Beauty Therapy Practitioner Competition

Overview

A Beauty Therapy Practitioner (advanced) will be able to demonstrate expertise in general beauty services as well as being a specialist in two or three areas such as advanced body and facial treatments, makeup and skincare advice.

The competition focuses on the role and tasks of a Beauty Therapy Practitioner carrying out a range of services which reflect both current and traditional standards plus current industry requirements. This may include advanced body, nail, make up and facial treatments. As a competitor, you will also be tested on health and safety, professionalism, client care and communication skills to demonstrate exceptional level of skill and creativity. Ideally you are looking to demonstrate your specialist skills and technical knowledge to the highest level with a view to progressing your career further in the beauty or spa therapy industry.

Read how competing helped silver medallist Kirsty’s career.

The skills you need to demonstrate

Professional demeanour
Safe working practices
Professional attitude
Effective interaction with the client
High level of skill and dexterity
Management of time allocation
Ergonomic working methods

Useful resources

Prepare for competition success

Our library of endorsed local skills competition briefs ‘benchmarking assessments’ helps prepare learners to build technical skills, productivity, and mindset competencies for national competition success, including employability progression pathways.

Paired with the benchmarking tracker, educators can record progress, identifying strengths and target areas for improvement. Together, they offer a reliable, standards-led framework, creating a sustainable model for skills development that supports educators to empower learners to be competition ready.

Access on the Learning Lab

Contact details

competitions@cambria.ac.uk

Entry criteria

This is an individual competition.
Organisations are advised to enter up to 5 competitors at the entry stage. Use the pre-competition activity to shortlist internally at your institution before entering competitors into the main competition.
Entries will be accepted from competitors who are enrolled in a programme of study working towards Beauty Therapy Level 2 in the last 12 months.
Competitors must be familiar with the core competencies below.
Model used must NOT be tutors or staff from the competitors college institution.
If an institution has a large number of competitors that advance to the National Qualifiers, each organisation will be required to nominate two primary competitors and one reserve per campus. This approach ensures fair representation for all institutions, regardless of their size.

How it works

1. Register

Registrations open at 9am on Monday 3 March and will close midnight Friday 28 March.

2. Entry stage

Entry Stage will be released on Monday 3 March with a final deadline of 25 April, 2025.

3. National Qualifiers

Qualifies to be held between May and June 2026

Coleg Cambria Deeside
York College

Other venues are to be confirmed.

4. Training and Development

To help finalists prepare ahead of the UK Final, we will provide relevant technical training and share mindset development techniques, to support them to remain focused on achieving success.

Prepare students and apprentices by engaging with our benchmarking resources to master their skills and mindset masterclasses to build confidence and resilience on the WorldSkills UK Learning Lab.

5. National Finals

The National Finals are scheduled to take place in Wales during the week beginning 24 November, 2025.

6. Squad UK

Competitors who are age eligible and have achieved the benchmark score will be invited to opt into Squad UK during December 2025 for the WorldSkills 2028 Cycle, subject to the skill progressing to the international competition cycle