Responsibilities and qualities of an ethical trainer

Just as practitioners are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of their patients, trainers are responsible for preparing their delegates as best they can for aesthetic practice. Many of us are used to witnessing rogue lay persons practising in aesthetics, and now an emerging trend is undeniably ‘training academies’ with undiscerning acceptance criteria, poor due diligence and very little in the way of theoretical and practical content or support for paying delegates. While lay to lay person teaching is becoming rampant, we must also accept that with no set criteria or auditing other than OFQUAL authorised Level 7 and 6 courses, many medical-led courses are also falling short in their duties. Here are some of the most valuable attributes in a training course.

There is no set formula for how many delegates per tutor there should be, and for some training schools, the prerogative can depend on the complexity and content of the course, as well as the competency levels of the delegates. On a typical foundation toxin or filler course, the author would recommend no more than 4 delegates per trainer, but with something more advanced and demanding, such as PDO thread lifting, a 2:1 delegate to trainer ratio is preferable.