About Australian Massage and Beauty Institute

The Diploma of Remedial Massage is designed for people wanting to specialise in remedial massage as a highly trained therapist who may be working with allied health professionals. Remedial massage therapists may be self-employed or work within a larger health service or clinical setting workin with clients presenting with soft tissue dysfunction, musculoskeletal imbalance, or restrictions in range of motion (ROM). This course is a blend of theory and hands-on practice in specialised remedial massage treatments in a clinical environment. The clinical practice will provide a solid foundation for employment in remedial massage services.

The Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management covers the knowledge and skills, together with experience in leadership and management, across a range of enterprise and industry contexts.

Graduates at this level use initiative and judgement to plan and implement a range of leadership and management functions, with accountability for personal and team outcomes within broad parameters.

They use cognitive and communication skills to identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources and transfer their knowledge to others, and creative or conceptual skills to express ideas and perspectives or respond to complex problems.

The Diploma of Salon Management covers the skills and knowledge you need to progress your career to managing a salon or operate your own salon. The salon management skills in the course focus on personal services including hairdressing or barber shops, nails and beauty salons, massage clinics and spas. Salon managers are responsible for coordinating the day-to-day operation of the business, including safety supervision, and planning, monitoring and avaluating the work of staff. Customer service is covered in the course as this is an essential part of a salon manager’s role.

The Certificate III in Nail Technology covers the skills and knowledge you need to enhance nail appearance. The nail technology skills in this course is focused on providing manicure and pedicure services, including the application of nail art and acrylic and gel nail enhancements. Nail technicians possess a range of well-developed technical and customer service skills where discretion and judgement is required and are responsible for their own outputs. Customer service is covered in this course as an essential part of a nail technician’s role.

The Diploma of Beauty Therapy is designed to reflect the role of individuals employed as beauty therapists to provide a broad range of beauty therapy treatments and services including facial treatments, body massage and treatments, hair removal, lash and brow treatments, nail and make-up services.

This includes consultation with clients to provide beauty advice, recommend beauty treatments and services, and sell retail skin-care and cosmetic products. These individuals work relatively autonomously, and are accountable for personal outputs. Their work involves the self-directed application of knowledge and skills with substantial depth in some areas where judgement is required in planning and selecting appropriate equipment, services and techniques.

The Diploma of Leadership and Management reflects the role of individuals who apply knowledge, practical skills and experience in leadership and management across a range of enterprise and industry contexts.

Graduates at this level display initiative and judgement in planning, organising, implementing and monitoring their own workload and the workload of others. They use communication skills to support individuals and teams to meet organisational or enterprise requirements.

They may plan, design, apply and evaluate solutions to unpredictable problems, and identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.

The Certificate IV in Massage Therapy is designed for people wanting to become a Massage Therapist. In this role, you provide general health maintenance treatments. Massage therapists may be self-employed or work within a larger health service or related beauty salon or clinical setting.

The Certificate III in hairdressing will cover basic aspects of hairdressing relating to preparation of clients, styling, conducting salon financial transactions, recommending products and services and applying and removing hair coloring products.

This course reflects the role of hairdressers who use a range of well developed sales, consultation and technical skills and knowledge to provide a broad range of hairdressing services to clients. They use discretion and judgment to provide client services and take responsibility for the outcomes of their own work.

The Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy is designed to reflect the role of individuals employed as beauty therapists to provide a broad range of beauty therapy treatments and services including facial treatments, body massage and treatments, hair removal, lash and brow treatments, nail and make-up services. This includes consultation with clients to provide beauty advice, recommend beauty treatments and services, and sell retail skin-care and cosmetic products. These individuals work relatively autonomously, and are accountable for personal outputs. Their work involves the self-directed application of knowledge and skills with substantial depth in some areas where judgement is required in planning and selecting appropriate equipment, services and techniques.

This is a 1 day course which provides training in infection control standards in a clinic environment during skin penetration treatments. This course will equip you with knowledge of state or territory and local council requirements. You will learn to identify, manage and control infection risks to clients, colleagues, and yourself.

In this 1-day class, you will have the opportunity to learn to understand how to establish professional relationship with your client, manage client interactions, including effective communication, respond to difficult or challenging behavior and how to provide effective responses to client enquiries.

This is an enjoyable and informative class, where you will learn about the benefits of different oils and how to use them in massage practice. During this course, you will be taught how to establish client priorities, and synthesise knowledge of anatomy and physiology, skin science and lifestyle factors to select aromatic oils and massage techniques to meet client needs.

This is a fun and knowledgeable class where you can learn and understand about skin characteristics and how to maintain good and healthy skin by providing facial treatment, correct skincare and maintain a analysis good lifestyle.

When you attend this class you will be able to learn about skin analysis, cleansing, steaming, exfoliation, facial massage and remove minor skin blemishes. Additionally, you will also have the opportunity to learn about the tricks and tips in performing facial treatments from our trainers who understand the quality of work required of a beauty therapist.

With the hustle and bustle of modern life, filling in your brows can be a tedious part of your daily make-up routine. With this Lash and Brow Tinting short course, you will no longer have to worry about getting that full set of brows in the morning because they will always be on point. In this 1-day workshop, you will learn about the preparation and procedures of eyebrow shaping, eyebrow tinting and eyelash tinting.

Provide Manicure and Pedicure Services is the quintessential short course for anybody wishing to achieve and create that beautiful, fresh set of nails.

In this course, you will learn the fundamentals to provide manicures and pedicure services which include the basics of nail shaping, and the use of specialised products to enhance the final outcome of nail polish application.

This unit is an informative course. You will learn the skills and knowledge required to safely apply waxing treatments to reduce unwanted hair on the face and body. Upon successful completion of this short course you will be issued a Statement of Attainment for SHBBHRS010 Provide Waxing Services.

As this is a nationally recognised course, you will be able to use the Statement of Attainment to apply for credit in beauty therapy courses such as Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy and Diploma of Beauty Therapy.

The Design and Apply Make-Up course is the need to know course for anybody wishing to utilise the perfect combination of make-up to design the perfect face, not only for yourself, but for others too. This short course will teach you the fundamental skills and knowledge required to design and apply make-up for day, evening and special occasions.

Do want to learn about cosmetic tanning and understand about the products? This is your class. During this 4-hour short course, you will be instructed from the start to the end of applying cosmetic tanning. You will be trained in order to consulting with client about tanning products, color choice and how to use a spray tanning gun.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a nationally recognised statement of attainment of this unit from the Diploma of Beauty.

In this short course, you will learn how to apply eyelash extensions in order to meet client needs. You will be taught how to select and apply eyelash extensions of various lengths and thicknesses. You will also be trained on how to conduct consultations with clients, how to select suitable products and equipment, and how to apply, in-fill, and remove damaged eyelash extensions.

Upon successful completion of this short course, you will receive a nationally recognised statement of attainment in SHBBBOS010 Use reflexology relaxation techniques in beauty treatments. This training can also be credited towards CPE points for individuals currently working in the massage industry. As this course is nationally recognised, you will be able to use the Statement of Attainment to apply for credit in beauty therapy courses such as Certificate IV or Diploma of Beauty Therapy.

Their work involves the self-directed application of specialised knowledge and experience to consult, design and manage sequential treatment programs. They possess highly developed communication and technical skills. Practitioners operate within a defined scope of practice and use initiative and judgement to refuse or refer treatments as required.