Level 7 Diploma In Aesthetic Practice

Course overview 

The ProQual Level 7 Diploma in Aesthetic Practice provides a nationally recognised qualification for those working in the beauty industry, and who wish to develop and demonstrate their competence at the highest level of aesthetic practice, including the use of dermal fillers and botulinum treatments. 

The aims of this qualification are: 

 • To develop an understanding of ethics, legislation and regulatory standards at the highest level of aesthetic practice. 

 • To develop an understanding of aesthetic consultation and individualised treatments. 

 • To develop competence in providing aesthetic consultation, dermal fillers and botulinum treatments. 

Having a nationally recognised qualification in injectable aesthetic practice is being welcomed by thousands of aesthetic practitioners who have previously undergone the training route that has only enabled them to receive an acknowledgment of attending a course. Aesthetic practice is a very comprehensive and complex area and anyone offering aesthetic treatments should be suitably qualified to do so, through a nationally recognised qualification, that sets demanding and high standards of education. 

Moreover, a Level 7 qualification will foster a much bigger investment in terms of both time and money, and offer far more in return: more education, more experience, more supervision, more observation, more theory, bigger investment, solid understanding and demonstration of high, safe, ethical, aesthetic treatments - more reassuring to students and the public. 

A Level 7 qualification provides a specialist work-related programme of study that provides breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding, along with practical skills required in the aesthetics sector and to meet a set of standards recommended in the Health Education England’s (HEE) 2015 ‘Qualification Requirements for Delivery of Cosmetic Procedures’. 

The awarding body for this qualification is ProQual AB. This qualification has been approved for delivery in England and Northern Ireland. The regulatory body for this qualification is Ofqual, and this qualification has been accredited onto the Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF), and has been published in Ofqual’s Register of Qualifications.

Pre requirements 

Candidates for this qualification must meet one of the following qualification requirements before they can be registered on this course: 

 • Hold the ProQual Level 5 or 6 Diploma in Aesthetic Practice, or an equivalent qualification. 

 AND 

 • Hold a Level 6 qualification that includes anatomy and professional practice. 

AND 

 • Hold a currently valid first aid qualification, which can be any of the following: 

 o Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work. 

 o Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid. 

 o Level 3 Award in Adult Basic Life Support, AED and Management of Anaphylaxis. 

 OR 

 • Be a fully qualified and registered nurse or doctor. Candidates for this qualification should also either: 

 • Be employed in a role where they will have the opportunity to carry out a number of dermal filler and botulinum treatments on a range of clients. 

 OR 

• Be enrolled with a training provider, which will enable them to carry out a number of dermal filler and botulinum treatments on a range of simulated or real live clients. 

Candidates must be at least 18 years old on the day that they are registered for this qualification, centres are reminded that no assessment activity may take place before a candidate has been registered. 

Centres must carry out an initial assessment of a candidate's skills and knowledge to satisfy themselves that the candidate is capable of working at Level 7.

Units covered 

• Consultation for individualized facial aesthetic treatment R/651/2415

• Psychological aspects of facial aesthetics T/651/2416

• Values, ethics and professionalism in aesthetic practice Y/651/2417

• Aesthetic injectable therapies for facial treatments with botulinum toxin A/651/2418

• Aesthetic injectable therapies for facial treatments with temporary dermal fillers D/651/2419

• Management of complications for aesthetic practice J/651/2420