Externally awarded vocational qualification · Initial career training
Level 2 Traineeship Beauty Therapy
Belfast Metropolitan College · Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Award
- VTCT Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Beauty Therapy (500/8839/7)
- Audience & level
- Ages 16+Beginner
- Format
- In personFull-Time, 31/08/2026 to 13/06/2027
- Price
- Not published
About this program
One-year full-time Level 2 traineeship combining a VTCT beauty therapy NVQ diploma with an OCN NI transversal skills certificate and practical work in live salons.
- Offering
- Vocational career program
- Fields
- Beauty therapy, Esthetician, Makeup Artistry, Nail technician, Eyebrow technician
- Advertised approaches
- Facials, manicure and pedicure, lash and brow treatments, makeup applicationAs advertised by the provider; this does not imply affiliation with any practitioner’s organisation.
- Purpose
- Initial career training
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Externally awarded vocational qualification
- Exact award
- VTCT Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Beauty Therapy (500/8839/7)
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationAwarded by a national or external awarding body, named on the listing. It is not by itself a licence to practise.
- Awarding body
- VTCT
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Full-Time, 31/08/2026 to 13/06/2027
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- Titanic Quarter Campus7 Queens Road, BT3 9DT
Who it is for and entry requirements
Prior qualification required
- Existing licence or registration
- Not required (as published)
- Minimum age
- be 16 years old by 1 July 2026
- Prior education
- Minimum of four GCSEs at grades A to G including Maths grade D and English grade D or equivalent
- Language requirements
- All courses within Belfast Met are delivered and assessed in English
- Intakes
- 2026-08-31
- Official enrollment
- Enrollment instructions
Current enrollment availability is not confirmed here; check dates and places with the provider.
Practice, assessment and kit
As published by the provider. Mannequins, simulation, live models and workplace experience are different things and are named separately.
- Practice arrangements
- Workplace experience
- Assessment
- Practical assessment, Portfolio, Written assessmentPortfolio of evidence including practical observations via a commercial clinic throughout the year and online exams.
- Kit
- Kit not includedStudents supply their own kit (approximately £260) and uniform (approximately £90).
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Tuition, registration, kit, consumables, uniform and assessment charges are listed separately. Each price keeps its basis and is never converted, and an instalment is never the total.
Funding
Department for the Economy funding Public funding
Basis not stated · Course tuition fee fully funded
Career support
As described by the provider. It is not a guarantee of work, income or placement.
Graduates often progress to self-employment or salon, cruise liner or television studio work, or to Level 3 beauty qualifications.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)