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Nail Technician (Manicure and Pedicure) Schools and Courses

Nail technician training covers manicure, pedicure, extensions and nail care. Regulation varies from a dedicated licence to no licence at all, so the same course can mean different things in different places. 217 verified listings from 154 providers below.

217 programs & classes

Results are listed alphabetically. There is no price ranking: prices in different currencies and bases (per day, per course, per year, per instalment) are not comparable. Courses for teens and children appear only when you choose a youth audience. Online programs are never counted as physically located in a state or city. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change recognition status, verification or order.

What nail technician training covers

  • Natural nail care and shaping
  • Gel, acrylic and other enhancements
  • Pedicure within the cosmetic scope
  • Nail disorders and when to refer
  • Sanitation

Typical routes

Courses run from a few days to several months. Longer programs are more likely to align with a licensing requirement where one exists.

Also searched as: nail tech, nail technology, nail school, manicurist, nail technician course. Variants are folded into this page rather than split into near-duplicates.

Before you choose a course

  • 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 the price includes: kit, consumables, uniform, registration and assessment fees
  • Which product systems are taught (brand names are trademarks of their owners)

What this is not

Nail art, nail extensions, gel nails, manicure and pedicure are specialties that can stand alone as short courses.

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Manicure, pedicure, nail extensions, gel techniques and nail art.

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