Manicure Certificate Program

Part time evening program meets 20 hours per week. Colorado requires 350 clock hours to be eligible for the licensing exam. The Trinidad State Junior College curriculum includes professional ethics, sanitation, safety, OSHA regulations, manicures, pedicures artificial nail application, and Colorado laws.

Students learn job entry skills, customer communication and shop procedures. Clinical practice involves working on the public under supervision and parallels, as close as possible, to actual shop procedures in order to prepare students for working in the field.

Program requirements

Semester (Fall or Spring)
	NAT 101	Intro to Sterilization/Sanitation/safety	2
	NAT 108	Intro to manicure/pedicure/artificial nails	3
	NAT 151	Intermediate sterilization/sanitation/safety	1
	NAT 158	Intermediate manicure/pedicure/artificial nails I	2
	NAT 159	Intermediate manicure/pedicure/artificial nails II	2
	NAT 201	Advanced sterilization/sanitation/safety	1
	NAT 208	Advanced manicuring/pedicure/artificial nails	4
	NAT 230	Nail tech preparation	1
		Total Certificate Credits	16
	Electives
	NAT 285	Individualized studies	1-6
	NAT 287	Supervised occupational experience	1-2