Question 1

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCREDITATION AND QUALIFICATION?

Accepted Answer

Qualification is a term of competency most governing awarding bodies will use in the certification process to say their systems and practices determine that this person is qualified to our standards in this particular subject. Accreditation will mean the same thing but expressed on a more private system that may not be a governing body, but the learner’s competency will still be assessed and delivered to a very high standard by the accredited companies’ systems and standard policies.

Question 2

IS MY ACCREDITATION RECOGNISED?

Accepted Answer

The answer to that would be, recognized by who? In Ireland the makeup and basic beauty industry is completely unregulated which means there is no body to ‘recognize‘ anything. No matter what qualification logo you have on your certificate. But this seems to be a very well-kept secret, a lot of awarding bodies do not what you to realize this.  What does matter is your competency and is your certificate insurable, and that we are.

Question 3

WHAT KIND OF TEACHING QUALIFICATION OR CERTIFICATE WILL BE REQUIRED?

Accepted Answer

If you already hold a teaching qualification from an awarding body VTCT, ITEC City & Guild this would usually be sufficient, we would have to check the units covered in your course. However, we do have an IBEA Industry Educators Diploma that you can do online which has been designed by us and covers everything required.

Question 4

WHAT ARE THE FEE’S TO BECOME A CENTRE?

Accepted Answer

There is a €500 site visit fee required to become an IBEA approved center, there is also student registration fee’s along with Quality Assurance site visit fees throughout the year depending on the number of learners you have going through your center registration. A full list of fees’ will be advised once you book a site visit to become an approved center.

Question 5

I HAVE BOOKED MY SITE VISIT FOR CENTRE APPROVAL, WHAT NEXT? "

Accepted Answer

A member of the team will be in contact with you to arrange a date / time that suits you , in the mean time you should read through the requirements to become a centerfold on become a center  so that you know what is needed and what you will have to have ready on your center approval visit .

Question 6

IS THERE ANY SUPPORT IN GETTING CENTRE APPROVAL READY?

Accepted Answer

Yes there is email support with any questions you may have, however if you need full support you can book a consultancy day with jimmy and he will be happy to assist you in whatever it is you need regarding the application process and business advice etc.

Question 7

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR ME TO BECOME A CENTRE?

Accepted Answer

This depends on how prepared and efficient you are with the center approval visit requirements; you have 4 weeks from the date of site visit to have booked and secured your approval visit date.

Question 8

IS THERE A MINIMUM SPEND PER YEAR WITH IBEA?

Accepted Answer

No there is no minimum spend with regards your student registrations, however you must renew your accreditation once a year €500 to keep your accreditation with us.

Question 9

WHAT HAPPENS ON A Q&A VISIT TO MY CENTRE?

Accepted Answer

Depending on the number of students you are certifying at your center we at IBEA will see either physically or remotely each learner. This is to ensure that the IBEA standards continue to be met and also if there is any support needed from your center from us. At each Q/A visit there will be feedback given to the center owner & assessor.  What we do on this visit is observe the competency of the learners and also the assessment process, again this is done to make sure consistency in standards are met across the board at all our centers and to support your center also.

Question 10

WHAT IS THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR MY LEARNERS?

Accepted Answer

Once we have observed the learners you wish to claim certificates for and taking it that everything is up to standard you can then contact us to claim your learners’ certificates. We issue all certificates.

Question 11

I HAVE JUST BEEN CENTRE APPROVED WHEN CAN I OFFER ACCREDITATION?

Accepted Answer

Once approval is issued you can begin to offer IBEA accreditation immediately, all courses must be approved by IBEA to a level of certification you wish to offer. Available will be: Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3.  Prices on level 1,2 & 3 certificates will differ.

Question 12

MY CENTRE APPROVAL APPLICATION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL WHAT CAN I DO?

Accepted Answer

If for whatever reason your center approval application was not a success at the time of visit, you will be given feedback and also actions to complete to help you in getting your approval. Once all actions are complete and everything is satisfactory, we will then issue approval to your center.

Question 13

I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY TO BECOME AN IBEA CENTRE WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?

Accepted Answer

If you go to become a center on our website a full list of instructions is there.

Question 14

I DO NOT HAVE A CENTRE CAN I STILL BECOME ACCREDITED?

Accepted Answer

Some people use hotels or other spaces to offer training and most of the time that is fine, however we will still need to come do a visit to the space that you will be offering your training to ensure it is suitable for the training you are offering.

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