Apprentice Beauty Therapist

Macdonald Portal Hotel, Golf and Spa

Tarporleu (CW6 0DJ)

Closes in 21 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 9 June 2025

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Summary

As an Apprentice you will work, within a great team, in a rewarding environment. Whilst learning the most professional standards within the beauty industry. You will learn to perform and deliver beauty treatments to include facials, massage, manicure, pedicure, make-up, eye treatments and waxing services.

Wage

£14,976 a year

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Training course
Beauty therapist (level 2)
Hours
Working week will include Monday to Friday on shifts, including weekend and bank holidays.

32 hours a week

Start date

Monday 21 July 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

3

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Duties will include:

  • Reception duties
  • Cleaning duties
  • Support with salon operations
  • Waxing services (legs, underarms, face and bikini line)
  • Hand and nail treatments
  • Foot treatments
  • Facial skin care treatments
  • Eyelash and eyebrow treatments
  • Make-up application
  • Basic massage treatments

We will help you to realise your full potential, give you incomparable skills and insider knowledge to take you wherever you want to go. Along your way you will learn anatomy and physiology, salon
working practices, professional behaviours and a range of beauty treatments and services to the most professional standards possible.

Where you'll work

Mac Donald Portal Hotel Golf and Spa
Cobblers Cross Lane
Tarporleu
CW6 0DJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

ARMONIA LIMITED

Your training course

Beauty therapist (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Safe working Practices: Meet legal, industry and organisational requirements: maintain effective, hygienic and safe working methods; meet health and safety considerations; adhere to workplace, suppliers’ or manufacturers’ instructions for the safe use of equipment, materials and products; maintain the client’s modesty, privacy and comfort; minimise risks of cross-infection, injury or fatigue; promote environmental and sustainable working practices; ensure personal hygiene and protection meets industry, organisational and local authority requirements; correctly use, store and dispose of personal protective equipment
  • Provide waxing services: Consult, plan, prepare and perform waxing services to remove unwanted hair on clients from the legs, underarms, face and bikini line
  • Provide hand and nail treatments: Consult, plan, prepare and perform hand and nail treatments on clients
  • Provide foot treatments: Consult, plan, prepare and perform foot and nail treatments on clients
  • Provide facial treatments: Consult, plan, prepare and perform facial skin care treatments, use facial products and equipment, and improve and maintain skin condition on clients
  • Provide eyelash and eyebrow treatments: Consult, plan, prepare and perform enhancements to the appearance of the eyebrows and lashes on clients
  • Provide make-up application: Consult, plan, prepare and perform make-up services on clients
  • Provide basic massage treatments: Consult, plan, prepare and perform manual back, neck and shoulder massage treatments on clients

Your training plan

Level 2 Beauty Therapist Apprenticeship Standard, which includes:

  • Level 1/2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required) End-Point Assessment (EPA) Armonia Training Academy will provide you with the appropriate training to help you carry out beauty therapy treatments in line with legal, industry and organisational requirements, maintaining honesty, integrity, and confidentiality.
  • You will complete your training in block weeks, weekly off the job training days and touchpoint sessions
  • You will learn to implement and practice safe ways of working for yourself and others in accordance with legal, beauty therapy and organisational requirements. Whilst gaining the skills to carry out, maintain and store details relation to client records and confidential beauty treatment consultations
  • You will learn to understand and facilitate client journeys, recording messages and making appointments alongside handling payments from clients
  • This qualification will be achieved through continual assessment of your practical work, your theory understanding, using tests and oral questioning; evidence of competence will be collected in a portfolio of evidence
  • You will also have an end point assessment at the end of your training
  • You will understand, learn the skills, knowledge, and behaviours to help you choose the most appropriate products and range of beauty therapy techniques, products, tools, and equipment to provide all aspects of beauty therapy
  • You will be given the knowledge to provide advice and recommendations on the beauty treatments and future appointments for you clients whilst maintaining professional values that meet Beauty Therapy industry requirements and expectations

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Patience

About this company

Portal Hotel & Spa is set within 3 spectacular golf courses within the Cheshire countryside, and you’ll experience the peace and tranquillity of a faraway destination. The combination of a peaceful, picturesque location and excellent accessibility makes Portal Hotel & Spa the ideal place for weddings, meetings, and events, with our first-class spa, leisure and golf facilities putting the hotel on the map as one of the most popular destinations in the area for pure indulgence. Becoming a team member here at Macdonald Hotels & Resorts means joining a team where a world of opportunity exists to develop your skills and progress your career in hospitality.

https://www.macdonaldhotels.co.uk/portal (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • Level 3 Wellbeing and Holistic Therapy 

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ARMONIA LIMITED

careers@armonia.co.uk

01757212130

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325122.

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Closes in 21 days (Monday 30 June 2025 at 11:59pm)

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