Student Membership & Insurance
Why do I need insurance as a student?
Whilst carrying out case studies or any other treatments that are performed outside of your college can leave you legally liable for any loss or damage to other peoples' property, injury, harm or financial loss alleged to have been caused. The repercussions of this could be serious and harm your professional reputation.
Before you are qualified you MUST:
- Only practice treatments for case study purposes
- Carry out the treatment as you have been taught by your college/training provider
- Charge below market rate for treatments, to cover the cost of your treatment products/consumables only
- Make sure your client is aware you are still training (ask them to sign a declaration stating that you have informed them of this)
Following these steps and making sure you review each case study regularly with your teacher, will help to ensure your student insurance cover is valid.
Benefits of joining BABTAC as a Student.....As a student member, you are entitled to a wide range of thebenefits and also become a valued member of the leading membership organisation in our Industry. Not only will we be there for you as a student, we will help you transition into a successful business after you graduate aspart of our Student Upgrade.
- Comprehensive Insurance cover for students at very affordable rates (Ts & Cs apply)
- Discounted Upgrade for Full Member Insurance once you have qualified (call the helpful membership team on 01452 623 110 for more details)
- 3rd party discounts and offers from our Benefithub providers, such as discounts on Apple products, savings on travel and airport parking, offers on gym memberships, life insurance , massive savings on cinema tickets and many other offers for your business and personal needs.
- Access to Vitality Magazine Online, BABTAC's membership publication, full of industry relevant news and updates. As a member you can send us your story to have published within our BABTAC Member News pages and you can download the latest edition
- Membership Helpline - a highly trained and experienced membership team offering insurance compliance information and best practice advice.
- Access to a dedicated Member Forum with useful tools, templates, links, downloads and discounts to help you in every aspect of your beauty journey - transitioning from student into a successful therapist and building your own business.
- Government Representation on critical matters impacting our industry.
What happens when I am qualified in level 2?
Your student membership will continue to cover you for your level 3 provided you remain a student only. If you wish to work at the same time, in those modalities you have qualified, your insurance will need to be upgraded (with our special student upgrade).This will then cover you for the treatments that you are now qualified to do and will also cover any case studies you will be required to perform whilst studying for level 3.
The treatments that will be covered are:
- Basic manicure and pedicure treatments
- Eye treatments
- Tanning treatments
- Basic facials
- Basic Waxing
Now you are qualified and upgraded your insurance, you can charge market rate for the above treatments but any Level 3 case studies, as above, will need to cover the cost of your treatment products/consumables only.
What insurance do I require once I am fully qualified in levels 2 and 3 beauty therapy?
Once you have qualified in level 2 and 3 and begin working your insurance package will need to be upgraded to one our full or specialist therapist insurance (depending on your qualfications and the treatments you plan to do)
BABTAC's full membership will provide you with the cover needed for this along with access to all of our member benefits. You will be expected to provide all of your training certificates, these will be recorded on your membership profile by our membership team.