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How you’d get it

How you’d get this certificate

  1. Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology.

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01What it is

This qualification is for individuals seeking to develop occupational skills in fashion, photographic, and media make-up. It covers the application of make-up, camouflage techniques, and media make-up application, alongside health and safety practices within a salon environment. Furthermore, learners will develop skills in promoting and selling products and services to clients.

These are the units Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology. It does the teaching and the mapping. Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Apply airbrush make-up to the face Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
It teaches you to apply airbrush make-up to the face, covering health and safety requirements, facial anatomy, and skin physiology. You'll prepare for and provide airbrush make-up services using appropriate equipment and techniques.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand the requirements for providing airbrush make-up
  • Know and understand anatomy and physiology relating to airbrush make-up for the face
  • Prepare for airbrush make-up design and services
  • Provide airbrush make-up design and services to the face
Apply make-up Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
You'll gain knowledge of make-up products, skin analysis, and hygiene requirements. The unit develops skills in preparing clients and work areas, selecting appropriate products, applying make-up to enhance features, and providing aftercare advice.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the different types of make-up products and their uses
  • Understand the importance of skin analysis prior to make-up application
  • Understand the importance of hygiene and sterilisation when applying make-up
  • Prepare the client and work area for make-up services
  • Select appropriate make-up products for the client's skin type and desired look
  • Apply make-up to enhance the client's features
  • Provide aftercare advice to the client
Camouflage make-up Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
This unit covers the provision and instruction of camouflage make-up services, including relevant anatomy and physiology. You'll understand hygiene and safety standards, conduct consultations, prepare for application, and apply camouflage make-up effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain the requirements for providing camouflage make-up services, including hygiene and safety standards.
  • Explain the requirements for providing camouflage make-up instruction services, including lesson planning and delivery techniques.
  • Describe the anatomy and physiology relating to camouflage make-up, including skin structure and common skin conditions.
  • Prepare for the application of camouflage make-up, selecting appropriate products and equipment.
  • Apply camouflage make-up effectively, concealing skin imperfections and achieving a natural-looking result.
  • Provide instruction services for camouflage make-up, guiding clients on application techniques and product selection.
Fashion and photographic make-up Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
This unit covers fashion and photographic make-up services, including relevant anatomy and physiology. You'll prepare and create design plans, conduct client consultations, and apply suitable techniques and products to achieve desired looks.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand the requirements for providing fashion and photographic make-up services.
  • Know and understand the anatomy and physiology relating to fashion and photographic make-up application.
  • Prepare a design plan for fashion and photographic make-up, considering the client's requirements and the desired outcome.
  • Create a design plan for fashion and photographic make-up, incorporating relevant techniques and products.
  • Prepare the client and the work area for fashion and photographic make-up application.
  • Apply fashion and photographic make-up according to the agreed design plan, using appropriate techniques and products.
Instruction on make-up application Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
You'll learn to provide make-up instruction, including effective communication and adapting to different learning styles. The unit covers preparation for instruction, assessing client needs, and delivering make-up application guidance safely.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand the requirements for providing make-up instruction
  • Prepare for make-up instruction
  • Instruct on make-up application
Media Make-up Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
You'll gain knowledge of media make-up services, including legal and ethical considerations, anatomy, and the importance of understanding briefs. The unit covers preparing and creating design plans and providing media make-up according to character requirements.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand the requirements for providing media make-up services.
  • Know and understand the anatomy and physiology relating to media make-up application.
  • Prepare a design plan for media make-up, considering the brief, character requirements, and desired outcome.
  • Create a design plan for media make-up, incorporating relevant techniques, products, and special effects.
  • Prepare the client and the work area for media make-up application.
  • Provide media make-up according to the agreed design plan, using appropriate techniques, products, and special effects.
Monitor and maintain health and safety in the salon Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
You'll understand health and safety principles, legislation, and procedures within a salon environment. The unit includes identifying hazards, conducting risk assessments, reporting incidents, and maintaining a safe working environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know and understand the principles of health and safety practice in a salon environment
  • Know and understand the relevant health and safety legislation and regulations
  • Know and understand the procedures for reporting accidents and incidents
  • Know and understand the requirements for monitoring health and safety in the salon
  • Know and understand the requirements for maintaining health and safety in the salon
  • Carry out a risk assessment in the salon
Promote and sell products and services to clients Real unit · Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology
This unit develops learners' knowledge of promotional methods and sales techniques for beauty products and services. You'll be able to promote products effectively, tailor approaches to client groups, and evaluate promotional activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know different methods of promoting and selling products and services
  • Understand the features and benefits of different beauty products and services
  • Understand sales techniques and closing strategies
  • Promote beauty products and services to clients effectively
  • Identify client needs and recommend appropriate products and services
  • Handle client objections and close sales
  • Understand how to evaluate the effectiveness of promotional activities
  • Understand how to analyse sales data to improve performance
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03The standards

The national standards these units are built against

What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.

  • Design and Create Fashion and Photographic Make-Up

    Standard
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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Apply airbrush make-up to the faceApply make-upCamouflage make-upFashion and photographic make-upInstruction on make-up applicationMedia Make-upMonitor and maintain health and safety in the salonPromote and sell products and services to clients

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

You don’t watch this. You do it.

You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.

The Coach The Coach · your practice partner Illustration
The Coach Make the case from “Promote and sell products and services to clients” to me in thirty seconds. I am the person who signs it off and I am already late.
You It would improve engagement and bring us in line with best practice.
The Coach Neither of those costs me anything to say no to. Open with the number that changes if I do nothing.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Pitch it Evaluate

    “Promote and sell products and services to clients” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.

  • Map a live decision Analyse

    “Monitor and maintain health and safety in the salon” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Apply airbrush make-up to the face, one of this qualification's own units.

Apply airbrush make-up to the face Level 3

Applied to your own work

This unit enables learners to apply airbrush make-up to the face, covering health and safety requirements, facial anatomy, and skin physiology. Learners will prepare for and provide airbrush make-up services using appropriate equipment and techniques.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

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Your Plan Illustration

Built for CIBTAC Level 3 Diploma in Fashion, Photographic and Media Make-Up

8 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Confederation of International Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology.

  1. Apply airbrush make-up to the face
  2. Apply make-up
  3. Camouflage make-up
  4. Fashion and photographic make-up
  5. Instruction on make-up application
  6. Media Make-up

and 2 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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