Advice for students is critical when you are choosing your studies. Your studies is one of the most important decisions you can make, and you deserve to get advice from an expert. You should talk with someone that deals with study choices and career choices every day. An insider. This is why we offer the best advice for students…so you can be secure in your studies from start to finish.
If you are ready to speak to someone who knows education and works with it every day, then make an appointment to get advice for students by speaking to a Course Expert now.
Your course expert will help you decide the right course of study, the right study plan, and the right plan to finance your studies, they know their stuff and have all the best advice for students.
When you start investigating what course to study, you will find that there are many options. You have to choose what course you want to study, what field of study you want to specialise in, whether you want a full qualification or whether you just need a short skills course, how much you can afford to pay, and what payment options are available, how your studies will fit in with your career and many other small and big things that your Course Expert will discuss with you.
Your Course Expert is someone who knows the challenges and opportunities of Home Study. They deal with many different students and have a deep understanding of education. Most of our Course Experts have studied with Skills Academy or are currently studying with Skills Academy and so they have the best advice for students. They understand how home study works, and where the little shortcuts and the unexpected bumps in the road are hidden.
Your Course Expert is your guide through the process of finding and registering on the correct course for you.
Your Course Expert knows the inner workings of Skills Academy. Any question you have, she will know the answer, or get you the right answer.
This is a big decision. Adults study because they want the fastest road to improving their careers, their income and their skills. Studying is not a decision you should take under pressure. And you will find that our friendly Course Experts understand that and so they will know how to give advice for students. They have the patience to make sure you understand all the options and select the right solutions for you… without any pressure.
If you need someone to give you that little push to jump-start your studies… then we also do that for you! We believe that is positive pressure that we all sometimes need to get us going.
Your Course Expert will guide you as fast or as slow as you need. She will take care of you and in your first few days with Skills Academy, and make sure that she hands you over to Tutors and Lecturers who cares for you as much as she does.
Once you start telling your family, friends and co-workers that you are thinking of studying; you will get a lot of advice. People think that because they did some studies themselves, they are equipped to give you advice on your studies. They mean well, but they cannot help you.
Please don’t take advice from people who are not actually studying themselves right now, or who are professionals who really understand education and the options available to adult learners.
With your Course Expert you will work through all the options available to you. Looking at things like entrance criteria, length of course, accreditations, professional recognition, career fit, cost, payment options and bringing it back to what you actually want to achieve with your studies.
Your Course Expert help you make the sensible link between what you want to achieve with your studies, and the course you select. If you need just a short course so you will be considered for that promotion you deserve, then we will make sure you don’t register for anything more than just what you need.
If you need a complete, accredited qualification; so that you can become a member of a professional body, then we will make sure you understand all the elements involved. From membership fees to exam registration closing dates.
You will see that we don’t give a list of course prices on our website. To get the price you need to contact one of our Course Experts, so that they can make sure you get the right price for the right course.
If you simply want to compare the prices of different educational institutions, then we are probably not the right place for you. We are not trying to be the cheapest place to study. We want to be the right place to study.
We are a full-service, high-end quality Private Education Provider. That means that we make sure you study the right course, and that we help you day by day to make sure you finish your course successfully.
If you finish your course, you will be happy with the price you paid. If you don’t finish your course, no matter how “cheap” it was… you will feel angry that you wasted your time and money.
Your Course Expert will explain the difference between a shorter course, a one-year course, and a full qualification that can take up to three years to complete. For example, if you want to study Bookkeeping, you can do a short course in three months, or you can do a Certificate level course of a year, or you might need to do a full Diploma that can take three years to do. To decide which one is right for you, is something you need a Course Expert to help you with.
Do you know if your course materials will be sent to you via the Post Office? Or will your study materials be Couriered? Or will some of it get Couriered and some of it get Posted?
Do you get all your study material from your education provider? Or do you get some notes and a list of textbooks you must buy from a bookstore?
Are there exam fees and membership fees that you should know about? Do you know how much these fees are? Are they included in your course fees, or must you save up to pay them later?
Your Course Expert understands all the costs and so knows how to give advice for students. They want to make sure you don’t get an ugly surprise about hidden costs later on in your studies. When they give you the course fee, they will make sure that it includes everything. And if there are things you will need to pay that are not included in the course fees (for example: Professional Body Membership Fees), then they will alert you to these costs, and will be able to tell you how much they will be, and when you will have to pay.
When you are ready to Register, we can do your complete registration over the phone. We know you have a busy work and home life. So you will find us always trying to make it easier and faster for you. Whenever we can do the work for you, we shall!
When we are required to keep some of your documents on record, then we shall get those from you once you have started your studies. Some regulatory bodies (for example the Institutes of Certified Bookkeepers) require that we keep things like a copy of your ID document. Once you are studying, we shall remind you to send us a copy, and if you lost it we shall even give you advice on how to get a new one!
We believe your studies should not be delayed because you might have misplaced some documents. So even if a document is missing, we shall work with you to find a solution.
The only way to get the right advice is to make an appointment to chat to one of our Course Experts. Click on this button:
We work in education because we love helping people. Whether you chat to your Course Expert or your Tutor, you will find people who can tell you about how they have changed the lives of our students and how much it means to them to help you succeed.
If you want to read some comments from our students, click here: https://www.skillsacademy.co.za/testimonials/
It is crucial to take special care of your little one's skin in order to protect it in it's early stages of development. Providing skin care expertise for babies and mothers since 1950. Mustela offers a complete range of specially formulated skincare to best address the changes in the delicate skin of newborns, babies, children, and women who are mothers-to-be or new mothers. All Mustela products are paraben, phthalate and phenoxythanol free.
With Caitlyn Jenner’s recent revealing as a transgender woman and undergoing the process of transitioning, she has inspired and compelled individuals to embark upon their own gender journey. This has led to a swell of new business in the skin care industry marketplace, as these clients often need esthetic services to refine their look or compliment their surgical procedures. This article will discuss treatments and recommendations for the transgender client, but first it is necessary to define the identity of the client and more importantly how to approach them in the best, most reassuring manner.
Transgender is a catch-all term for modern times and is often confused with the term transsexual. Transgender refers to an individual who identifies or expresses themselves with a gender opposite to which they were born. This doesn’t necessarily mean they are transsexual, which involves medical assistance to transition to the gender to which they identify.
Clients that identify as transsexual will most likely be interested in hormone therapy, gender conversion surgery or both. Hormone therapy can greatly impact their skin condition. Some that undergo hormone therapy do not opt for surgery, which requires additional psychiatric evaluation.
Male-to-female transgender clients are often interested in hair removal services, with permanent hair removal and waxing being two desired treatments. Conversely, female-to-male transgender clients often are interested in growing facial hair for a more masculine visage. This will happen eventually with hormone therapy, though the degree will differ on an individual basis. For transsexual clients, all genital hair must be permanently removed before surgery. This is most often done via electrology, as it is still the only real permanent method.
Male-to-female transgender clients may seek skin resurfacing and full-body skin refining treatments. Extremities such as hands and arms must be treated with resurfacing procedures that are not invasive such as retinoid/AHA combos, pigmentation inhibitors and the new methods that stop melanogenesis at the Golgi apparatus where it begins.
Female-to-male transgender clients may experience breakouts or back acne as part of the initial hormone readjustment. Importantly, tretinoin and other acne drugs could interfere with their cortisol levels and hormone cascade. Therefore, benzoyl peroxide-free acne treatments will be especially valuable here.
Most transsexual clients will be on hormone therapy, which can result in weight gain. Male-to-female transsexual clients desire body contouring and weight loss treatments that do not interfere with the desired curves. This could be done with cryotherapy. Further surgery such as jaw shaving and submalar implants could be considered along with breast and buttock enhancement.
Conversely, female-to-male transsexual clients are ideal for body sculpting around the hips and the waistlines while they work out their upper body for muscle tone and a more masculine silhouette.
Male-to-female transgender clientele are often interested in treatments that smooth the appearance of their hands. The client’s own fat can be transferred to the backs of the hands, disguising masculine ropey veins, and smoothing the hands to a more feminine contour. Few surgeons do this procedure, most preferring fillers. In my experience, fillers are unpredictable. They can migrate and are often more trouble than they are temporarily worth. Fat transfer is somewhat permanent if the procedure is done properly and the adipose fat cells are not killed off during the process. Around 30% of the cells will survive over time and two to three touch-ups later can ensure long-lasting results. There is twilight anesthesia involved, but performing enzymatic hand treatments a day (or sooner if working directly with the surgeon) will lock the fat into place and nourish it with fresh oxygen from their own body, kind of like an internal protein-rich plasma treatment.
Fillers in general also lock into place and survive much longer in healthy skin that has achieved homeostasis via treatments. Many male-to-female transgenders want to remove deep masculine lines in the frontalis (men’s stress point) and imagine botulinum toxin will eradicate the problems immediately despite the three to 10 day time it takes to kick in.
Despite its miracles, botulinum toxin does not refine coarse, large-pored skin or solar keratosis common to men who have spent most of their years in the sun and are now deciding to give into their feminine self. Therefore, a removal of the redundant cuticle (a draining of the hardened sebum that forces the aperture of the pore open) and a general tightening of the tissue is recommended before injectables.
Transgender clients will most likely have varying degrees of makeup skills. Some might have experimented with drag makeup, which while glamorous and skilled might not serve a woman well in her daily lifestyle. Meanwhile, others might be ineffective in applying basic makeup; therefore, a compromise between both mindsets will give you a happier client.
Silicone-based makeup with no oil and high pigmentation content has the most coverage with minimal application and no oils to attract bacteria or the frequent ladies room visits to powder down an unfeminine shine. It feels that nothing is there, yet it hides everything while the skin takes on a different structure during hormonal changes. Many transgender people have heavy beard lines while testosterone is still predominant. This type of makeup is an ideal cover if a neutralizer tone is used first, then the main skin tone applied over it. The same goes for broken capillaries, hyperpigmentation and other skin anomalies.
Privacy in your clinic or salon is important. I recommend giving the client a chart to fill out detailing their expectations, medical history and prescription drugs, if applicable.
Treat the client as the gender they exhibit when visiting your spa or salon. If a client appears to be dressed as a man or a woman, treat them how you would that gender. If you are ever unsure about pronouns, feel free to ask them. They will most likely be happy to tell you which ones to use.
Once you get to know them and guide them to their “better-appearing self,” it will become easier and a huge sense of accomplishment will be yours along with the extra income this special client brings in.
With your patience, your effort and most importantly your understanding, you will have a long-time client. Remember that this is a major lifestyle adjustment and often a lonely journey. Your role will include supporting, counseling and acting as a sounding board to your client. Professional treatments and inclusion into your space will ensure a long-term client whose gratitude will have no boundaries.
Constant care through emotional times will not only increase a valuable client base, but it will also earn you infinite love and gratitude from people on a very lonely journey.
In our field, the focus is confidence from the outside in based upon the principle that when people are free from skin anomalies that make them want to hide, such as acne, scarring or premature aging, they feel empowered to go out and face the world with a fresh, new perception of themselves.
We provide services that help people along their individual pathways to success and fulfillment. As the first global ambassador for the Harvey Milk Foundation, I can only say there is no better way to elevate our profession than to change lives by giving them confidence from the outside in. Champion the rights of every human to be exactly who they are.
Danné Montague-King is the founder of DMK Skin Care, which is based on his “remove, rebuild, protect, maintain” concept. He is a known educator, author and presenter.
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