Nail Care Course Information

NAIL CARE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Nail Care: SOC 39-5092.00, CIP Code 12.0410:

The curriculum involves 400 hours to satisfy California state requirements. The course includes extensive instruction and practical experience in manicures, pedicures, massage, customer service, personal appearance and hygiene, personal motivation and development, retail skills, client record keeping, business ethics, as well a sanitation, California state laws and regulations, salon-type administration, and job interviewing.

Graduates are prepared to be entry-level nail technicians.

This course is taught in English. Textbooks and course materials are only offered in the English Language.

NAIL CARE COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Hours: 400 clock hours

The course is divided into pre-clinical classroom instruction and clinical service learning experiences.

1. Pre-clinical Classroom Instruction: The first 150 hours are devoted to classroom workshops where students learn design principles, technical information, and professional practices.
2. Clinic Classroom Learning Experience: The remaining 250 hours are spent in the clinic floor area where practical experience is gained.

NAIL CARE COURSE OUTLINE

Your time at Paul Mitchell The School East Bay for the nail care program will be divided into four designations:

1. Core Curriculum: This 150-hour time period is dedicated to exploring foundational knowledge and basic nails procedures and enhancements. You will receive individual attention in practical workshops, and you will complete monthly worksheets and periodic tests throughout the course. This is an intense and exciting portion of your experience.
2. Clinic Classroom Floor Learning Experience: You will enter a new phase of specialty classroom workshops coupled with challenging practical services that will continue to build you into a confident skin care therapist.
3. Classroom Learning Experience: During this phase of your learning, you will be introduced to guest speakers, prescriptive selling, motivation, self-improvement, body treatments, and emerging technologies. You will use your own technical and therapeutic abilities, coupled with the assistance of Learning Leaders, to provide service to guests. You will make discoveries and learn relationship building skills that will ensure your success in this exciting, diverse field.
4. Creative Curriculum: You will dress, act, and work like a skin care therapist professional. You will use your own technical and therapeutic abilities, coupled with the assistance of Paul Mitchell The School East Bay Learning Leaders, to prepare for your future beauty industry career.

NAIL CARE COURSE SUBJECTS

The instructional program of Paul Mitchell The School East Bay meets or exceeds the state requirements:

The institution offers employment assistance to help graduates’ efforts to secure education-related employment that includes, but is not limited to training in professionalism, resume’ development, job interview preparation and job search skills.

No additional hours will be required to complete the additional training, and these additional courses are not a requirement for state licensure.

Exceeds means that during the course of your training, you may complete more services than what is listed; however, no additional hours over the 400 hours required by the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology (BBC) will be required.

NAIL CARE PROGRAM TESTING AND GRADING PROCEDURE

The following tests and grading procedures are used to assess student learning and mastery of course content in the 400-hour course:

1. Academic theory exams: Students must receive a grade of 75% or higher on each assigned theory exam.
2. Core written and practical: Students must receive a grade of 75% or higher on each written exam and each practical skill exam in order to complete the Core program. The exams are an overview of instruction taught during the Core schedule. All Core written and practical skill exams must be passed with a 75% in order to transition to the Clinic Classroom. If students are unable to pass each exam after two attempts, the student may be asked to withdraw from the program and re-enroll in the next available Core class start date.
3. Final written and practical: The written exam covers an overview of all theory instruction, California state law, and other items covered on the state cosmetology exam. Students must receive a grade of 75% or higher on all final exams.
4. Clinic Practical Skill Assessments: Future Professionals progress in practical skill assessments and theory hours will be digitally monitored on a weekly basis by the Future Professional Advisor using the MyPortico app. All assigned practical skill assessments must be completed in order to complete the program.