Students are to define salon conduct and professional ethics, give examples of salon conduct and professional ethics toward clients and co-workers, describe the type of appearance a professional nail technician should possess.

Define and interpret Florida State Laws and Regulations for Cosmetology.

Students will gain knowledge of HIV Prevention, describe methods of transmission, distinguish between fact and fallacy in the treatment of communicable disease, identify community resources and services available to the patient, apply universal precaution and infection control as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control, define HIV / AIDS, the consequences and infection types. Identify modes of transmission of the virus between infected persons and health care worker and know the exposure control plan as mandated by OSHA.

Students will understand contamination control and identify common salon contaminants, explain why sterilization is not important in the professional salon, define sanitation and disinfection, understand how to sanitize and disinfect, the use of disinfectants and how to effectively disinfectant implements and hard surfaces. Perform Universal Sanitation procedures in your salon.

Students will learn normal nail anatomy, nail disorders and common nail disorders and their systems.

Students will gain knowledge of nail technology supplies, choosing a nail shape, plain manicure, French and American Manicures, reconditioning hot oil manicure, performing a man’s manicure, manicure using an electric file, paraffin wax treatment, hand and arm massage, spa manicure. Students will learn procedures for basic table set-up, handling blood during a manicure, performing a plain manicure, paraffin wax treatment, paraffin wax treatment.

Students will gain knowledge of pedicure supplies, pedicures, foot massage and pedicure instruments. Students will learn procedures for give a pedicure and a full service pedicure.

Students will learn how to apply nail tips, nail wraps, acrylic nails, gel nails and creative touch.

Students will identify supplies needed for nail tips and explain their use, identify the two types of nail tips, demonstrate the proper procedure and precautions to use in applying nail tips, describe the proper maintenance of tips and demonstrate the proper removal of tips.

Students will identify the supplies needed for acrylic nail application, explain the chemistry of acrylic nails, demonstrate the proper procedures and precautions for the application of acrylic nails over forms, safety precautions for applying primer, procedure and precautions for applying of acrylic nails over tips, describe and demonstrate two basic types of maintenance for acrylic nails, describe the proper procedure for removing acrylic nails.

Students will identify kinds of nail wraps and their uses, identify the benefits of using silk, linen, fiber glass, and paper wraps, demonstrate proper procedures and precautions to use in fabric wrap applications, describe the maintenance of fabric wrap, demonstrate the proper procedure for fabric wrap removal.

Students will learn salon business, selling nail products and services, the working environment, making decisions, types of compensation, booth rental and salon ownership, interviewing with success, keeping good personal records, understanding salon business records, booking appointments, advertising, collecting payment for services, where to go for help.

Students will review the seven questions a successful interviewer might ask, advantages and disadvantages of working in the four types of salons, questions to ask before deciding what salon is right for you.