Facials Specialty

Program Details

Short Description:

Students completing the Facials Specialist program is prepared for employment as a licensed Facials/Skin Care Specialist. Instruction is designed to qualify students for employment upon successfully obtaining a Facials Specialty Certification. Obtain knowledge of the facial specialist and the related chemistry; bacteriology, anatomy, and physiology; art of make-up; and development of skill in performing the manipulative and electrical techniques required in the practice of facials specialist occupations. 

Program Content:

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Human Services career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem- solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Human Services career cluster. This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills to prepare students for employment in network support services positions.

A student completing the Facials Specialist program is prepared for employment as a licensed Facials/Skin Care Specialist (SOC 39-5094). Instruction is designed to qualify students for employment upon successfully obtaining a Facials Specialty Certification.

The content includes, but is not limited to communication, leadership, human relations, and employability skills; safe and efficient work practices; Florida cosmetology law and rules; acquisition of knowledge of the facial specialist and the related chemistry; bacteriology, anatomy, and physiology; art of make-up; and development of skill in performing the manipulative and electrical techniques required in the practice of facials specialist occupations. This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the cosmetology industry; planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying technological principles, labor, community, health, safety, and environmental issues.

Certificate/Licensure:  
Program graduates are eligible to apply for a Florida Facial Specialist Registration.

CTSO:
SkillsUSA and/or HOSA are the approved cocurricular career and technical student organizations which provide activities for students as an integral part of the instruction by providing leadership training and reinforcing specific career and technical skills.

Articulation:  May be available towards credits at Florida public colleges/universities. Speak with a Career Counselor for more information.

Start Date:

Full-time: August, October, December, February, May 
Part-time: August, October, November, February, and March

Class Start Time:

Full-Time: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Part-Time: Monday – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Evening Class Start Time:

Monday – Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Program Length:

Full-time: 220 hours – approximately 2 months to complete
Part-time: 220 hours – approximately 4 months to complete

OCP A

Course Number: CSP0266

Course Title:
Facials/Skin Care Specialists

Length:
220 hours

Location:

MTC Main Campus, 6305 State Road 70 East, Bradenton, FL 34203
941.751.7900

  1. Apply to MTC at https://manateetech.edu/apply-now/. Submit your application to access your “To Do List”. You are not accepted into the program after applying. You must complete your To Do list.
  2. Complete your “To-Do List” at https://www.mtcdashboard.net/

Note: The Basic Skills Assessment must be taken within 6 weeks of your admit date unless exemption criteria have been documented per State Statute. For exemption information, see the Student Handbook located here: https://www.manateetech.edu/quick-docs/

Program #I120425 CIP #0612040806

Estimated Tuition, Lab, and Fees (includes $60.00 administrative fee)

$1,467.40

Additional Fees Due Prior to Pre-Admittance

Application Fee

$45.00

Books

Textbook(s)* Purchased Online – Estimated

$373.00

Additional Required Items (Outside Vendor)

WHITE Scrub Top; BLACK Scrub Pants with embroidery from The Scrub Club
(Embroidery alone is $9.75/each piece)

Estimated: $70.00/Set

Black Shoes

Estimated: $50.00

Scissors

Estimated: $15.00

HIV Course

$10.00

Licensure

$55.00

Estimated Total Cost of Program

$2,070.40

*Uniforms may be covered for Pell eligible students once aid has been applied to all tuition & fee charges. Prices are subject to change.
The Scrub Club: 8527 SR 70 East, Bradenton, FL 34202 (941) 755-9669.

Financial aid available depending on student’s eligibility
All pre-admission fees are non-refundable and not covered by Financial Aid.

Prices are subject to change.
Annual fees (charged each academic year from July 1—June 30).
Textbook estimate. MTC Bookstore: https://manateetech.edu/students/bookstore/
Tuition is $2.92 per hour for Florida residents. Tuition is $11.71 per hour for Non-Florida residents.

Visit MTC Financial Aid page for more information.

Florida Department of Education: Frameworks

Possible Careers and Outlook:
39-5094.00       Skincare Specialists

Top Local Employers:

Many students who graduate from the MTC Facials Specialist program become entrepreneurs and offer facial services in their own business. Some graduates have chosen work at Blue Door Spa, Organic Skin and Body, Sirius Day Spa as well as medical provider offices.

Program Video

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Student Testimonial Video

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Program Facts

Job Placement
Rate

73%

LENGTH

220 hrs (2 mos)
Part time: (3 mos)

LOCATION

Main Campus,

DELIVERY

On-Campus:
Day, Evening

DUAL ENROLLMENT

No

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