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Beauty Teaching (Instructor Training) Schools and Courses

Instructor training prepares practitioners to teach and assess beauty subjects. Requirements usually include an existing licence or qualification and practice experience. 70 verified listings from 55 providers below.

70 programs & classes

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What instructor training training covers

  • Lesson planning and delivery
  • Assessment and feedback
  • Classroom and clinic management
  • Regulatory knowledge

Typical routes

Instructor licences, teaching awards and trainer qualifications. Requirements and names vary by country.

Also searched as: cosmetology instructor, instructor course, educator training, trainer course, assessor award. Variants are folded into this page rather than split into near-duplicates.

Before you choose a course

  • Required prior licence and years of experience
  • Whether the award is accepted by the authority that approves teachers
  • Which authority, if any, approves the school or the course for the place where you want to work
  • Contact hours and practical hours, shown separately from elapsed time
  • Whether the certificate is an attendance record, an assessed provider award or an external qualification

What this is not

An instructor course is not entry-level training in a beauty discipline.

More in Instructor education

Preparing practitioners to teach and assess beauty subjects.

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