FIELD                        SERVICE SECTOR

 

Revision of Beauty Therapy unit standards 19591, 19595 and 19596

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Beauty Services	Beauty Therapy	19591, 19595, 19596

 

The NZQA National Qualifications Services, on behalf of the Beauty Practitioners Training Council Inc, has revised the unit standards listed above, which were registered in June 2003.

 

The review of these unit standards is planned to take place during 2008.

 

Date new versions published                        July 2004

 

Comments by date                        June 2007 (unchanged)

 

Expiry date of new versions of the unit standards           December 2008

                        (unchanged)

 

Reason for the revision

 

This revision was undertaken in order to correct the level of the unit standards.  At the last review in June 2003, these unit standards were incorrectly registered at level 4.  The incorrect level was picked up when it was noted that the prerequisites for unit standard 19595 (currently registered at level 4), were at level 5.

 

The Beauty Practitioners Training Council has confirmed that these unit standards should be registered at level 5.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·        Increase in level, from 4 to 5, of unit standards 19591, 19595 and 19596.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

Current Accreditation for			Accreditation extended to
Nature of accreditation	Classification	Level	Nature of accreditation	Id	Level
Subfield	Beauty Services	4	Standards	19591, 19595, 19596	5
Domain	Beauty Therapy	4	Standards	19591, 19595, 19596	5

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

Qualifications that contain the revised standards or classifications are tabled below.

 

Affected	The qualification lists a revised classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits
Not materially affected	The qualification lists a standard that has a new title The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

The following NZQA qualification is affected by the changes:

 

Qualification title	Standards in the qualification
National Certificate in Beauty Services (Beautician) (Level 4) [Ref: 1046]	19591, 19595, 19596

 

However, as all three unit standards affected by this revision are included as compulsory unit standards, the attainability of the qualification is not compromised, and the qualification document will reflect the increase in level of these three unit standards when it is next revised or reviewed.

 

Summary of main changes to standards' classification, titles, levels, and credits

 

The following table shows the changes made to the standards.  All changes are in bold.

 

Subfield                        Beauty Services

Domain                        Beauty Therapy

Id	Title	Level	Credit
19591	Perform manual facial therapy services as an independent beauty services operator	4 5	5
19595	Perform skin analysis as an independent beauty services operator	4 5	4
19596	Perform electrical facial beauty services as an independent operator	4 5	5