Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Makeup and Skin Care (Introduction) (Level 3)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
60
NZSCED
110301
Food, Hospitality and Personal Services > Personal Services >
Beauty Therapy
Qualification developer
NZ Hair and Beauty ITO (Inc)
Next review
[Three years from listing]
Approval date
Dd Mmmm YYYY
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the beauty sector
with people who have the skills and knowledge to provide a
range of makeup and skin care services.
Learners will benefit by having a qualification which recognises
makeup and skin care skills and knowledge to enable improved
job performance and a credential to enhance employment
opportunities.
The beauty sector and its clients will benefit by having workers
with the skills and knowledge to competently undertake a range
of makeup and skin care services within a variety of workplaces.
This qualification is suitable for learners who have no prior
learning or experience in makeup or skin care and who wish to
provide a range of makeup and skin care services.
Graduates will be capable of working with limited supervision in a
makeup and skin care context.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
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Graduates will be able to:

Follow all health, safety and hygiene legislation and
regulations, and meet professional standards and
expectations relating to a makeup and skin care workplace.

Consult with clients to establish their needs, the range of
possible makeup and/or skin care services and the
appropriate course of action.

Advise clients on the selection and use of appropriate
cosmetics and toiletries and assist with sales and
promotional activities within a makeup and skin care
workplace.

Apply underpinning skills and knowledge to provide a range
of makeup and skin care services to industry standards and
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within set timeframes to meet client’s needs.
Education pathway

Identify skin conditions that indicate possible diseases and
disorders and advise clients of their possible implications in
terms of proposed skin care and makeup services.

Communicate professionally, informatively, confidently and
courteously in a makeup and skin care workplace.
This qualification may lead to the:

Employment pathway
New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy (Level 4)

New Zealand Certificate in Makeup Artistry (Level 4), with
an optional strand in face casting

New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support)
(Level 3)

New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Emerging Stylist)
(Level 4)

New Zealand Certificate in Nail Technology (Level 4)

Business qualification or further study.
Graduates of this qualification may be employed in positions
such as:

Skin care and makeup technician.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by the organisation with
whom the trainee is enrolled. This may be an accredited
training provider with an approved programme leading to
award of the qualification, or the industry training
organisation (HITO) that has arranged training leading to
award of this qualification.
The formal document certifying the award of this qualification
bears the New Zealand Qualifications Framework logo. It will
also include the name and/or logo of the awarding body.
Evidence requirements for assuring
consistency
All TEOs either arranging training or delivering programmes
that lead to the award of the qualification are required to
participate in a consistency process scheduled by NZQA.
This will involve reviewing evidence associated with
graduate’s achievement of outcomes, establishing a periodic
cycle for a review focus for the external consistency review,
and agreeing acceptable standards and/or benchmarks for
qualification outcome achievement, and areas for
improvement.
To demonstrate how graduates are achieving the
qualification graduate profile outcomes, TEOs are required
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to produce their own evidence in high level reports.
Evidence will include the following:

Employer surveys to determine if graduates of the
qualification are achieving graduate profile
outcomes.

A range of workplace evidence demonstrating that
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes.

A portfolio of assessment evidence from graduates
over a variety of services and clients, e.g.
photographs, client cards.

Any other relevant evidence as appropriate.
The purpose of the managing consistency event is to:

review evidence associated with achievement of
qualification outcomes at the level of the
qualification.

identify issues or opportunities associated with
outcome achievement.
Further information can be found on the NZQA website.
The minimum standard of achievement required for the
award of the qualification will be the achievement of all the
graduate outcomes in the graduate profile.
Minimum standard of achievement
and standards for grade
endorsements
There are no grade endorsements for this qualification.
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet regulatory body
or legislative requirements)
National Certificate of Educational Achievement (Level 1)
[Ref: 0928]) or equivalent.
General conditions for the programme leading to the qualification
General conditions for
programme
Programmes must include sufficient practicum time to allow practice
of skills to take place within a realistic workplace environment.
Students entering a programme must have sufficient literacy and
numeracy skills.
Where programmes do not include the optional unit standards set out
below as specific conditions relating to the graduate profile,
programme developers should consider the listed unit standards as a
guide to the minimum requirements for programme content.
The delivery and assessment of the Graduate Profile Outcomes
should be integrated throughout the programme.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
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Conditions
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1
Follow all health, safety and
hygiene legislation and
regulations, and meet
professional standards and
expectations relating to a
makeup and skin care
workplace.
8 credits
2
Consult with clients to
establish their needs, the
range of possible makeup
and/or skin care services and
the appropriate course of
action.
8 credits
3
Advise clients on the selection
and use of appropriate
cosmetics and toiletries and
assist with sales and
promotional activities within a
makeup and skin care
workplace.
10 credits
4
Apply underpinning skills and
knowledge to provide a range
of makeup and skin care
services to industry standards
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Programmes must include:
-
gender and cultural safety in a makeup and skin care
workplace
-
workplace etiquette, ethics and professional presentation
-
first aid.
Programmes may include:
-
Unit standard 28843, Demonstrate knowledge of personal
health and hygiene, and self-styling, for working in a salon
(L3, C2)
-
Unit standard 28844, Demonstrate knowledge of
professional behaviour and legal requirements for a salon
(L3, C3)
-
Unit standard 28845, Demonstrate safe and professional
practice in the salon environment (L3, C2)
-
Unit Standard 28946, Demonstrate knowledge of tools,
equipment and safe operating procedures used in makeup and skin care services (L3, C4)
Programmes must include:
-
day, night and special occasion
-
selecting and recommending products for facial skin care,
including cleansers, exfoliants, masks, toners,
moisturisers, serums
-
selecting and recommending products for day and special
occasion make-up, including concealer, contourer,
foundation, powder, blusher, eye cosmetics, lip cosmetics.
Programmes must include:
-
meeting beauty business Key Performance Indicators in
the context of beauty sales
-
completing sales transactions.
Programmes may include:
-
Unit standard 14139, Demonstrate knowledge of, select,
and recommend cosmetics and toiletries (L3, C8)
-
Unit standard 25437, Demonstrate and apply knowledge
of money matters and personal responsibility in the salon
environment (L3, C5)
-
Unit standard 27648, Demonstrate knowledge of
promotional activities within a make-up and skin care
workplace (L3, C7)
Programmes must include:
-
anatomy of the face, structure and functions of the skin
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and within set timeframes to
meet client’s needs.
-
different skin types and conditions
-
variations of skin care and makeup techniques and
services, such as day, night, special occasion
-
services for different skin tones, different ethnic groups,
and young to old skins
-
tools for makeup and skin care services.
25 credits
Programmes may include:
5
Identify skin conditions that
indicate possible diseases
and disorders and advise
clients of their possible
implications in terms of
proposed skin care and
makeup services.
-
Unit standard 27644, Demonstrate knowledge of make-up
and design theory (L3, C4)
-
Unit standard 27645, Demonstrate knowledge of the
structure and functions of the face, and of facial skin types
and conditions (L3, C4C6)
-
Unit standard 27646, Perform skincare services for the
face in preparation for make-up application (L3, C10)
-
Unit standard 27647, Perform make-up services (L3, C7).
Programmes must include:
-
contagious and non-contagious
-
appropriate referrals for treatment.
4 credits
6
Communicate professionally,
informatively, confidently and
courteously in a makeup and
skin care workplace.
Programmes must include:
-
customer service techniques that accommodate customer
behavioural styles and their effectiveness.
Programmes may include:
5 credits
-
Unit standard 21938, Converse and interact with clients
and operators in a salon environment (L2, C3)
-
Unit standard 25435, Create appointments and maintain
appointment systems and records in the salon
environment (L3, C5)
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Beauty Services
(Cosmetology) [Ref: 0631]
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2016 when
the replaced qualification will be designated expiring.
The last date to meet the requirements of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2018 when the
qualification will be discontinued. From that date no results can be reported against the replaced
qualification.
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People currently working towards the replaced qualification must complete its requirements by 31
December 2018 or transfer their results to the replacement qualification.
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