ITI in Hair and Skin Care

ITI Hair and Skin is a non-clinical cosmetology course that basically deals with skin and hair care. It is a vocational health care course that focuses on the topics such as beauty care techniques, beauty equipment, products, hair care techniques, and hair products. ITI Hair and Skin Care techniques train the interested candidates in personality development, anatomy, reception, and physiology. The candidates will be taught topics related to beauty and care like hair massage, shampooing, haircutting, hair styling, colouring of the hair; skincare like facial, pedicure and manicure, polishing, bleaching, hair removal, blackheads removal, eyebrow shaping etc. The course duration is 1 year and it is divided into 2 semesters. The career options are very bright and flourishing in ITI Hair and Skin Care course.

Some of the important points that the applicants must keep in mind before applying for ITI Hair and Skin Care.

The eligibility criteria for the course is mentioned below:

• The 10th pass candidate is eligible to apply for the course.
• The candidate must have passed the 10th from a recognised board.
• 12th pass candidates can also apply for this course.
• The candidate must have attained the age of 15 before applying for the course.

The admission process may vary from institute to institute. There are many government and private ITI colleges which offers admission in ITI Hair and Skin care. All the institutes have different admission criteria but mainly there are two types of admission processes direct and merit-based admission. The admission process is mentioned below:

• Direct admission - The candidates can directly apply without giving any entrance test to get admission for the course.

• Merit-based admission –The admission is taken on the basis of marks obtained in class 10th. The candidates can get admission to reputed institutes and they don’t have to sit for an entrance exam.

The candidates can check the topics that will be covered during the course. There are two semesters in the course and the trade theory and trade practical is divided accordingly.

• Nutrition and diet
• Massage and facial
• Beauty products
• Beauty care equipment
•  Perming
• Yoga
• Eyebrow shaping
• Bleaching
• Nail shaping and nail art
• Manicure and pedicure
• Hair cutting and styling
• Hair colour and highlighting
• Hair spa
• Hair care products
• Hair care equipments
• Hair structure
• Serum application

The career options in this course are tremendous. In the present scenario, almost everyone is very health and beauty conscious. There are several beauty salon and health care offices opening each and every day. Thus, there are so many job roles for the ITI Hair and Skin Care candidates to work and earn a respectable salary. The job prospects after completing the course are given below:

• Beauty salon/parlour
• Beauty and skincare clinic
• Spa center
• Haircare clinic
• Weight management therapist
• Yoga specialist
• Customer care executive
• Hair dress specialist
• Marriage bride and groom makeup specialist
• Health centers
• Manufacturers and distributors of beauty products