Piercing Courses
Nixie Piercing Academy
Piercing has stood as the most commonly chosen form of body modification. Today, individuals with piercings are far more prevalent than those without even basic ear piercings. As a result, the services of piercers are not only becoming increasingly popular but also deemed essential in beauty salons and tattoo studios alike.
Nixie Piercing offers innovative piercing courses in Derby. This unique educational programs not only facilitate the acquisition of knowledge in the art of piercing but also elevate industry standards, making piercers’ skills an indispensable element in the world of body modification.
Basic Body Piercing Course (Above Belt)
Duration: 3 days
Price: £599
Course Schedule
The course sessions are approximately 6 hours per day, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Course Overview
The course encompasses both theoretical and practical aspects of body piercing, covering a variety of piercings including Belly (Navel), Nipple, Lip, Labret, Madonna, Tragus, Tongue, Eyebrow, Septum, Conch, Daith, Earl, Scaffold, Nose, Helix, Ears, and others as per request.
Course Curriculum
- Studio Requirements to latest environmental health standards.
- Studio and Equipment Hygiene, Cross-contamination prevention, and Sterilisation.
- Safe use of Equipment, general safety, and work.
- Body Piercing placements, e.g., names and correct positions.
- Correct measurements and placements of jewelry.
- Suitable types and grades of jewelry, correct sizes for specific piercings.
- Suitability of metals for body piercing.
- Customer care, health records, and risk assessment including consents and age limits.
- Body Piercing aftercare.
- Minor emergencies and how to deal with them with first aid.
- Possible problems and the advice to give, e.g., allergies, infections, swelling, and rejection.
- Body Piercing instruction and observation of piercings.
- Practical Body Piercing experience while at Professional Piercers Studio (under supervision) and a practical test.
- Theory work in our relaxed training lounge. A full set of notes in a folder to keep for reference.
- Students will be able to keep notes and record piercings they perform in the course of their work there.
- Use of anaesthetics.
- Help with prices, advertising, starting up, tax, insurance, council license, suppliers, waste disposal.
- Practice on real models on the 3rd day of the course. You will do 4-5 piercings with supervision. (Tragus, lips, tongue, navel, nipple +18).
Micro-Dermal Piercing Course
If you add the dermal course to the body piercing, we will discount the course, and this will be done on the 3rd day of your course in the afternoon, as most of the day course you will already have covered.
Special Offers
- Book the body piercing and Dermal Implant courses together, which are completed in 3 days and pay ONLY £699 for both courses.
- If you have more than one person wishing to attend the course, call me, and I can offer a discount.
Dermal Anchor/Implants Course
- Duration: 1 day
- Price: £150
This course is open to anyone, including beauticians, tattooists, piercers, hairdressers, etc.
Natalia has developed a technique to fit these into the skin within minutes so that they have less rejection rate and are not painful.
The course will cover theory and practical aspects of basic micro dermal implants.
Ear Gun Piercing Course
- Duration: 1 day
- Price: £150
- Time: 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Suitable for those not wishing to body pierce but wanting to know how to correctly and safely pierce Ear lobes.
This is carried out at your salon/studio and would suit beauticians, hairdressers, or those not confident with piercing guns. 2/3 people can be trained at the same time.
Payments and Booking
Upon receipt of a deposit (£150 on piercing course and £50 on Dermal anchor, Ear/Nose piercing course), you will be placed in the diary as booked on a course. A suitable date will be agreed upon booking.
The balance of the courses is not payable until the morning or arrival. Payments can be made by Bank Transfer, Cash, PayPal. Payments by card can be made but will incur charges. Deposits are non-refundable.
However, should for any reason you not be able to attend the course on the date you booked, I will allow you to change the date once without losing your deposit.
Inclusions and Exclusions
- You will receive a full set of notes in a folder to keep and refer back to. We provide a notepad and pen, so you do not need to bring anything with you!
- Lunch break is 30 minutes, can be more if all groups required.
- If you live far away and want to stay for the period of the course, you can stay at as motorhome studio for an extra £100. Free car park.
- The cost of accommodation is £100 for 3 days.
- Not including food or drinks.
- We do not include a kit, but we can order this for you while you are here, so you will have to start piercing straight away at discounted prices.
- Infection control and bloodborne pathogens courses which we again have at discounted prices and can be done while you are here – less than £50 – can be done later.
Refresher Course
Have you already got piercing experience and want to either go back to piercing and feel you need a refresher course or require certificates for your license? Then take a look at our 2-day refresher course (£300) which can be done at our training school or your own studio.
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