Professional Pedicure Practitioner Diploma course

What is a Pedicure?

The word "Pedicure" comes from the Latin "Ped" meaning foot and "Cura" meaning cure. Throughout history nail care/ foot care has always been prominent across many cultures. Pedicures have become a very popular treatment in the beauty industry and through this course you will learn how to provide an industry standard pedicure treatment.

During our pedicure course you will look at:

• Hard skin removal.
• Correct toenail cutting.
• Massage.
• Application of lotions and creams to aid in good foot care.
• Nail painting techniques.
• Health and hygiene of all aspects of the treatment.
• Basic, medium and luxury pedicure treatments.

What are the benefits of a Pedicure?

There are many benefits to a pedicure treatment, these include:

• Reduced pain and aches caused by being on your feet for long periods of time.
• Improved appearance of the feet and nails.
• Reductions of hard skin build up.
• Improved circulation and lymphatic drainage.
• Relaxing for the client.
• Regular treatments can reduce the chance of foot disease.
• Hydrates the skin reducing the chance of cracked heels.
• Can loosen stiff joints through the use of massage.
• Can re-hydrate the skin through the use of oil, lotions and creams.

Benefits of our diploma courses, they are accredited with GHT and offer:

• Home study of the theory section of the course.
• One-day practical training.
• Easy and fun learning experience.
• No previous experience needed.
• FREE DVD to accompany the course.
• Support from our tutors throughout the course.
• Free entry into our therapist directory.
• Special offers on therapy supplies needed for the therapy.
• Accredited by the GHT allowing you to practice professionally.
• If you are attending one of our private one to one session you will receive the treatment yourself so that you will know what the treatment feels like.
• High CPD points gained with all our courses.
• Highly experienced tutors who are dedicated to their therapies.
• Full comprehensive course manuals.

What do I need to bring to the practical training day?

• Your training manual.
• Your model if you are doing a private lesson.
• A packed lunch and a bottle of water.
• Copies of your previous qualifications if these have not already been submitted to us.
• Some warm clothing for after the treatment, this is especially important if you are on any of our massage courses as you will have warmed your muscles during the course and you want to ensure that they do not get cold afterwards.
• Open toed shoes, on the day of practical training to may be having your nail painted and closed in shoes may rub or mark your freshly painted toes.

Course theory and practical

After you have completed the theory section of the course and answered the evaluation questions these need to be sent to us for marking. At the practical session you will work through a whole treatment session from set-up to aftercare and be marked on your work. If you pass the course your certificate will be sent to you from our head office with 14 days of completing your course and you will be able to gain insurance with the GHT.

What do I need to do next?

If you would like to enrol on one of our courses:

• Add the course to your basket and checkout to make your deposit payment.
• We will then be in touch with you via email to confirm your course and to arrange dates etc.
• You will need to complete our course application form (attached to your confirmation email) so that we can enrol you 
• Once enrolled we will be in touch to confirm the course date/time and to request final payment for the course.

You can still contact us via e-mail: [email protected] or phone us directly on 01278 427115 to discuss any of our courses.

Please read Course Terms & Conditions before making a booking, you will be asked to confirm that you have before being able to purchase one of our courses.

What happens on the day of the practical training?

On the day of your practical training you will need to attend one of our venues where you will be taught all the techniques required for this therapy. Our classes are friendly and very informative. If you have booked onto one of our one to one practical training days you will need to bring a model with you to work on. Your client will need to have a consultation carried out before the training to insure they do not have any contra-indications. If you are joining one of our group practical training days you will not have to bring a model, as you will be working on your fellow students. Please be aware that our course may consist of mixed gender students.

Further details about our courses:

• You do not need to bring a model unless you have requested a one to one practical session.
• Our teacher will guide you slowly through each step of the course in detail.
• Class sizes are small so you get more individual attention from your tutor.
• Our courses are mixed; both male and female.
• There is no practical test, but we will assess your understanding and techniques on the day/s of the practical training.

What happens after the course?

Once you are a fully qualified practitioner and you have gained the correct insurance we suggest.

• You practice your therapy techniques upon family and friends until you become confident.
• You use the provided DVD to refine your techniques and make sure that you understand the routine.
• You contact us if you have any questions by e-mail: [email protected]
• You can also return to us for practical refresher sessions or advance workshops.

Course Name: Professional Pedicure Practitioner Diploma course (24 CPD points)

Dates: Please see our website and Facebook for pre-scheduled course dates. If you don't see a suitable date available for the course you want, then email us with your requirements and we will do what we can to accommodate your request. Please book early to avoid disappointment. We do not have a maximum number of students that can attend our courses, but if you want to book a large number we will need additional time to organise this as more than one of our tutors will need to be present to ensure each student receives the required attention. We can also provide private lessons, please contact us for more details on this.

Venues: Feel Better Days Academy, 33a High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3BG. 

Course Cost: £180.00, payment needs to be made in full two weeks before the date of your practical training and a non-refundabledeposit of £80.00 is required to secure the course when making your purchase.

Please see our Course Terms & Conditions for further details about course payments.