MANICURING / PEDICURING PROGRAM
(760 Hours – 25.33 Credits)
According to the Colorado State Barber and Cosmetology Act: “Manicuring” means any one act or practice, or combination of acts or practices, when done for direct or indirect payment of when done without payment for to public generally. “Manicuring” includes, but not limited to, the filing, buffing, polishing, cleansing, extending, protecting, wrapping, covering, building, pushing, or trimming of nails of any other similar work upon the nails of any person by any means, including the softening of the hands, arms, ankles, or feet of any person by use of hands, mechanical or electrical apparatus or appliances, cosmetic or chemical preparations, antiseptics, lotions, or creams or by massaging, cleansing, stimulating, manipulating, or exercising the arms, hands, feet, or ankles of any person. Manicuring also include waxing or the use of depilatories on the leg up to the knee, and the waxing or the use of depilatories on the arm up to the elbow.
The Curriculum of the Manicurist Program includes six hundred twenty five (760) Contact hours or 26 Credits of technical instructions and practical operations covering all practice of a Manicurist / Pedicurist. Technical instruction means instruction by demonstration, lecture, classroom participation, or examination. Practical operation means the actual performance by the student of a complete service on another person
Law, Rules, and Regulations Course 1 Credit Hr
Disinfection, Cleaning & Safe Work Practices Course 6 Credit Hrs
Skin, Nail Histology, Physiology, & Disorders Course 1 Credit Hr
Manicuring & Pedicuring Course 7 Credit Hrs
Application of Artificial Nails 5 Credits Hrs
Management, Ethics, Interpersonal Skills & Salesmanship 1 Credit Hr
Hair Removal Course 3 Credit Hrs
Clinical Shadow 1.33 Credit Hrs
Manicurist Performance Objectives:
- To successfully acquire the knowledge of the Laws and Rules regulating Colorado Cosmetology Establishment practice;
- To successfully acquire the knowledge of disinfections and sterilization procedures;
- To successfully acquire knowledge of the general theory relative to manicuring, including Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and theory relative to practical procedures performed;
- To successfully acquire business management techniques which are common to the manicurist
Manicuring Program Tuition and Fees:
Tuition = $ 3550
Registration Fee = $ 50
Text Books / Equipment = $ 500
| Courses Description |
Theory Hrs |
Lab Hrs |
Total Hrs |
Credit Hrs |
| 1. Law, Rules, and Regulations Course | 6 | 24 | 30 | 1.0 |
| 2. Disinfection, Cleaning & Safe Work Practices Course | 42 | 168 | 210 | 7.0 |
| 3. Skin, Nail Histology, Physiology, & Disorders Course | 6 | 24 | 30 | 1.0 |
| 4. Manicuring & Pedicuring Course | 42 | 168 | 210 | 7.0 |
| 5. Application of Artificial Nails | 30 | 120 | 150 | 5.0 |
| 6. Management, Ethics, Interpersonal Skills & Salesmanship | 6 | 24 | 30 | 1.0 |
| 7. Hair Removal Course | 18 | 72 | 90 | 3.0 |
| 8. Clinical Shadow | 40 | 40 | 1.33 | |
| TOTAL | 144 | 616 | 775 | 25.33 |