Can I become a Nail Technician without going to college?

I'm older than the people on college courses and I can't be bothered with bitchy girls. I want to become a nail technician is this possible. I'd love to become a mobile nail tech, and have my own business.Can I become a Nail Technician without going to college?
There is no need to go to college to become a nail technician, however if you can get some sort of certification it will make you look more professional and more likely to get work. You could have it printed on your business cards etc.





Not sure where in the world you are but there are home learning courses available, if you are in UK but there is a company called ICS who run a home based course for a Nail Technician Diploma. It takes 80 hours and needs no previous experience and costs 拢485. Read all about it at... www.learning-at-home.co.uk





Or there is another slightly cheaper one at www.net-learners.com, same sort of course and only 拢215.





I'm sure there must be similar courses all around the world.Can I become a Nail Technician without going to college?
net-learners dont offer a degree that I see, and is 725, not 215. Maybe in the UK you dont need certification, but in the US you sure do. Bloodborne pathogens add to your insurance liability, and taxes will ruin you in many cases. By ';tax on the rich'; they mean people like Ste444

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Hiya,





This is an amazing UK course.





http://www.how-to-do-nails.com





Even teaches you how to make money!

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You have to attend school and get a state certification.





States require that you be trained in sanitation and other things, and require you to pass a board exam. That is why you go to school.





14 yrs master hairdresser and salon manager, and instructor.
You can even become president without actually going to college... If you have a rich father.
As far as I know of, at least in Texas, you can get a certificate for nails either at a Beauty School or by serving an internship at a nail parlor.
Depends on what state u live in, but usually its based on how many hours is required, since its a trade. Try your states Department Of Regulation, they can tell you how many clock hours u need.





Example: in Illinois, a nail tech needs 350 hours and every odd year 8 hours for Continuing Education





GOOD LUCK!!





EXCUSE ME SCH, ';Bitchy Girls'; are a sterotype, Shame on you! Dont let that stop u from wanting to make people feel good about themselves, its a great feeling!
I would approach a couple of nail salons in your area and see if they would be willing to train you. There is a salon in my area that trains people which would be better than going to college. However, you don't have to be qualified to do the job, i think it would just help you get more clients if you were.


Good luck
Some salons do one-on-one teaching for a one off payment. Otherwise NCC do a home course that isnt cheap but may be worth looking into
You can apprentice at an establised salon, it takes quite a bit longer than just going to beauty school (about twice the time) and you make less money over the duration...but you can do it.





I would seriously reconsider this job if you can't handle ';bitchy girls'; it is what the industry is about, even your clients will be bitching to you about their lives and what not. If you want to apprentice for a year and then work for a year to build your clientel then you could open a salon of your own, but you would need to be licensed to do so.





Good Luck :)