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Service & Care

Beauty Therapist / Makeup Artist

VCE VM recommended

Beauty Therapists perform various skin treatments according to clients’ needs, such as peels, facials, and skin rejuvenation treatments. They also provide manicures, pedicures, hair removal and massage therapies. Makeup Artists are beauty practitioners who offer general makeup services or work in prosthetic design.

SUBJECTS TO TAKE

Recommended subject mix at Salesian, Years 11 and 12.

Year 11

  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Any Visual Arts Subject
  • Certificate 2/3 VET Course
  • Free Choice Subject
  • Religion and Society

Year 12

  • English
  • Any Visual Arts Subject
  • Certificate 2/3 VET Course
  • Free Choice Subject
  • Free Choice Subject

Booklet recommendations — final subject offerings depend on what runs each year. Talk to your Oratory Leader, subject teachers and the Careers Coordinator before locking in.

AT-SCHOOL PATHWAYS

Programs available within Salesian.

Specialist program (SBAT)

Industry Pathways Program — Beauty

VET options

  • Certificate 3 in Makeup
  • Certificate 3 in Beauty

AFTER SCHOOL

University courses and alternative routes in.

University courses

University study not the typical pathway.

Alternative pathways into university

  • Diploma of Beauty Therapy

RELATED CAREERS

Other careers in similar territory — many use overlapping subjects.

Nail TechnicianMassage TherapistTheatrical Makeup ArtistDermal Therapist