ITEC Business Awareness & Professional Conduct
Only applies to students studying the Indian Head Course and Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology which are a compulsory parts of the course and are taken as separate units or may be taken concurrently
Approved Prior Learning (APL) may be awarded to those who have an existing ITEC Massage qualification or the equivelent that includes these units.
This unit can be study as distant learning or over one day as many aspects of the course are duplicated in other syllabus sections, but does include home study and test papers
Business Awareness and Professional Conduct syllabus: ( click here for syllabus )
Tutor: Derek Lowe is a practicing therapist
and teacher with over 25 year's international
business experience. Students benefit from
his wealth of accumulated knowledge and
quirky sense of humour on this course.
Business Awareness
- Accounting, double entry book keeping, VAT
- Business plan, cash flow forecast
- Advertising and promotion
- Retail, stock control, selling skills
- Employing staff, receptionist duties
- Sole trader, employment contract, partnership
Professional Conduct
- How to set up and operate a practice
- Legal requirements, relevant legislation
- Planning the interior of a treatment room
- Record keeping, licensing, confidentiality
- Building relationships with GP's / other therapists
- Professional ethics, therapist conduct
Students are expected to complete assignments as part of the course.
Theory examination - One hour - 50 multiple choice questions
Examinations
Examinations are usually held on a Sunday see dates, however this is not guaranteed and is subject to ITEC confirmation six weeks prior to examination date.
Examination Fee: £90 if taken seperately
Business Awareness and Professional Conduct if taken at the same time as Holistic Massage, Reflexology or Indian Head Massage is normally included in one examintion fee.
Examination fee may be subject to change without prior notice and is not guaranteed
Devon Academy of Complementary Therapies,
4 Paiges Lane, Barnstaple, North Devon, EX31 1EF, UK.
Tel: (+44) (0)1271 314 333 | e-mail: info@devonacademy.co.uk