry people said that my blog entries were …

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NaSA Owners Noel Turner and Don Kendall Win Lifetime Achievement Beauty Industry Award

Every 2 years, the New Zealand beauty industry gets together for the New Zealand Beauty Expo and the New Zealand Beauty Industry Awards.  This year’s awards were hosted by former New Zealand Idol and current X-Factor New Zealand host Dominic Bowden. This year, the New Zealand Beauty Industry Awards were held on Saturday, 6 July …

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The Opportunities This Process Brings

Apologies for the break between my last post about this and this one.  We had our NZQA External Evaluation and Review on Tuesday and Wednesday, I had my normal duties to perform on Thursday, and we were only at work for an hour or so on Friday because it started to snow… quite hard! In …

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