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School Accreditation

School Accreditation Assessments will be conducted on receiving payment and a written application from the school. Further information on physical resources will be sent to you on receipt of the application.
 
With each application the schools will forward a portfolio/profile which can comprise of photos, video, student testimonials, etc to support their application. The school's Principal/Director must sign off on each page/article of the portfolio.
 
The application should include a summary of the curriculium which must be based on the guidelines of the National Beauty Training Package. The overview must set out the modules available to be studied and the hours for each module to be completed.
 
The school is obligated to be available for physical inspection at any given time with a 24 hours notice period, not more than once every twelve months.
 
APFA schools are invited to offer APFA membership to all students at $35.00 per student. This can be incorporated into their course fees and offered as an incentive to enrol in an APFA Accredited School. The school will make the application for membership on behalf of the student and forward the fee to the Association for membership to be processed.
 
The APFA reserves the right to inspect the premises prior to acceptance. 
Notification of any changes must be made to the APFA within 14 days of that change.
Any change of owners/premises/educators/principal shall require a re-assessment at the earliest possible time.
 
Both the school and all Educators must remain current members of the APFA once they have achieved accredited status, otherwise the certificates will be requested to be returned; or they must undertake a complete new accreditation assessment.

COST
The current cost of APFA School Accreditation is $500.00 for a three (3) year period and $350.00 for renewal for three (3) years.
A fee for reinspection due to any change in the profile of the school will incur a minimum cost of $100.00, but will be ascertained at the time relevant to expenses.
 
The APFA has the right to withdraw the accreditation should any of the above conditions not be met and no refund will be given of any fee paid.
The APFA reserves the right to alter these criteria at any given time.

REQUIREMENTS
  1. Teachers must be qualified as:
  • Workplace Trainer & Assessor Certificate IV
  • APFA Accredited Nail Technician Certificate
  • Certificate II in Nail Technology (or higher) or qualification equivalent to and 5 years minimum documented experience as a Nail Technician

      2.   The curriculium must be based on the National Beauty Training Package with the current edition of Milady's Standard Nail Technology or Australian Nail Technology as the recommended text.

      3.   The course must comprise sufficient number of hours for the student to attain competency on the understanding that the school will comply with Industry Competency Standards.

     4.    There must be written/oral and practical asessment of each student. All assessments must be competency based.

     5.    There must be a register of procedures completed and hours attended of all students.

     6.    A minimum of 6 complete workstations, including a complete set of equipment for use by the student.

     7.    Instruction must include the following:

  • Permanent French Acrylic & Gel - Tips & Overlays
  • Standard Acrylic & Gel - Tips & Overlays
  • Sculptures - Acrylic
  • Rebalancing/Infills - Acrylic & Gel

LEVELS OF ACCREDITATION

Gold - covers all requirements of Acrylic and Gel Nail Enhancements (min. number of face to face hours - 200)

Silver - covers all requirements of Acrylic and Gel Nail Enhancements (min. number of face to face hours - 150)

Blue - covers all requirements of Acrylic OR Gel Nail Enhancements ( min. number of face to face hours - 100)

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