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Beauty Therapist
The competition focuses on the role and tasks of a Beauty Therapist. This includes carrying out a range of services reflecting current and traditional treatments.
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Beauty Therapy Practitioner
A Beauty Therapy Practitioner (advanced) will be able to demonstrate expertise in general beauty services as well as specialising in two or three areas.
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Catering: Foundation Skills
The foundation skills competitions showcase the skills of students with learning difficulties and build links between FE colleges and employers across the country.
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Commercial Makeup
A commercial makeup artist needs to have a broad range of skills, but can specialise in different types of makeup and application techniques.
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Culinary Arts
Culinary Artists have a good knowledge of all aspects of a modern kitchen including basic butchery, fishmongery and bakery, along with good cookery and presentation.
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Hairdressing
Hairdressers work in a variety of settings and require technical knowledge of styling and cutting, as well as good customer service skills.
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Hairdressing: Foundation Skills
The focus of the Hairdressing competition is to gain essential knowledge and skills for embarking on a career working within the hairdressing industry.
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Health & Social Care: Foundation Skills
The foundation skills competitions showcase the skills of students with learning difficulties, and build links between FE colleges, work-based learning providers and employers.
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Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care Practitioners work with a wide range of populations in a variety of settings who are facing ill health or medical conditions.
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Restaurant Service
This competition focuses on the role of Front of House staff in a range of Food and Beverage Operations.
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Restaurant Services: Foundation Skills
Restaurant Service competition focus on all the essential requirements for embarking on a career working within the hospitality industry.
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