Turn Your Course Into a PBD Accredited Programme
Have you created your own beauty, hair, aesthetics, wellness or professional training course? Perhaps you’ve spent hours putting together your course content, writing your modules and creating your student resources — but now you want to take your training business to the next level.
Professional Beauty Development (PBD) can help you turn your course into a professionally accredited programme.
Whether you offer online courses, in person training or a combination of both, PBD provides accreditation packages designed to help course creators and training providers build credibility and give their learners greater confidence in the training they choose.
What Does Course Accreditation Mean?
Course accreditation involves having your training programme reviewed against the requirements of an accreditation provider.
At PBD, courses are reviewed with a focus on areas including quality, safety and professionalism. The accreditation process can look at your course structure, learning materials and supporting documentation to ensure your programme is suitable for accreditation.
Once your course has successfully completed the accreditation process, you can promote your course as PBD accredited in accordance with your accreditation agreement.
This can give your training business an additional layer of professionalism and help demonstrate to potential students that your course has been reviewed.
Why Accredit Your Own Course?
Creating a course is a huge achievement, but building trust with potential students is just as important.
Adding professional accreditation to your course can help you:
Build Student Confidence
When someone is investing their money and time into training, they want to feel confident that they are choosing a professional education provider.
PBD accreditation can provide additional reassurance that your course has gone through an accreditation process.
Strengthen Your Training Brand
If you're building your own academy or education business, accreditation can form part of your professional brand.
You can use PBD accreditation and associated branding in accordance with your package and accreditation agreement, helping you communicate your professional status across your course materials and marketing.
Offer Accredited Training
Whether you're teaching lashes, brows, nails, aesthetics, hair, beauty therapy or another professional subject, having an accredited programme can help your course stand out in a competitive training market.
PBD works with a wide variety of course providers and offers accreditation for both online and in-person courses.
Support Your Students
For many treatments, learners may need appropriate insurance before working with clients. An accredited qualification can help students meet the requirements of some insurance providers, although insurance requirements vary and students should always check directly with their chosen insurer.
What Do You Need to Get Your Course Accredited?
Before applying, you'll need to have your course developed and have the relevant supporting documentation ready.
PBD's current requirements include:
Your teaching qualification
Proof of insurance
Your qualification in the subject or treatment you want to teach
Your lesson plan
Your course manual
Your logo and contact information
Your course should also contain suitable learning content for the subject you're teaching. Depending on the course, this may include theory, practical elements, demonstrations, assessments, learning objectives, safety information and aftercare.
Don't Have a Course Manual Yet?
If you're ready to create your own accredited course but don't know where to start with the training manual, PBD also offers pre-written, editable training manuals.
These resources are designed to help beauty trainers save time when creating their course materials. Once purchased, the manuals can be edited to suit your own training before being submitted for accreditation review.
This can be particularly useful if you have the knowledge and experience to teach but don't want to start your course manual completely from scratch.
Can Online Courses Be PBD Accredited?
Yes.
PBD offers accreditation for both online and in-person courses, with separate accreditation options available depending on your training format.
Online education can make it possible for educators to reach learners beyond their local area, while in-person training can incorporate practical demonstrations and hands-on learning where appropriate.
For courses involving practical treatments, your teaching and assessment methods should be appropriate for the skills being taught.
How Does PBD Accreditation Work?
The process is designed to be straightforward.
Step 1: Choose Your Accreditation Package
PBD offers different packages depending on how many courses you want to accredit and whether your courses are online, in-person or both.
Current options range from accreditation for a single course through to unlimited course accreditation packages.
Step 2: Prepare Your Course Documents
Make sure you have your required qualifications, insurance, lesson plans, manuals and other supporting information ready.
Step 3: Submit Your Application
Complete your application and upload the required course documentation for review.
Step 4: Course Review
Your course will be reviewed against PBD's accreditation requirements.
If any updates are required, you can make the necessary changes before completing the accreditation process.
Step 5: Receive Your Accreditation
Once your course has successfully passed the review process, you'll receive confirmation of your PBD accreditation and can begin promoting your accredited programme in line with your accreditation agreement.
Accreditation Packages to Suit Your Business
Whether you're just launching your first course or already have an established training academy, PBD has packages designed around different course volumes.
Current website pricing includes:
1 course: £80 per year
2 courses: £160 per year
3 courses: £240 per year
4 courses: £320 per year
Unlimited courses: £400 per year
PBD also offers online, in-person and combined accreditation options, as well as monthly payment options for selected packages.
Packages can also include features such as guidance with course materials, certificate templates, access to an engagement community, use of PBD branding in accordance with your package, website directory inclusion and potential social media exposure.
Turn Your Knowledge Into a Professional Training Programme
You already have the knowledge, skills and experience. Now it's time to turn that expertise into a structured training programme.
Whether you're a lash technician wanting to teach your first lash course, a nail technician creating your own nail qualification, an aesthetics professional expanding into education or an established academy looking to accredit multiple courses, PBD can support you through the accreditation process.
Your course could be the start of someone else's career.
Take the next step and turn your course into a PBD accredited programme.
Ready to Get Started?
Explore the accreditation packages available from Professional Beauty Development and choose the option that suits your training business.
Visit Professional Beauty Development: www.professionalbeautydevelopment.com
Start your accreditation journey today and give your training business the professional recognition it deserves.
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