SHBBSPA006 - Provide spa therapies
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(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to provide wet and dry spa therapies to meet client needs.
It requires the ability to consult with clients, and select, provide and review hydrotherapy, wraps, herbal packs, sauna and other signature spa treatments. Spa therapies can be an individual treatment or form part of a sequenced series of treatments.
This unit applies to beauty and spa therapists who work in day, destination and resort spas. In this environment they work in a team but make independent treatment decisions, and have knowledge of spa products and treatments.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State or Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• provide five safe and appropriate spa treatments for different clients selecting treatments suitable for the established client treatment objectives including:
-wet room therapies that demonstrate use of:-
• Vichy shower or wet table, or spa capsule
-dry room therapies that demonstrate use of at least three of the following:
-body exfoliation
-body wraps
-herbal packs
-steam
• develop and update treatment plans for each client specifying details of:
-contraindications
-spa treatments, routine and sequence
-outcomes of previous and current treatment
-post treatment information and advice
-products used
-relevant medical history and medication
-treatment duration and future treatment recommendations
-treatment objectives
-client feedback
-maintain the spa environment before, during and after each treatment:
-relaxing ambience of spa
• health and safety of treatment rooms:
-wet floors
-hydrotherapy equipment
• for each of the above clients, identify and manage contraindications and adverse effects to treatment
• for each of the above clients, provide aftercare advice and suggest complementary products and treatments to address ongoing client spa treatment objectives.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• state or territory and local health and hygiene regulations and requirements relevant to providing spa therapies
• organisational policies and procedures relevant to providing spa therapies:
-client record management
-equipment use and maintenance
-incident reporting
-linen use and laundry procedures
-personal hygiene and presentation
-presentation of treatment area
-rebooking clients
-waste and hazardous substance disposal
-water use minimisation
-work health and safety
• legal and insurance liabilities and responsibilities regarding spa treatments
• scope of practice:
-when to refer clients to other practitioners
-importance of not stating a diagnosis of a contraindication
-limitations to spa treatments
• features, benefits and application of each type of wet and dry room spa therapies:
-body exfoliation
-body wraps
-herbal packs
-hydro tub
-sauna
-steam
-Vichy shower, wet table or spa capsule
-ingredients of organisation spa treatment products and their effect on skin
-contraindications that prevent or restrict treatment or require clearance from a medical professional to proceed and relationship to spa treatments:
• allergies to ingredients of spa products:
-nuts
-anaemia
-anorexia
-asthma
-bacterial, fungal, parasitic and viral infections
-breastfeeding
-cancer
-circulatory disorders
-epilepsy
-heart conditions
-heat intolerance
-intoxication
-metal implants
-pacemakers
-pregnancy
-skin lesions
-skin thinning medication
-skin trauma
-sunburn
-type one and two diabetes mellitus
• varicose veins to:
-Vichy shower
-pressure
-heat
• adverse effects to spa treatments and products and appropriate remedial action:
-allergy to products
-changes in body temperature
-dizziness
-dehydration
-headache
• mode of administration:
-exposure of sections of the body
-requirements for feedback and interaction
-requirements for specific positioning of client
-rotating of exposure around the body
-treatment technique
-use of oil and treatments
-variations in application intensity
-sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power
-aftercare advice, products and future treatments relevant to spa therapies.
-treatment technique
-use of oil and treatments
-variations in application intensity
• sustainable operating procedures for the conservation of product, water and power
• aftercare advice, products and future treatments relevant to spa therapies.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):