Body piercing Course


 

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Becoming a Piercer in Three Steps

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    Decide what modules you would like to start with and when you want to start.
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    After you've paid your registration, It's time to organise your stay near Henderson.

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START YOUR PIERCING CAREER

Become a Body Piercer: Unleash Your Passion!

Do you have a fascination with body piercings and a desire to build a career in this exciting field? This course is designed for those with a genuine passion and a strong commitment to becoming a professional body piercer.

We understand piercing isn't for everyone. It requires a strong stomach and unwavering dedication. But if you're ready to take the plunge, this course equips you with the knowledge and skills to succeed.

What sets us apart?

  • Unmatched Expertise: Our curriculum is built on 24 years of piercing experience in a retail setting.
  • Your Instructor: You'll be guided by Cass, a master piercer with over 30,000 piercings performed. Her experience, both in piercing and teaching, is unparalleled.

Course Highlights:

  • Solid Foundation: Gain a comprehensive understanding of body piercings, from health and safety to skin integrity and infection control.
  • Theory & Practice: Learn the essential theory, including legislation, hygiene, sterilization, and then apply your knowledge through hands-on practice with live models.
  • Master Common Piercings: This course covers all the most popular piercings, including ear, oral, nostril, nipple, navel, surface, and dermal.
  • Live Model Experience: Gain invaluable experience working with live models under professional supervision. This prepares you for real-life scenarios and allows you to refine your skills.
  • NZ Trained: Upon successful completion, you'll receive a NZ Trained certification, a valuable credential for your piercing career.

Ready to take the first step?

This course is open to anyone over 18 with a passion for body art. Enroll today and turn your passion into a thriving career!

Course Delivery and Start

  • Booking:

    By appointment.

  • Location:

    Keen on Piercing Henderson

  • Hours:

    Monday - Friday from 9:30am - 4:30pm.

  • Assessment:

    Assessments are comprised of achieved and not achieved through practical piercings and comprehension of units
    There are no examinations.

  • Completion:

    A Certificate of Achievement and Statement of Results will be issued upon successful completion of this course.
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Course structure

Every course or module purchased contains each of the following units.

Unit One - Treatment plan

Unit One - Treatment plan

  • Treatment plan
  • Prepare client for service
  • Piercing sites (naval, ear, nose)
  • Contra-indications
  • Age, intoxication, skin conditions and allergies
  • Keloid scars
  • Wound healing
  • Stages of wound healing
  • Healing times
  • Factors that impact on wound healing
  • Jewellery
  • Recording client information
  • Infection control guidelines
  • Sterilisation
  • Body piercing tools
  • Perform body piercing
  • Prepare the client
  • Performing the procedure
  • Skin receptors and stimuli
  • Nerve conduction
  • Types of receptors
  • Provide after care advice
  • Aftercare for specific sites

Unit Two - Piercing Procedure

Procedure

  • Ear piercing services
  • Prepare client services
  • Prepare service area
  • Equipment
  • Materials and products
  • Preparing yourself
  • Recording client characteristics
  • Where to pierce the ear
  • Final client preparation steps
  • Questioning skills
  • Communication skills
  • Communication barriers
  • Special needs customers
  • Cultural differences
  • Effective listening skills
  • What is communication?
  • Nonverbal communication and body language
  • Communication by phone
  • Expression and choice of words
  • Additional issues (multiple piercings, alcohol and stud selection)
  • Contra-indications
  • Cross infection
  • Microorganisms (bacteria, fungi and viruses)
  • Routes of infection
  • Cleaning and sterilisation
  • Handwashing
  • Risk management
  • Minimising blood to blood contact
  • Cleaning and disinfecting equipment
  • Preparing piercing equipment
  • Perform piercing
  • Adverse effects
  • Disinfecting and cleaning equipment
  • Sterilising
  • Provide after care advice

Unit Three - Infection prevention and control policies and procedures

Topic 1 – Follow standard and additional precautions for infection prevention and control

Topic 1 – Follow standard and additional precautions for infection prevention and control

  • Hand washing hygiene practices
  • Implement hand care procedures
  • Handwashing techniques – soap and water
  • Handwashing techniques – alcohol-based formulation
  • Skin irritations
  • Cuts and abrasions
  • Personal protection equipment (PPE)
  • Respiratory hygiene and coughing/sneezing etiquette
  • Preventing droplet and air borne infection
  • Masks and respirators
  • Environmental cleaning
  • Contact infection
  • Handle, transport and packaging linen
  • Disposing of contaminated waste
  • Health industry waste management
  • Waste management plans
  • Clinical waste, general waste and related waste
  • Waste labelling, disposal techniques and collection
  • Waste types (sharps, pharmaceutical waste etc)
  • Clean and decontaminating equipment
  • Prevent transmission of infection
  • Decontamination processes
  • Additional precautions for preventing transmission of infection

Topic 2: Identify infection hazards and assess risks

  • Identify infection hazards (your own areas and other people)
  • Responsibility for infection prevention and control
  • Document and assess the likelihood and severity of risk
  • The chain of infection
  • Policies and procedures
  • Risk controls
  • Report on activities/tasks that put yourself and others at risk
  • Measures that will minimise or control risks

Topic 3 – Follow procedures for managing risks associated with specific hazards

  • Protocols for care after exposure to body fluids
  • Worker safety
  • Required report documentation
  • Management protocols
  • Appropriate signage
  • Spill management
  • Spill kits
  • Aerosols and splatter
  • Maintain clean and contaminated zones
  • Confine records, materials and medicaments
  • Confine contaminated instruments and equipment

Module selection

Cartridge Piercing

This hands on piercing module was born from industry specific Pharmacy training.
Covering all aspects of the piercing procedures performed using a cartridge.

COURSE CONTENT

Cartridge Piercings

Lobe piercing with a cartridge
Helix piercing with a cartridge
Nose piercing with a cartridge

COURSE OUTCOMES

This module is hands on with real people.

  • Recommended Techniques
  • Placement and Angles
  • Healing
  • After Care
  • Removal
  • Jewellery Changing

Ear Piercing with a Needle

The piercing course will give you a solid foundation on which to progress and build a career for yourself as a body piercer.

COURSE CONTENT

Needle Piercing - Ear Piercing with a Needle

Nose piercing with a needle
Septum piercing with a needle
Eyebrow piercing with a needle
Bridge piercing with a needle
Nipple piercing with a needle
Navel piercing with a needle

COURSE OUTCOMES

This module is hands on with real people.

  • Recommended Techniques
  • Placement and Angles
  • Healing
  • After Care
  • Removal
  • Jewellery Changing

Face and Body Piercing course

The piercing course will give you a solid foundation on which to progress and build a career for yourself as a body piercer.

COURSE CONTENT

Needle Piercing - Face and Body

Nose piercing with a needle
Septum piercing with a needle
Eyebrow piercing with a needle
Bridge piercing with a needle
Nipple piercing with a needle
Navel piercing with a needle

COURSE OUTCOMES

This module is hands on with real people.

  • Recommended Techniques
  • Placement and Angles
  • Healing
  • After Care
  • Removal
  • Jewellery Changing

Oral Piercing

The piercing course will give you a solid foundation on which to progress and build a career for yourself as a body piercer.

COURSE CONTENT

Needle Piercing - Oral

Lip piercing with a needle
Cheek piercing with a needle
Smiley piercing with a needle
Frowny piercing with a needle
Web piercing with a needle
Tongue piercing with a needle
Venom piercing with a needle

COURSE OUTCOMES

This module is hands on with real people.

  • Recommended Techniques
  • Placement and Angles
  • Healing
  • After Care
  • Removal
  • Jewellery Changing

Surface and Dermal Piercing course

The piercing course will give you a solid foundation on which to progress and build a career for yourself as a body piercer.

COURSE CONTENT

Needle Piercing - Surface and Dermal

Dermal piercing with a needle
Surface piercing with a needle

COURSE OUTCOMES

This module is hands on with real people.

  • Recommended Techniques
  • Placement and Angles
  • Healing
  • After Care
  • Removal
  • Jewellery Changing