Certificate in Micro-Pigmentation Treatment Level 4 Central

Course details

The main aim of the ITEC Certificate in Micro-Pigmentation Treatment Level 4  is to enable Learners to gain the necessary practical and theoretical skills in order to provide Micro-Pigmentation Treatments.

Course Objectives

The ITEC Level 4 Award in Micro-Pigmentation Treatment comprises of ITEC units:

• Unit 853 Enhance Appearance using Micro-Pigmentation Treatment
• Unit 860 Management of Health, Safety and Security in the Salon

Course Outline

Unit 853 Enhance Appearance using Micro-Pigmentation Treatment

This unit aims to enable students to be able to prepare and also to understand how to preapre for Micro-Pigmentation treatment where the students would be able to carry out skin and hair analysis and any relevant tests, provide clear recommendations to the client nased on outcomes of skin analysis, understanding the different consultation techniques and to identify the range of  equipment used for Micro-Pigmentation treatment.

The unit also aims to provide the students the ability to provide Micro-Pigmentaton treatment where the students would be able to use products, tools, equipment and techniques to suit client’s treatment needs, the methodologies of adapting working methods to different treatment areas and the consequences of inaccurate identification of client skin/colouring.

Unit 860 Management of Health, Safety and Security in the Salon

This unit aims to enable students to be able to conduct a risk assessment of health, safety and security practices, conduct an assessment of the effectiveness of health, safety and security practice, recommend modifications to existing health safety and security practices, implement new health, safety and security practices based on outcomes of the assessment and analyse the importance of health, safety and security practices.

The unit also aims to enable students to be able to manage health, safety and security practices in the salon by evaluating compliance with newly implemented and existing health, safety and security practice, manage improvements to increase compliance with health, safety and security practices and explain the importance of regularly evaluating health, safety and security practices in the salon.

Certificate Conferring Body

Upon completion of the course, students will be awarded the ITEC Level 4 Certificate in Micro-Pigmentation Treatment by International Therapy Examination Council (ITEC).

Opportunities for Further Education/Career Pathway

Students can look forward to servicing in these industries:

• Beauty Industry
• Beauty Salons
• Hotels
• Spas

Entry Requirements

It is recommended that Candidates hold at least 5 GCSEs at grades A* to C or equivalent are recommended, but this is not essential. This is at the discretion of MDI and adult returners’ experience will be considered.

Other than the mentioned pre-requisites, the students should also have the following:

• Students must be able to read and write in English or Chinese. Other cases will be considered on a case-to-case basis.
• Students should be of a minimum of 16 years of age to be eligible for the courses.
• For foreign students, relevant passes are required.

Students who do not meet the minimum entry requirement will be required to undergo an entrance test at MDI.

Graduation Requirement

Students are required to meet the following criteria in order to graduate and obtain their relevant certificates:

• Candidates must complete all modules with at least 75% (90% for International students) in attendance for each module to qualify for a full diploma.
• Evidence of treatments is graded as either a Pass or Fail.
• If a candidate is unsuccessful in any area, they will be expected to re-sit only the unit where they have not achieved a pass grade, to which they will be referred. Referrals should be completed within one year of the original examination provided that re-sits are attempted at least once every three months.

Examination

This qualification will be internally and externally assessed. Once all of the treatment evidence documentation, assignments and underpinning knowledge have been completed, the Learner will have a final practical examination carried out by the ITEC Examiner, who will also verify a minimum 10% sample of all treatment evidence documentation and assignments.

At the end of the course, you can register to sit for ITEC Examination. Upon passing both the practical and theory examinations, you will receive the ITEC Level 4 Award in Micro-Pigmentation Treatment by ITEC.

Manner of Assessment

Awards will be awarded by ITEC based on the student results.