Asian J Beauty Cosmetol. 2010; 8(1): 289-299.
The Current Beauty National Qualifications System andTest for The Estheticians Satisfaction
Sung-Mi Choi, and Eun-Hwa Kim
ABSTRACT
This study aims to search for problems and there solutionon Skin Care Therapy Certificate system by reflecting opinions of Skin Care Therapist. To do this, it analyzes the status of acquisition of Skin Care Therapy Certificate by job position and investigates skin care therapist satisfaction on the certificate system. A survey was performed on 217 subjects of skin care therapist and skin care business owners from all over the country. For statistics, SPSS 12.0 was employed to analyze the collected data. The results are shown as follows: With related to the matters to improve current examination system for Skin Care Therapy Certificate, the results are shown as follows. Regarding the subjects to be add to the written test, for employees, 'Obesity Management' and 'Beauty Service' are 19.0% and 18.2%,respectively; for employers, 'Beauty Management' and Beauty Service are 19.6% and 15.7%, respectively. Subjects to be add to the practical test are: for employees, 'no necessity to add' and 'Appliance Management' are 18.6% and 11.5%, respectively; for employers, 'Appliance Management' and 'Meridian Pathways Management' are 26.4% and 24.5%, respectively. The interest of appliance management was shown high in both higher position and lower position of the skin care jobs.
Keywords : National qualifications system, Satisfaction of beauty therapist, Skin care business owners, Beauty therapy