Aromatherapy & Herbal Natural Products (Making your own) Course

Course overview

This course takes you through the whole journey from obtaining your raw materials to presenting the completed natural products. The course examines fully the legal and safety requirements – working environment, storage, correct labelling and record keeping – as well as the practical aspects of purchasing the raw materials, equipment, production and presentation of the finished product.

Syllabus

Lesson One
- Introduction/ Legal and Safety Requirements
  - Licensing
  - Insurance
  - Work Environment and Equipment
  - Safety
  - Labelling
  - Record Keeping

Lesson Two
- Raw Materials
  - Suppliers
  - Storage
  - Vegetable Oils
  - Detergents
  - Preservatives
  - Natural Moisturisers
  - Clays
  - Essential Oils
  - Thickening Agents
Lesson Three
- Skin Problems and their Causes/ Soap Making
  - Foods
  - Medication
  - Cleansing
  - Glycerine Soaps
  - Moulds
  - A Recipe and Step-by-Step Method
  - Traditional Soap
  - A Recipe and Step-by-Step Method
  - Removing the Soap from the Moulds
  - The Curing Process
Lesson Four
- Soap Making (Continued)/ Hair Treatments
  - Preparing Herbs or Essential Oils
  - Choices of Herbs and Oils
  - Liquid Soaps
  - A Recipe and Step-by-Step Method
  - Dry Hair and Itchy Scalp
Lesson Five
- Further Hair Treatments/ Hair Gels/ Face Masks
  - Damaged Dry Hair
  - Dandruff
  - Oily Hair
  - Making and Using Hair Gels
  - Clay Masks
  - Adaptations
Lesson Six
- Ointments/ Products for Pets/ Conclusion
  - Basic Recipe for Herb Ointment
  - Providing Supplementary Information
  - Hardeners and Other Oils
  - Using Essential Oils in Ointments
  - Hand Balm
  - Flea Treatment
  - Paw Treatment
  - Cat Spray

Practical training

No practical training is required to complete this course.

Prerequisites

An advisory pre-requisite is Aromatherapy or Herbalism.

View our Aromatherapy course.

View our Herbalism course.

Level

On successful completion of this course, you have received training designed as professional development to gain additional skills and knowledge to expand the practice of the existing therapist. It has also been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme and graduates will receive the QLS Certificate of Achievement as above. This course has been designed by BSY to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes.

Certification

On successful completion students will receive dual awards: Award 1- The BSY Professional Certificate of Merit in Making Aromatherapy and Herbal Natural Products.

Award 2- Certificate of achievement at QLS Level 3 from Quality Licence Scheme. Registration through BSY is essential with this course.

How the course works

Upon enrolment you receive your first course lessons.

You can study in your own time, at your own pace and from the comfort of your own home. If you have any questions, or would like feedback or encouragement about your course or your studies then you can contact our friendly tutors by phone, email or post.

At the end of each lesson are a set of questions. Completing these can aid your learning and help you master each step before moving on to the next. Your next lesson will then arrive for you to continue when it suits you. This allows us to continually assess understanding and competence of the subject.

Having progressed through each lesson you can take your final examination at home, and at a date and time that suits you. Then, on successful completion you will be awarded your BSY certificate.

Support

Your tutor will mark your lessons, giving valuable, constructive feedback - helping you to master each step before moving on to the next. You can contact them for support or advice throughout your studies.

You can also contact the support team who are here to help you Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

We are proud of our friendly, caring ethos and aim to do all we can to help you succeed.