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Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy

Level 2 Certificate in Nail Technology

A year of building real nail tech skills. You'll cover manicures, nail enhancements and nail art as your core, along with client care, salon safety and lash and brow treatments. Everything happens in the Salon at The Hub, our professional on-campus salon, where you'll work on real clients as your confidence grows.

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How you’ll learn

Real Nail Tech Skills. Real Client Work.

This course covers manicure treatments, nail enhancements, nail art, and the professional standards that hold it all together. You’ll start with health and safety and client care in a salon environment, then move into the practical treatments themselves. Everything is underpinned by real client work in the Salon at The Hub.

You’ll also cover lash and brow treatments as an additional area. By the end of the year you’ll have the qualification you need to move into a salon role, on to Level 3 Nail Technology, or to start building towards self-employment.

Mandatory units

  • Follow health and safety practices in the salon
  • Client care and communications in beauty related industries
  • Provide manicure treatments
  • Provide and maintain nail enhancements
  • Provide nail art

Additional units

  • Lash treatments
  • Brow treatments
Entry and progression

What you need and where it leads

  1. Entry requirements
  2. This course Level 2
  3. Further study

Entry requirements

  • GCSE Grade 3 in English or Maths
  • A genuine interest in nail technology as a career
  • Successful interview with our team

If you haven't yet achieved Grade 4 in Maths or English, you'll keep working towards them alongside your course.

Not sure you meet these? Talk to us and we will help you find the right starting point.

Further study

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At this college

At North Lindsey College

Careers it can lead to

  • Beauticians and Related Occupations £12.24 an hour
  • With further study or experience Hairdressing and Beauty Salon Managers and Proprietors £29,400 a year
  • With further study or experience Complementary Health Associate Professionals £27,300 a year

Typical pay is the UK median for each job (Lightcast, October 2026).

Our facilities

Salon at The Hub

As part of your course, you'll work in Salon at The Hub, our professional on-campus salon. Real treatments on paying clients, in a real working environment.

  • Salon at The Hub

    professional on-campus salon with genuine treatments on paying clients.

  • Masterclasses from industry professionals

    workshops and talks that connect your training to how the industry actually works.

  • Work placements

    build confidence and experience in a professional setting.

Beauty therapy nails salon
Real Salon · Real Clients · Real Treatments
Amelia

Amelia

Level 3 Beauty Therapy Treatments

Student Voice

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With the support and opportunities provided by staff and tutors, I developed valuable skills through interview preparation and guidance. This gave me the confidence to go self-employed and enter the beauty industry with assurance in my work.

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For parents and carers

Supporting your child’s journey

Qualifications That Count

These are nationally recognised qualifications with real academic weight. Your child will develop practical skills and knowledge that employers and universities genuinely value.

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Financial Support Available

Bursaries are available, and free meals are provided for those who qualify. If cost is a concern, there's help, and it's straightforward to apply.

Financial support info

GCSE Support Built In

If your child needs to resit GCSE English or Maths, it's built into the timetable, not bolted on as an extra. They'll get structured support alongside their main course.

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Your next step

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What happens after you apply

1

You apply

Apply online and you’ll get a confirmation email.

2

You meet your tutor

We’ll invite you to an interview to talk through the course and your plans, and make sure it’s right for you.

3

You get an offer

We’ll email you a conditional or unconditional offer.

4

You get ready to start

Come to a taster session in the summer, then enrol in August, bringing your results.

Read our full guide to applying