Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Analyse the clients' skin conditions and needs based on knowledge and principles related to dermal therapies and other related fields.
• Identify and manage contra-indications and other unfamiliar conditions, if necessary refer to relevant practitioners.
• Create a complete treatment and home care plan focused on the client's dermal therapy needs and record information on the client record card.
• Inform the client on the relevant treatment information and homecare advice.
• Perform the dermal therapy treatments safely and ethically on various clients and complete the necessary amount of case study treatments.
• Gather and apply information on current developments within the dermal therapies and related fields to guide and support treatment plans (including case studies).

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Accurately analyse the clients' health conditions and needs based on knowledge and principles related to recuperative therapies and other related fields.
• Create a complete treatment and home care plan focused on the client's recuperative therapy needs and record information on the client record card.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Accurately analyse the clients' needs based on knowledge and principles related to permanent cosmetic procedures and other related fields.
• Create a complete treatment and home care plan focused on the client's permanent cosmetic procedures needs and record information on the client record card.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Interpret economic realities and management principles to draw up a feasible business plan for a therapeutic services practice.
• Calculate financial aspects, such as therapy costing, to result in a sustainable and profitable business.
• Create marketing material from analysed data, advertising and brand information.
• Plan and perform events related to businesses within the therapeutic services field.
• Adapt the business plan and policies to suit the needs of a diverse society.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Analyse and critique the different research designs, principles and methodologies.
• Gather reliable information to support opinions/arguments, and to guide solving of research questions.
• Judge and validate relevant literature to base research proposal upon.
• Compile and present a research proposal within the therapeutic services field, that meets ethical and other required standards.

Integrated Assessment: The qualification allows for an integrated approach to assessment, based on the use of appropriate and diverse assessment methods. The variety of assessment methods increase assessment opportunities and encourage the academic success of the learners. It also provides the opportunity for all learners to excel in one or more methods of assessment creating a culture of success. In the assessment strategy as a whole, evidence of professional competencies must be demonstrated through a variety of options which includes case studies, problem-solving assignments and strategies, logbooks, portfolio of learning materials, projects and presentations, written and oral examinations, authentic practical exercises and demonstrations. Some strategies will be more suited to assess foundational competence while others are more suited to assess practical and reflexive competence. Integrated assessment should assess the ability of learners to assess the physical condition of the client by applying appropriate methods and techniques, design a suitable treatment plan according to the needs of the client, perform the treatment procedure according to the designed treatment plan and advise the client on improvement regimes in a professional manner (practical competence), understand the theoretical basis for these above-mentioned actions (foundational competence), and reflect on and then make changes to their practices (reflexive competence).