USEFUL RESOURCES

Performance Criteria

Paraffin wax

Essential Oils / Herbs

Examination Scope

Lesson Plan (English)

MANICURING

This course is your choice for licensing and preparation for a career as well as a nail technician. The course includes all nail care areas such as manicure, pedicure, sculptured nails, tips, overlays, silk wraps, nail art.
The curriculum includes: Sanitation, Anatomy and Disorders, Statute and Rules, Manicuring, Pedicuring, Chemistry, Salesmanship, and State Laws. Sculptured Nail Techniques include: Tips, Sculptures, Overlays, Fiberglass, Gel Nails, Nail Wrapping, Acrylic Nails, and Nail Art.

You may start your career as a nail technician in a salon. As you develop your knowledge and skills, you may want to move into other career areas in the nail industry, including teaching nail technology in cosmetology schools or demonstrating manufacturer’s nail products at trade shows, conventions, or stores. You can become a salon owner or even the personal nail technician for fashion models or actors on the state, in movies, or on TV. You can write, edit, or be a consultant for nail technology books and magazines.
 

Prerequisite: None
40 hours/week: 10 Weeks (approximate 2.5 months) 20 hours/week: 20 Weeks (approximate 5 months) Clock Hours: 400

SUBJECT COVERED
 

1. The Barbering and Cosmetology Act and the Board’s Rules and Regulations
2. Cosmetology Chemistry pertaining to manicuring practices
3. Health and safety/Hazardous Substances
4. Disinfection and sanitation
5. Bacteriology, anatomy, physiology
6. Water and oil manicures, including hand and arm massage
7. Complete pedicure, including foot and ankle massage
8. Application of Artificial Nails
9. State Board Examination Preparation
10. Manicuring Career and Salon Management
11. Advanced topics: Acrylic nails, Nail arts, and French nails.