OTHM Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy

Overview

The objective of the OTHM Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy qualification is to develop your skills as a beauty therapist to a high level of occupational ability to enable you to provide beauty therapy treatments.

This is a technical level qualification designed to extend your knowledge and develop your practical beauty therapy skills to learn to the NOS standards which have been mapped to the treatment procedures in the beauty industry. Learners will attain the knowledge, skills, and competence to provide treatments safely and appropriately.

The mandatory units cover a range of advanced treatments and essential skills and the legal practice, which include: 

• Health and safety and legal practice in the salon
• Client care and communication
• Facial Electrical Treatments
• Body Electrical Treatments
• Body Massage

The selection of the optional units cover a range of different areas you will require to work in the Beauty Therapy industry. These include specialist areas such as:

• Stone Therapy
• Dermaplaning Treatments
• Indian Head Massage
• Aromatherapy Massage
• Lash Extension Treatments
• Self-Tanning Services

Entry Requirements

The OTHM Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy qualification can be offered to learners from age 16. It is recommended that learners hold a Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy or equivalent qualification.

OTHM centres must ensure learners are recruited with integrity onto appropriate qualifications and that they possess the required knowledge, understanding and skills to enrol and successfully achieve this qualification. The qualification is offered in English.

English requirements: If a learner is not from a majority English-speaking country must provide evidence of English language competency. For more information visit the OTHM English Language Expectations page.

Equivalences

OTHM qualifications at Level 3 represent practical knowledge, skills, capabilities and competences that are assessed in academic terms as being equivalent to GCE AS/A Levels.

Qualification Structure

The OTHM Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy consists of 7 units for a combined total of 62 credits including 620 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 310 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification.

When combining units for this qualification, it is the centre’s responsibility to ensure that the following rules of combination are adhered to:

Learners must complete all 5 mandatory units, a total of 46 credits and choose a minimum of 2 optional units totalling a minimum 16 credits.

Mandatory Units

• Health and safety and legal practice in the salon
• Client care and communication
• Facial Electrical Treatments
• Body Electrical Treatments
• Body Massage

Optional Units - Select 2 Units

• Stone Therapy
• Dermaplaning Treatments
• Indian Head Massage 
• Aromatherapy Massage  
• Lash Extension Treatments
• Self-Tanning Services   

Duration and Delivery

The qualification is designed to be delivered over 12 months for full-time study, but it is also flexible in its delivery to accommodate part-time and distance learning.

The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars, distance, online by approved centres only.

Assessment and Verification

All units within this qualification are assessed and internally quality assured by the centre and externally verified by OTHM. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.

To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the assessor.

Specific assessment guidance and relevant marking criteria for each unit are made available in the Assignment Brief document. These are made available to centres immediately after registration of one or more learners.

The assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.

Progressions

Successful completion of the OTHM Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy provides learners with the opportunity for workplace and academic progressions. Including further OTHM Beauty and complimentary therapy qualifications.