Beauty Therapy
National Occupational Standard
Continuing Professional Development
(CPD)
Mapping Toolkit
SKABT4 Provide facial skin care treatment
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Mapping CPD Courses to National Occupational Standards (NOS)
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NOS or ‘standards’ establish the benchmark of competence required in different industry
roles/skills. Each NOS consists of a detailed breakdown of the minimum skills and knowledge
needed to be competent.
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Developed in conjunction with technical experts and employers, NOS act to ensure
employability skills are reflected in qualifications and CPD.
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Training providers are required to part-map CPD Courses to demonstrate occupational
relevance (e.g. to the learner and employer). NB There is no requirement to fully-map CPD
to the NOS.
How to Complete this Mapping Toolkit
1. Review the content of your Course (including learning outcomes and assessment criteria) in
relation to the NOS contained within this mapping toolkit.
2. Demonstrate how and where your CPD Course covers the NOS by completing the relevant
sections within the ‘Mapping Evidence’ column throughout this mapping toolkit.
3. Mapping need only be completed for elements of the NOS where there is a clear link to
content and/or assessment covered by the CPD Course. All areas that are not covered
by the CPD should be left blank or denoted as not applicable (N/A). You will not
be penalised for leaving mapping blank where it is irrelevant to your Course.
4. The information you add to the ‘Mapping Evidence’ column can include any aspect of Course
delivery/resources/assessment etc., such as PowerPoint presentations, Course manuals,
handouts, assessments, lesson plans. It is, however, important that you are able to submit
anything you have mapped as evidence for the endorsement process.
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SKABT4 Provide facial skin care treatment
This standard is about improving and maintaining facial skin condition using a variety of treatments.
These treatments include: skin exfoliation, skin warming, comedone extraction, facial massage and
mask treatments. Such treatments must be successfully provided to a range of clients with a variety
of skin types and conditions, as is the ability to provide relevant aftercare advice.
To carry out this standard you will need to maintain effective health, safety and hygiene throughout
your work. You will also need to maintain your personal appearance and demonstrate effective
communication and consultation skills.
The main outcomes of this standard are:
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maintain safe and effective methods of working when improving and maintaining facial skin
condition
consult, plan and prepare for facial skin care treatments
improve and maintain skin condition
Maintain safe and effective methods of working when improving and maintaining facial
skin condition
Competencies
Mapping Evidence
1. maintain your responsibilities for health and safety
throughout the treatment
2. prepare your client and yourself to meet legal and
organisational requirements
3. maintain your client's modesty and privacy
4. position your client to meet the needs of the treatment
5. ensure your own posture and working methods minimise
fatigue and the risk of injury to yourself and others
6. ensure environmental conditions are suitable for the
client and the treatment
7. keep your work area clean and tidy throughout the
treatment
8. use working methods that minimise the risk of crossinfection
9. ensure the use of clean equipment and materials
10. promote environmental and sustainable working
practices
11. follow workplace and suppliers' or manufacturers'
instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and
products
12. dispose of waste materials to meet legal requirements
13. complete the treatment within a commercially viable
time
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Consult, plan and prepare for facial skin care treatments
Competencies
Mapping Evidence
use consultation techniques to determine the client's
treatment plan
ensure that informed and signed parental or guardian
consent is obtained for minors prior to any treatment
ensure that a parent or guardian is present throughout
the treatment for minors under the age of 16
recognise any contra-indications and take the necessary
action
agree the treatment and outcomes that meet the client's
needs
obtain signed, informed consent from the client prior to
carrying out the treatment
cleanse the client's skin and carry out a skin analysis to
determine the skin type and skin condition
select facial products and equipment for the client's skin
type and skin condition
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