CIDESCO Post Grad Diploma

By Bronwyn Conroy

When:
May 2022
Starts with groups of 4 on an agreed date.

Duration:
60 hours refresher course in a CIDESCO school.
4 days of blended learning.

Location:
Bronwyn Conroy International Beauty Schools Dublin or Cork.

Cost:
Image Skillnet member price: €1400
Full price for non-Image Skillnet members: €1995

Requirements
This course is designed for fully qualified therapists with a minimum of 3 years practical experience in a salon/spa or in combination with teaching. It is generally completed by working teachers who require this qualification to apply for a teaching council number. A minimum of 4 students are required to run the course.

Delivery Method
In-class tuition, with some home study, and practice in your own school or another school by arrangement is required.
Observations can be conducted through Zoom.

Course Content

Day 1 – Morning

• Introduction to CIDESCO International
• Post Graduate Beauty Therapy Diploma timetable
• Discussing the examination flow
• RPL assessment
• RPL theory – MCQ from CIDESCO syllabus
• RPL practical – knowledge of electrical equipment

Day 1 – Afternoon

• Results of RPL assessments
• Identifying candidates’ weak areas
• Discussing project with case histories guidelines
• Discussing the case history booklet and examples of case history subjects
• Theory – tinting & shaping

Day 2 – Morning

• Theory – hygiene protocol; candidates hygiene, care, and presentation
• Theory – facial analysis sheet
• Practical – facial skin analysis
• Confirming understanding of case histories

Day 2 – Afternoon

• Theory – facial muscles and lymph nodes functions
• Theory – facial massage with 5 classical movements
• Practical – facial massage with 5 classical movements

Day 3 – Suggested home study

• Theory – facial electrical equipment
• Practical – facial electric equipment:

1. High frequency
2. Vacuum suction
3. Galvanic (Desincrustation and iontophoresis)
4. Electrical muscle stimulation – faradic

Practical facial treatment including:

• Cleansing
• Skin analysis
• Tinting & shaping
• Deep cleansing
• Electrical equipment
• Swedish facial massage with 5 classical movements
• Mask application
• Toning and moisturising

Day 4 – Suggested home study

• Make-up
• Practical – make-up application
• Theory – waxing (hot and strip)
• Practical – waxing (hot and strip)
• Practical Mani/Pedi
• Skin analysis repetition
• Emphasise treatment objective plan according to skin analysis sheet
• Body electrical therapy treatment

Assessment
The examination for the Post Graduate Beauty Therapy Diploma consists of a Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) paper, a practical exam and an assessment of the project with case histories.
The practical exam takes place in The Bronwyn Conroy Beauty School, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

Qualifications Granted

• CIDESCO Post Graduate Beauty Therapy Diploma

For more information, or if you need help in booking on to this course, contact us at info@imageskillnet.ie or 071-9640438. Course must be fully paid for in advance of the start date.