Course Overview

What will I learn?

An exciting opportunity to change your career or grow your current skillset on our 12-week intensive West Nail Academy - Acrylic Nail course! Enter the ever-popular industry of nails, a perfect opportunity for a new career path or an extra income stream working around your current commitments. Get all the skills and kit you need to get started with West. You will learn:  

  • Tip and overlay application 
  • Full sculpture technique 
  • Powder and liquid ratio 
  • Product application 
  • Filing and finishing techniques 
  • Maintenance 
  • Repairs  
  • Removal along with the relevant H&S 

Come along to the West Nail Academy and learn within our professional beauty salons and start an exciting new journey!

What qualifications do I need?

No formal entry requirements but applicants must be over 16 years of age.

 

What can I do after?

Continue to grow your skillset on the West Nail Academy with courses coming soon on a range of advanced nail techniques including gel nails, nail art and more.

The qualification will allow you to gain insurance to work as a nail technician providing acrylic services either freelance or within a salon environment.  

You may want to take your skillset further by studying our Level 5 FastTrack or L6 Beauty Therapy Course.  

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Programme Information

Paisley Campus

Start Date  - 19 November 2024

Duration: 12 weeks

Time: 5.30pm - 8.00pm

Clydebank Campus

Start Date  -  20 November 2024

Duration: 12 weeks

Time: 5.30pm - 8.00pm

Price:  £400 which includes a full  kit including lamp for curing.

 

 

West Nail Academy is supported by Halo by Pure Nails. Halo offers a range of professional nail products infused with the finest quality formulas and the latest nail technologies. Halo supplies nail technicians with the best quality nail design essentials at competitive prices, from highly pigmented UV gel polishes to innovative nail equipment.

 

 

My application

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To apply to this course or find out how we can best meet your specific needs, including by delivering tailor-made courses, please contact us.

Need funding? Visit our dedicated page to find out how you can get support.

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