Foot care: training, courses, further training, information, tips, schools in your region

Basic courses in the field of cosmetic foot care are suitable for career changers as well as those returning to the field, but also for massage therapists, medical professionals, beauticians or people from the wellness and beauty sector. Previous knowledge is therefore not essential for training at a pedicure school.

It is an advantage if participants in the foot care course already have experience in cosmetics, wellness, care or healthcare, but this is not a prerequisite.

Depending on the school, a pedicure training course can last from two to 20 days or even longer. Please enquire directly with the beauty schools or pedicure schools about the scope and content of the course so that you can be sure you will actually receive the pedicure training you want.

You should have these personal qualities for cosmetic foot care training with a diploma:

• careful and clean way of working
• Sense of hygiene
• Service orientation
• Be customer-oriented
• Beauty flair

For federal recognition of foot care training, further training as a podiatrist with a federal certificate of competence must be completed; a certificate course is not sufficient.

Unter den Begriffen „Pedicure“ oder „Pediküre“ wird die kosmetische Fusspflege verstanden, die gesunde und „unproblematische“ Füsse behandelt und pflegt. Die Podologie oder medizinische Fusspflege befasst sich hingegen mit Fussproblemen wie eingewachsenen Nägeln, Diabetikerfüssen, Hühnerauen und Nagelverlust. Eine Fusspflege-Ausbildung kann daher auf kosmetische und/oder medizinische Schwerpunkte abzielen.

In further training courses in cosmetic foot care, you will learn how to advise patients, for example on foot complaints, how to apply foot baths and foot massages and how to carry out nail and foot treatments. The painting and care of toenails is also taught in a pedicure course, as are often various wellness treatments. You will also learn the essentials about the anatomy of the feet, hygiene and the equipment and instruments to be used.

A cosmetic pedicurist performs the following tasks in pedicure jobs:

• Take care of your feet with a relaxing foot bath and scrub
• Shorten nails
• Cuticle treatment
• Remove calluses
• Foot massage
• Embellish nails with color and nail art creations on request
• sell nourishing and beautifying products for nails and feet

Es gibt Schulen, bei denen Sie keinerlei Modelle mitbringen und die Ihnen 20 oder mehr Fussmodelle zur Verfügung stellen. Jedoch werden auch Lehrgänge angeboten, bei denen die Teilnehmenden sich selbständig Modelle organisieren und diese bei jeder Kursstunde mitbringen müssen. Erfragen Sie daher vor der Buchung eines Kurses immer unbedingt dieses Detail, damit Sie wissen, was auf Sie zukommt!

As each school sets its own course dates, a chiropody course can be attended as a block course, a weekend seminar, an evening course or a day course, depending on the training provider. In principle, you can therefore continue to work and, depending on the type of course you choose, complete your training as a chiropodist in your free time.