Level 432 weeks
Level up with our Beauty & Body Essentials course. Expand your skills in nails, waxing, lashes and massage, as you prepare for the beauty industry.
Learn key beauty services: waxing, nails, lashes, and massage.
Prepare for entry-level jobs or further study.
Develop professionalism and customer care skills.
Qualifications Awarded: New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy Level 4
Turn your love for beauty into a rewarding career
Welcome to the fascinating world of beauty therapy. Learn a wide range of beauty services and graduate prepared for entry level jobs in the beauty industry or for more advanced study on our Level 5 Diploma.
Course Content
Learn the essential beauty treatments that will turn your clients into regulars: Waxing, mani’s, pedi’s, gel nails and nail art. Learn the art of relaxing and rejuvenating your clients with a range of massage.
Lashes and brows are big business. Learn to enhance them from creating long, luscious lashes to sculpting the perfect brow arch. Understand how the skin works and how you can influence it with a range of facial treatments to give your clients outstanding results.
To be successful you’ll need to understand a bit about business. We’ll teach you about professionalism, self-image and customer care.
Career Opportunities
This course will give you the skills for entry-level positions in the beauty therapy industry such as:
Beauty therapist both in NZ and internationally
Cosmetics Consultant
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Exposure to latest industry partners
Our close relationship with the industry means you’ll get exposure to partners who are at the forefront of the evolving beauty therapy industry. You’ll attend seminars, skincare production tours and visit top Beauty Therapy salons.
Access to Top quality products
Working with top quality skincare products is incredibly important to us. You’ll be the only beauty therapy students in the country studying using Kalahari, a top skincare brand.
“I believe that this place definitely gives you the opportunity to be you. You don’t have to fit a certain criteria to be a beauty therapist. You can just be you, and you can learn how to fit that criteria around yourself.”
- Savanah, Elite Graduate
“Studying at Elite School of Beauty is inspiring, and it’s amazing, and it’s a lovely environment to be in.”
- Eva, Elite Student
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Frequently Asked Questions
New Zealand Certificate in Beauty Therapy Level 4
Level 2 NCEA or equivalent
You may be eligible for fees free study! Refer to the website www.feesfree.govt.nz to check if you are eligible, as course fees are paid up to a maximum of $12,000.
Tuition Fees: $11,554**
Student Services Levy: $350*
Compulsory Course Cost: $2,114
*Also known as the CSSF or Compulsory Student Services fee. This fee covers the learning, employment, wellbeing and counselling support you might need during your time with us. This cost is paid together as part of your course fees. You can find out more information about what this covers here.
**2025 fees are subject to change.
If you're eligible for fees free study, you still need to apply for a Student Loan if you want to borrow for course-related costs or living cost. Find out if you're eligible by calling StudyLink on Freephone 0800 88 99 00 or visit Studylink.
Tuition fees: $26,000.00
Course fee: $2,000.00
Download international fees PDF here.
The New Zealand Government has imposed an international student levy on tuition and course related fees. From 1 January 2019 the levy will be 0.89% of the compulsory tuition fees.
Intake Dates
Queen Street Auckland Campus
Level 3, 360 Queen Street
Auckland
Open
31 March 2025
Hamilton Campus
Level 1, 44 Bryce Street
Hamilton
Open
31 March 2025
Wellington Campus
Level 6, 18 Willis Street
Wellington
Open
31 March 2025
Queen Street Auckland Campus
Level 3, 360 Queen Street
Auckland
Open
31 March 2025
Hamilton Campus
Level 1, 44 Bryce Street
Hamilton
Open
31 March 2025
Wellington Campus
Level 6, 18 Willis Street
Wellington
Open
31 March 2025
Elite School of Beauty & Spa is one of the trading names for the registered PTE Yoobee Colleges. Your enrolment is with Yoobee Colleges Ltd and your qualification is issued by Yoobee Colleges.
Qualifications are issued by Yoobee Colleges Ltd. Yoobee Colleges Ltd is an NZQA Category 2 registered provider.
Term dates are subject to change pending enrolment numbers, availability and unforeseen funding fluctuations. Yoobee Colleges Ltd reserves the right to modify schedules to make sure the College runs well and students are offered the best learning experience.
