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Do you want to get paid to help people feel better through massage and treatments?
You could become the person people turn to when a painful muscle needs treating.
Or you could help people relax and escape life's chaos after a bad week at work.
But to do it well, you need the right skills and experience.
In this course, you'll practise skills on real clients and learn from our complementary therapy tutors who know how the industry works.
Why should you study this course?
You'll need four GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including Maths and English.
After you apply, you'll attend an interview with our complementary therapy tutors.
Don't worry, it's not a test. It's a chance to see whether the course is right for you.
If you don't achieve the grades you need, our tutors recommend Beauty
Therapy Level 2 or ELEVATE Beauty Level 1.
Our tutors will help you find the right beauty therapy course for you.
You'll learn how to deliver calming treatments in The Academy and practise treatments on real paying clients.
And tutors with experience in complementary therapies lead every workshop and theory lesson.
This means you get advice from people who know what quality client care looks like.
One day, you could learn how to use pure essential oils to give clients therapeutic treatments.
Another day, you'll learn how to give massages that ease muscle pain or visit a spa to see how professionals work behind the scenes.
Thanks to our partnerships, you'll also get work experience at five-star spa hotels like:
Some students even start part-time paid work with these hotels.
And that experience can help you start a full-time job or eventually open your own therapy business.
At the end of the year, you'll sit two theory exams and a practical exam, so you can prove your skills through real therapy work, not essays.
After this course, you can begin your career in complementary therapy.
You could start a junior role at a salon or spa and build a client base on the side.
Or you could start your own complementary therapy business and offer treatments from your home.
If you want to offer more treatments to your clients, you could study Beauty
Therapy Level 3 or Spa and Beauty Therapy Level 3.
Either way, this course gives you the practical experience, knowledge, and business skills to start your career in complementary therapy.
There will be an additional cost for the course kit. This information will be given prior to your start date.
In addition to valuable work experience at some of the most highly regarded therapy spas, you will gain a nationally (and internationally) recognised Level 3 qualification. The skills you develop during this course will give you excellent preparation for a career in the complementary and holistic therapy industry. Students will be able to take additional courses in the half term holidays if they wish, such as Pregnancy Massage and Cancer Touch qualification.
You'll need to buy a course kit.
If you need help with the cost of your kit, travel to and from college, or free college meals, please email studentfunding@bathcollege.ac.uk.
Money shouldn't stop you from following a career in complementary therapies.
As well as this, the City Centre Campus also offers the following support:
If you have an issue affecting your time at college, our Welfare team can help you with:
Email safe@bathcollege.ac.uk to book a confidential one-to-one chat with a Welfare Officer.