VTCT Skills Level 3 Diploma in Massage Therapy
The full massage therapist qualification: body, aromatherapy, stone and Indian head massage in one diploma.
Overview
This diploma covers the main massage treatments a therapist offers: body massage, massage using pre-blended aromatherapy oils, stone therapy massage and Indian head massage. You also study the origins of massage and the principles of complementary therapy, maintaining your own health and wellbeing, health and safety in the salon, and client care and communication. VTCT Skills product code AM30099. Ofqual qualification number 500/8967/5. Course content for this qualification is being produced. When you enrol now, you receive the VTCT Skills Record of Assessment Book straight away, so you can read every assessment criterion and range item before your first lesson, and you get access to each unit as it is released, at no extra cost. Practical observations are booked with your assessor.
What you'll learn
- ✓Monitor and maintain health and safety practice in the salon (4 credits, 29 guided learning hours)
- ✓Client care and communication in beauty-related industries (3 credits, 28 guided learning hours)
- ✓Provide body massage (9 credits, 84 guided learning hours)
- ✓Provide massage using pre-blended aromatherapy oils (7 credits, 65 guided learning hours)
- ✓Apply stone therapy massage (9 credits, 75 guided learning hours)
- ✓Provide Indian head massage (6 credits, 49 guided learning hours)
- ✓Explore the origins of massage and principles of complementary and alternative medicine (7 credits, 60 guided learning hours)
- ✓Maintaining personal health and wellbeing (7 credits, 60 guided learning hours)
Course curriculum
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Frequently asked questions
What do I receive when I complete this qualification?▾
The VTCT Skills Level 3 Diploma in Massage Therapy, issued by VTCT Skills and regulated by Ofqual (qualification number 500/8967/5). Taitam-D Academy London delivers and assesses the course; the certificate comes from VTCT Skills.
How am I assessed?▾
You complete 8 mandatory units. Your assessor observes your practical work with real clients (20 observed assessments across the units) and you build a portfolio of evidence cross-referenced to the Record of Assessment Book. VTCT Skills sets 8 external question paper(s) for this qualification.
The course content is still being produced. What do I get if I enrol now?▾
Your VTCT Skills Record of Assessment Book is waiting for you in the first lesson, ready to download as soon as you have enrolled. You get access to each unit as it is released, at no extra cost, and your practical observations are booked with your assessor.
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