Name of qualification Kozmetik/kozmetičarkaAdd to comparison [1]
Translated title (no legal status) Cosmetician
Type of qualification Višja strokovna izobrazba
Category of qualification Izobrazba
Type of education Short cycle higher vocational education
Duration
2 years
Credits 120 credits
Admission requirements
  • Matura or vocational matura (previously school-leaving examination) or
  • master craftsman’s, foreman’s and managerial examination, with an additional test of knowledge at the vocational matura level.
ISCED field Field
Transport, varnost, gostinstvo in turizem, osebne storitve
ISCED subfield subfield frizerske in druge lepotilne storitve
Qualification level

SQF 6
EQF 5
Short cycle

Students will be able to:

(general competences)

  • communicate and use information and communication technology for effective support of the work and management of documentation and information,
  • communicate with co-workers, experts and customers,
  • use Slovene and a foreign language for effective and clear oral and written communication with all users in their working environment,
  • participate in an expert team,
  • work in a manner that promotes a healthy lifestyle,
  • protect health and the environment,
  • demonstrate understanding of cultural diversity,
  • think analytically and creatively in order to make decisions autonomously and solve cosmetic problems through the flexible application of knowledge in practice,
  • show self-initiative and express new ideas, adapt to new situations, show initiative in work and an orientation towards self-evaluation and the constant improvement of own work,
  • set own goals, plan and monitor own work and the work of others, and work in a team,
  • take responsibility for the quality and success of work performed and promote the transfer of knowledge,
  • develop entrepreneurial characteristics, skills and behaviour,
  • plan human resources, be responsible for the education and training of personnel and plan the organisation of internal education and training,
  • make rational use of energy, material and time,
  • demonstrate ethical behaviour,
  • take responsibility for self-directed learning and lifelong learning based on critical and ethical reflection on own thinking and actions,

(vocational-specific competences)

  • demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of cosmetic problems,
  • autonomously plan and provide cosmetic skincare or care for changed conditions of skin,
  • keep abreast of development trends in the cosmetics and healthy lifestyle fields,
  • plan and implement the provision of guidance and advice in the cosmetics sector,
  • provide advice about a healthy lifestyle and well-being, with an emphasis on the fields of healthy diet, physical and mental activity and personal relaxation,
  • carry out project-based work in the cosmetics and healthy lifestyle fields,
  • undertake marketing of cosmetic products,
  • supervise the work of an expert team and organise work in the cosmetic care and healthy lifestyle sector,
  • provide and participate in formal and informal forms of training and advanced training,
  • ensure the quality of work processes in the cosmetics sector,
  • use more complex state-of-the-art devices in cosmetics,
  • use aromatherapy in cosmetics,
  • perform special pedicure techniques,
  • perform various massage techniques and alternative forms of massage.

Students' knowledge is assessed by means of practical exercises and seminar papers, and also via products, projects, performances, services, etc. and by examinations. Examination performance is scored as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10). 

Students may progress to the second year if they have successfully completed first-year modules, subjects and practical training (including practical classes, seminar papers, projects, examinations, etc.) totalling at least 45 credits, where all practical classes and practical training course units must be completed in full. 

First-cycle study programmes (SQF, level 7)

In order to complete the programme, students must complete all course units (examinations, practical classes, seminar assignments, etc.), as follows: all compulsory modules and subjects, for a total of 95 credits, one elective module consisting of 15 credits, a freely elective subject consisting of 5 credits and a diploma thesis (worth 5 credits).