Nail Technician (Manicure and Pedicure) Schools and Courses

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)