Level 3

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Focus Awards Level 3 for beauty are qualifications that build on Level 2 beauty knowledge to develop more advanced technical skills for employment, such as advanced massage, electrical epilation, and skincare treatments. The most common are the Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy (RQF) and the Level 3 Diploma in Combined Beauty Therapy Skills (RQF), which equip learners to work in salons, spas, or as self-employed therapists. 

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Level 3 Award In Understanding Human Anatomy And Physiology

The aim of the Focus Awards Level 3 Award in Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology (RQF) is to provide learners with the key knowledge and understanding of human anatomy and physiology required for a range of roles across the health, beauty, and fitness sectors.

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Level 3 Certificate in Access to Aesthetic Therapies

The aim of the Focus Awards Level 3 Award in Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology (RQF) is to provide learners with the key knowledge and understanding of human anatomy and physiology required for a range of roles across the health, beauty, and fitness sectors.

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Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy

The Focus Awards Level 3 Diploma in Beauty Therapy (RQF) is aimed at those learners who have completed the Level 2 qualification. The purpose of this qualification is to build on the existing knowledge and understanding gained from the Level 2 qualification, and therefore enables learners to expand the scope of their technical skills for employment as a beauty therapist. .

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Level 3 Certificate in Providing Facial Electrotherapy Treatments

Focus Awards Level 3 Certificate in Providing Facial Electrotherapy Treatments (RQF) is aimed at learners working in a salon, or similar work environment, and want to develop their knowledge and skills in providing facial electrotherapy treatments.