Hannah

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Hannah
Hannah is a post-16 learner who loves to be at
the cutting edge of fashionespecially when it
comes to having the latest hair style or trying
the latest beauty products. Once she sees a new
style its only a matter of time before she is
trying it out! Her mum is a beauty therapist at
the local health spa and Hannah would like to
follow in her footsteps, although she has
recently developed an interest in relaxation
treatments and aromatherapy massage after seeing
a TV programme about them. Hannah has always had
good communication skills and feels comfortable
dealing with people from a range of age groups
and backgrounds. She has a really bubbly
personality and all her friends say she is a good
listener great qualities if she wants to work
in hair, beauty, nails or spa. After doing well
at school Hannah decides to take the Advanced
Diploma in hair and beauty studies, to learn more
about the industry and the opportunities it
offers.
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Hannah Advanced Diploma in hair and beauty
studies
additional and specialist learning 360 GLH
generic learning 180 GLH
principal learning 540 GLH

• Business Location and Design for Hair and Beauty
• Event Management and Enterprise for Hair and
  Beauty
• Product Research, Design and Development within
  Hair and Beauty
• Exploring Business Management for Hair and
  Beauty
• Exploring Media and Image within Hair and Beauty
• Exploring the World of Spas
• Business Planning and Finance within Hair and
  Beauty
• Cosmetic Science

Level 3 Diploma in Advanced Creative Hair and
Beauty Studies (360 GLH) Hannah decided to take
the Creative Hair and Beauty studies course as
she was advised it would help her when it came to
finding employment in the industry. It sounded
really interesting as well!
3 x functional skills at level 2 (prerequisite)
extended project qualification (120 GLH)
10 days work experience
personal, learning and thinking skills (60 GLH)
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(Work experience contd.)
Work experience
Extended Project
Hannah spent her work experience at a new health
club in her town which was a real eye-opener. The
club was very state-of-the-art and had a
fantastic range of facilities and
equipment. During the first week she worked
alongside the spa therapist, helping her prepare
the clients for their treatment and making sure
everywhere was clean and tidy. The second week
however was far more exciting! Hannah was given
the opportunity to assist with the provision of a
range of heat and wet treatments as well as other
holistic treatments. In addition, she was asked
to put forward ideas about how the club could
expand their sale of beauty products, so Hannah
suggested a page on the clubs website that
advertised the products. She was also able to
suggest ways in which the products could be more
effectively
Hannah noticed that many of the college staff
appeared to get tired and stressed towards the
end of each term so thought that massage
treatments may help to relive anxiety and improve
their performance in the classroom. She arranged
a series of Indian head massage and aromatherapy
demonstrations in college and then conducted
research to find out if staff would like to have
similar treatments during breaks. Using the
findings, Hannah arranged for therapists to come
into college to give the staff some treatments
which everyone agreed had a positive effect on
their teaching. Hannah costed a full programme
of treatments and presented the report to the
college welfare officer. As a result they started
to offer a similar service each term. Towards the
end of the academic year, Hannah analysed the
project, highlighting successes and required
improvements for the future.
displayed, in addition, identifying some of the
latest products that had just become available on
the market. Although she was absolutely
shattered at the end of the work experience
Hannah was really excited about the prospect of
working in a similar club when fully qualified.
Even though a career as a spa therapist was
still some way away, Hannah was determined to get
there!
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