Program Description:

Length

8-9 Months (600 Clock Hours)

Schedule

Monday-Thursday; 5:00 pm-10:00 pm

2026-2027 Curriculum Frameworks

Program Description 

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Human Services career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Human Services career cluster.

A student completing the Advanced Esthetics program is prepared for employment as a licensed Facials/Skin Care Specialist within the spa industry, medical offices including dermatologic and plastic surgeons, and the new medi-spa industry.   The program is designed for registered Facials/Skin Care Specialist who would like to add training to update their skills and become current with the new trends in the field of esthetics.  It will help meet rising consumer demand for personalized care and therapeutic treatment by highly skilled skin care professionals.

The content includes, but is not limited to communication, leadership, human relations, and employability skills; safe and efficient work practices; Florida cosmetology law and rules; spa therapies; chemical peels; exfoliators; microdermabrasion equipment; advanced esthetics; advanced European treatments; and esthetics chemistry.  Students will also become familiar with appropriate medical terminology and first aid.  Nutrition and its effects on the body and appearance will also be studied.

Basic Skills Requirement

Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) score of 235 in Reading, and 229 in Math are required prior to graduation (some exemptions apply).  

Exemptions from the Basic Skills test are as follows:

• Graduate of a Florida Public High School from 2007-present with a standard High School Diploma
• Florida based GED 2014-present
• College degree from an accredited institution
• (Official transcripts are needed to verify exemption)