How Do I Get a Cosmetologist License?
The beautician vocational qualification examination is a qualification examination for professionals engaged in beauticians. It is divided into five levels: beginner, intermediate, senior, technician and senior technician.
Beautician professional qualification exam
Cosmetologist refers to a person who cleans, cares for, and maintains the skin of a customer according to his face shape, skin characteristics, and requirements [1]
The vocational qualification is divided into five levels: primary (National Vocational Qualification Level 5), Intermediate (National Vocational Qualification Level 4), Advanced (National Vocational Qualification Level 3), Technician (National Vocational Qualification Level 2), Senior Technician ( National Vocational Qualification Level 1) [1]
Application conditions
Elementary (one of the following conditions)
(1) Pass the primary formal training of this occupation to the required standard number of hours, and obtain a certificate of completion.
(2) More than 2 years of continuous apprenticeship in this occupation.
Intermediate (one with one of the following conditions)
(1) After obtaining the junior vocational qualification certificate for this occupation, he has been engaged in this occupation for more than 2 years, and has reached the required standard number of hours after formal intermediate training in this occupation, and obtained a certificate of completion.
(2) After obtaining the junior vocational qualification certificate for this occupation, he has been engaged in this occupation continuously for more than 5 years.
(3) Obtaining a vocational school (professional) graduation certificate from a secondary or higher vocational school with intermediate skills as the training target, which has been verified by the labor security administrative department.
Advanced (one with one of the following conditions)
(1) After obtaining the intermediate vocational qualification certificate for this occupation, he has been engaged in this occupation for more than 4 years, and has reached the required standard number of hours after the advanced formal training in this occupation, and obtained a certificate of completion.
(2) After obtaining the intermediate vocational qualification certificate of this occupation, he has been engaged in this occupation continuously for more than 7 years.
(3) College graduates or related majors who have obtained the intermediate vocational qualification certificate of this occupation, have been engaged in this occupation for more than 2 years.
(4) Obtaining a vocational school (professional) graduation certificate from a higher vocational school or higher that aims at training advanced skills and is approved by a senior technical school or labor security administrative department.
Technician (one with one of the following conditions)
(1) After obtaining the senior vocational qualification certificate for this occupation, he has been engaged in this occupation continuously for more than 5 years, obtained formal training hours for the professional technicians, and obtained a certificate of completion.
(2) After obtaining the advanced vocational qualification certificate for this occupation, he has been engaged in this occupation continuously for more than 8 years.
(3) The graduates of the senior vocational school who have obtained the senior vocational qualification certificate of this profession (professional), have been engaged in this occupation for more than 2 years.
Senior Technician (one of the following conditions)
(1) After obtaining the professional qualification certificate of this vocational technician, he has been engaged in this occupation for more than 3 years. After formal training of senior vocational technician in this vocation, he has reached the required standard number of hours and obtained a certificate of completion.
(2) After obtaining the professional qualification certificate of this professional technician, he has been engaged in this professional work continuously for more than 6 years.
Levels 3, 4 and 5 are divided into theoretical exams and practical exams. Theoretical knowledge exams use a closed-book written exam method, and the skills operation assessment adopts an on-site practical operation method. [2]
Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced: 90 minutes for theoretical knowledge examination and 90 minutes for skills operation assessment [3]
List of elements for appraisal of beautician (junior) operation skills
Identification scope (level 1) | Identification scope (secondary) | Identification point |
Code | name | Code | name | Code | name |
A | Care beauty | A | Facial Skin Care | 001 | Dry skin care |
002 | Oily skin care |
B | Grooming beauty | A | Hair removal | 001 | Freezing wax on limbs (forearm or calf) |
002 | Axillary hair removal with frozen wax |
003 | Hot wax removal of limbs (forearm or calf) |
004 | Hot wax to remove armpit hair |
B | Beautiful eyelashes | 001 | Hot eyelashes |
C | Nail art | 001 | Natural nail repair |
002 | Make-up nail making |
D | Day makeup | 001 | Casual makeup |
002 | Professional makeup |
003 | Party makeup |
Cosmetologist (Intermediate) Theoretical knowledge of the proportion of identification and allocation of identification
Identification scope (level 1) | Identification scope (secondary) | Identification scope (level 3) | Identification proportion /% | Number of identification points |
basic requirements | Professional ethics | Professional ethics | 3 | 6 |
Professional code | 2 | 6 |
Basic knowledge | Basic concepts of beauty | 1 | 4 |
Beauty history | 1 | 7 |
Professional image and quality | 1 | 4 |
Sanitation | 2 | 13 |
safety knowledge | 1 | 7 |
Common knowledge of human anatomy | 4 | 20 |
Knowledge of human skin physiology | 5 | 27 |
Basic knowledge of cosmetics | 4 | twenty three |
Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations | 1 | 6 |
related information | Reception and consultation | Skin analysis | 12 | 26 |
Develop a care plan | 3 | 7 |
Care beauty | Facial | 14 | 41 |
Special care | 4 | 10 |
Meridian Beauty | 2 | 6 |
Use of beauty equipment | 9 | 25 |
Body care | 10 | twenty four |
Grooming beauty | Nail art | 4 | 11 |
Beautiful eyelashes | 4 | 9 |
make up | 13 | 39 |
total | 100 | 321 |
List of elements for appraisal of beautician (intermediate) operation skills
Identification scope (level 1) | Identification scope (secondary) | Identification point |
Code | name | Code | name | Code | name |
A | Reception and consultation | A | Develop different skin care plans for the face | 001 | Develop a facial skin care plan |
002 | Develop a skin and skin care plan |
003 | Develop an acne skin facial treatment plan |
004 | Formulate a facial care plan for sensitive skin |
005 | Develop a capillary dilation skin facial treatment plan |
006 | Develop a sun-skinned facial treatment plan |
B | Grooming beauty | A | Common Facial Skin Care | 001 | Facial aging skin care |
002 | Facial pigmentation skin care |
003 | Facial Acne Skin Care |
004 | Facial Sensitive Skin Care |
005 | Facial Capillary Dilation Skin Care |
006 | Facial Sun Skin Care |
B | Special care | 001 | Eye Bag Removal |
002 | Remove dark circles care |
003 | Remove crow's feet care |
004 | Lip care |
C | Head and Face Meridian Beauty Treatment | 001 | Head and Face Meridian Beauty Treatment |
D | Body skin care | 001 | Shoulder and Neck Care |
002 | Hand care |
C | Grooming beauty | A | Nail art | 001 | French patch crystal armor making |
002 | Transparent crystal armor making |
B | Beautiful eyelashes | 001 | Plant eyelashes |
C | Bridal makeup | 001 | Chinese bridal makeup |
002 | Bridal makeup |
Evening makeup | 001 | Evening makeup-cold makeup |
002 | Dinner Makeup-Warm Makeup |
Cosmetologist (advanced) theoretical knowledge proportion of identification and allocation of identification
Identification scope (level 1) | Identification scope (secondary) | Identification scope (level 3) | Identification proportion /% | Number of identification points |
basic requirements | Professional ethics | Professional ethics | 1 | 6 |
Professional code | 2 | 6 |
Basic knowledge | Basic concepts of beauty | 1 | 4 |
Beauty history | 2 | 7 |
Professional image and quality | 1 | 4 |
Sanitation | 2 | 13 |
safety knowledge | 2 | 7 |
Common knowledge of human anatomy | 3 | 20 |
Knowledge of human skin physiology | 5 | 27 |
Basic knowledge of cosmetics | 4 | twenty three |
Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations | 2 | 6 |
related information | Reception and consultation | Reception | 7 | twenty three |
advisory | 13 | 32 |
Care beauty | Facial aromatherapy | 10 | 20 |
Facial Scraping Beauty Treatments | 5 | 10 |
Weight loss and body care | 12 | 34 |
Breast Care | 8 | 18 |
SPA treatments | 5 | 16 |
Grooming beauty | Corrective makeup | 7 | 25 |
Makeup | 3 | 9 |
Training instruction | Technical guidance for junior beauticians | 3 | 7 |
Technical guidance for intermediate beauticians | 2 | 4 |
total | 100 | 321 |
List of elements for appraisal of beautician (advanced) operation skills
Identification scope (level 1) | Identification scope (secondary) | Identification point |
Code | name | Code | name | Code | name |
A | Facial | A | Aroma beauty | 001 | Facial aromatherapy |
B | Scraping Beauty | 001 | Facial Scraping Treatment |
B | Body care | A | Weight loss and bodybuilding | 001 | Weight loss (sculpting) care for different parts of the body |
B | Beautiful breasts | 001 | Breast Care |
C | Lymphatic drainage massage | 001 | Drainage massage treatment for different parts of the body |
C | Grooming beauty | A | make up | 001 | Creative makeup |
002 | Aged makeup |
003 | Smoky makeup |
The theoretical knowledge test is mainly of medium difficulty, which accounts for about 70%; low difficulty questions account for about 20%; high difficulty questions account for about 10% [4]
(1) "Guidelines for the Assessment of National Occupational Skills for Cosmetologists" [7]
The series was developed by the Vocational Skills Appraisal Center of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security [8] to provide candidates with professional preparatory exam review materials for national vocational qualification examinations. The "Beautician National Vocational Skills Appraisal Guidance [9] " points There are two books for middle and high levels.
The content of the series includes examination situation observation, assessment ideas, test paper formation method, test paper structure, assessment content structure table, appraisal element breakdown table, assessment time and requirements, exam skills and review methods (proposition perspective, answer requirements, answer skills), learning goals Interpretation of the content of beautician's professional qualification assessment from the perspectives of assessment points, test point navigation, simulation training, simulated test papers, and reference answers [10] .
(2) National Vocational Qualification Examination Training Platform [11]
The national vocational qualification examination training platform was developed based on the series of "National Vocational Skills Appraisal Guidance [12] " series of organizations organized by nearly a thousand vocational qualification examination experts and vocational assessment experts, mainly focusing on the theoretical part of the national vocational qualification examination To further improve and enrich a large number of theoretical knowledge simulation training test questions, candidates can practice and self-test through computers and mobile phones, in order to accurately remedy before the test, and successfully pass the vocational qualification test [4] .
The national vocational qualification examination training platform is divided into two parts: intensive training and simulation evaluation:
The intensive training strictly follows the content of the vocational qualification examination (detailed list of vocational skills identification elements [13] ). The distribution of test questions corresponds to chapters, sections, and knowledge points. Candidates can choose knowledge points according to the learning progress, and the system will present the practice of each knowledge point in real time. Real-time memorization of wrong answer question information [4] , repeated extraction, automatic recording of the overall and knowledge point answer information, to help candidates understand and test their learning effects, strengthen the proficiency of knowledge points, strengthen the weak link learning, and successfully pass the exam [4] .
The mock assessment is exactly the same as the actual time, question type, and quantity of the professional qualification examination. It is an early preview of the test method [14] , test content structure, and test question type, which helps candidates to enter the warm-up session in advance and familiarize themselves with the test in advance. Environment, test rules and test expressions, and can practice test skills and answer skills in advance [14] . In particular, the system will automatically generate an evaluation report immediately after the evaluation is completed, so that candidates can understand their own knowledge of the knowledge points, provide a reference for further strengthening of training and accurate remedy, and lay the foundation for improving the official test results [14] .
