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Perform a Swedish body massage as an independent beauty services
operator
Level
5
Credits
20
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the scope of
Swedish massage practice; describe the effects of, and contraindications to,
Swedish massage; prepare for Swedish massage practice; and perform a
complete manual Swedish massage of the body.
Subfield
Beauty Services
Domain
Beauty Therapy
Status
Registered
Status date
27 June 2003
Date version published
16 October 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 10389, Demonstrate knowledge of
chemistry in the application of beauty services, or
demonstrate equivalent skills and knowledge.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 19600, and unit
standard 19602 replaced unit standard 10477.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation Inc
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0035
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Independent operator, in the context of the beauty therapy industry and for the
purposes of this unit standard, means someone who performs beauty services as a
self manager, without supervision and in a commercially viable time-frame.
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2
Enterprise requirements, for the purposes of this unit standard, refers to any policies,
procedures, and requirements of the company and/or workplace involved, and any
ethical codes of relevant professional management, which collectively provide a
standard that applies to all competent performances in this unit standard. It is
assumed that such enterprise requirements exist in all companies and/or workplaces.
3
All demonstrations of knowledge for assessment in this unit standard must be
evidenced with relation to the application to and use in the beauty services industry.
4
All performances in this unit standard must comply with the requirements of:
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Fair Trading Act 1986, Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Privacy Act 1993, and their subsequent amendments.
5
People prone to back problems and/or allergies should give due consideration before
undertaking assessment against this unit standard.
6
In all dealings with clients:
 hygiene, sanitation, and safety procedures are undertaken to accord maximum
client safety, in accordance with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
including the use of UV sanitizers and autoclaves
 personal presentation, including personal hygiene, will at all times be of a
standard that complies with enterprise requirements
 all beauty services will have the client's prior, informed, and signed consent,
based on the beauty practitioner’s analysis of the client’s need and their
explanation of the service to the client, during the consultation
 care and comfort of the client are monitored at all times throughout the service a
posture is maintained which ensures minimum postural impairment of the beauty
practitioner.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the scope of Swedish massage practice.
Performance criteria
1.1
Description identifies personal boundaries of massage practice.
Range
1.2
personal boundaries – legal, professional, limits of training.
Description identifies conditions and therapies that are beyond the scope of
massage practice.
Range
major joint conditions, nerve damage, counselling, high-impact
joint adjustments, dietary advice, medical contraindications,
physiotherapy massage.
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Element 2
Describe the effects of, and contraindications to, Swedish massage.
Performance criteria
2.1
Description identifies the mechanical, reflex, and general physiological effects of
massage.
2.2
Description identifies the psychological effects of massage and the relationship
between mental, emotional, and physical responses in the body.
2.3
Description of contraindications is in terms of diseases and disorders, and
identifies general and local conditions for which massage therapy is
contraindicated.
2.4
Description of contraindications is in terms of diseases and disorders, and
identifies conditions for which massage may be modified to provide safe
treatment.
2.5
Description identifies individual movements of Swedish massage.
Range
2.6
effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, vibrations, frictions.
Description identifies the positive and negative effects of massage and research
findings on the effects of massage.
Element 3
Prepare for Swedish massage practice.
Performance criteria
3.1
Preparation of the environment maximises the safety and comfort of the client in
accordance with clinical practice.
Range
3.2
preparation may include but is not limited to control of –
temperature, ventilation, lighting, hygiene and cleanliness, noise
interruptions, maintenance of privacy, presence of required
furniture and equipment, décor of clinic, use of background sound.
Verbal and non verbal communication with client establishes a therapeutic
relationship in accordance with clinical practice.
Range
communication may include but is not limited to – welcome and
greetings, explanation of treatment, agreement on goals and
threshold of treatment, mutually reached decision on type of
treatment, provision for client to be in control at all times, use of
client feedback.
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Element 4
Perform a complete manual Swedish massage of the body.
Performance criteria
4.1
The treatment area is prepared and treatment is administered to accord
maximum efficiency of service according to client requirements.
4.2
The massage medium is applied according to treatment selected.
Range
may include but is not limited to – talc, oil, cream, gel, wax.
4.3
The massage technique is administered in relation to the client’s presenting
condition.
4.4
All classical massage movements are performed in the routine.
Range
effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, vibrations, frictions.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation Inc
enquiries@hito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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