SHBBFAS004 - Provide lash and brow services

Unit code: SHBBFAS004 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
30
Location
City Campus
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to provide lash and brow services that include shaping and colouring.It requires the ability to consult with clients, and select suitable products and equipment required to perform lash and brow services. Lash and brow services can be an individual treatment or form part of a series of treatments.
This unit applies to beauticians and beauty therapists who work in beauty salons and spas.

Assessment

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Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• provide eight lash and brow treatments to clients suitable for the established client treatment objectives that together include at least three or more of the following services:
• eyebrow shape
• eyebrow tint
• eyelash tint
• eyelash lift
• design, record and maintain treatment plan and records for each of these clients specifying the details of:
• adverse effects
• contraindications
• eyebrow shape
• products used
• service provided
• skin sensitivity
• service outcomes.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• state or territory and local health and hygiene regulations and requirements relevant to lash and brow services
• organisational policies and procedures relevant to lash and brow services:
• difference between cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation
• benefits of chemical and physical disinfection
• methods of cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation
• infection control procedures
• when to sterilise tweezers
• infection control procedures relevant to lash and brow services:
• difference between cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation
• benefits of chemical and physical disinfection
• methods of cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation
• infection control procedures
• when to sterilise tweezers
• infection control procedures and application of standard precautions as they apply to providing lash and brow services
• scope of practice of when to refer client to other practitioners
• organisational policies and procedures:
• client record management
• equipment use and maintenance
• incident reporting
• linen use and laundry procedures
• personal hygiene and presentation
• presentation of treatment area
• waste disposal
• work health and safety
• simplified cross section of skin
• hair structure and growth:
• hair growth cycle and relationship to hair removal:
• anagen stage
• catagen stage
• telogen stage
• hair growth patterns
• hair types:
• vellus
• terminal
• factors effecting hair growth:
• hormonal
• hereditary
• drugs and chemicals
• effects of waxing and tweezing on hair
• histology of hair
• methods of shaping brows:
• waxing
• threading
• tweezing
• features and safe use of lash and brow products:
• wax
• bleaching agents
• dyes and tints
• perming rods
• perming solution and neutraliser
• contraindications and their relationship to lash and brow services:
• acne
• allergies to products
• infection in the eye or the eye area
• bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections
• rashes
• skin allergies
• appearance, causes and required action steps for the following skin reactions to lash and brow services:
• eye inflammation
• infections of eye or surrounding area
• spotting on skin
• hive like reactions
• ingrown hair
• infection of hair follicle
• sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power
• aftercare advice, products and future treatments to maintain client treatment objectives.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate III in Beauty Services
SHB30121 | Certificate iii | Duration:
Certificate IV in Beauty Therapy
SHB40121 | Certificate iv | Duration:
Diploma of Beauty Therapy
SHB50121 | Diploma | Duration:

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