Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify the role of nutrition in beauty therapy treatments.
- Identify and apply relevant principles of nutrition and their potential effects on the performance and outcomes of beauty therapy treatments to client service andadvice according to relevant legislation and workplace policies and procedures.
- Identify and apply nutrient needs and health problems across the lifespan to beauty therapy treatments.
- Identify role of food, nutrients and other important food substances in relation to the body’s function.
- Apply knowledge of the body’s systems to beauty therapy treatments.
- Identify main functions of the digestive system and apply to the design and performance of beauty therapy treatments.
- Identify major organs and the main functions of the excretory system and apply to the design and performance of beauty therapy treatments.
- Apply knowledge of body’s systems to client health and treatment outcomes and provide advice or referral to appropriate professionals as required.
- Provide advice on dietary guidelines.
- Apply knowledge of nutritional needs to development of client treatment plan and to beauty therapy treatments.
- Assess nutritional requirements and dietary health problems in regard to client individual needs and refer to appropriate professionals as indicated.
- Promote healthy nutritional options and importance of nutrition to the outcomes of beauty therapy treatments in the provision of client advice.