Piercing courses in Ireland

blue banana

My sister works as a beauty therapist and is interested in doing a part time course in belly button piercing. We have searched the web to no avail with regard to finding a course in the Republic of Ireland, (better still in the Limerick/ Cork region) There is mention of an organisation called the Professional Piercing Association of Ireland on a few sites but trying to find a contact number or address for them has been impossible. I have rang a few piercing studios who advertise themselves as being affiliated to this organisation, but strangely none of them have contact details for this association! Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

Ag marbh

blue banana wrote:

My sister works as a beauty therapist and is interested in doing a part time course in belly button piercing. We have searched the web to no avail with regard to finding a course in the Republic of Ireland, (better still in the Limerick/ Cork region) There is mention of an organisation called the Professional Piercing Association of Ireland on a few sites but trying to find a contact number or address for them has been impossible. I have rang a few piercing studios who advertise themselves as being affiliated to this organisation, but strangely none of them have contact details for this association! Any direction would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

People usually learn the trade by getting an apprenticeship with a studio. You won't find a course in Ireland offering the service and especially not one that offers the service of 'belly button piercing training'.

Blub2k4

Anyone that does a short course of that nature will not learn enough not to be a hazard to themselves, their families and their customers.

How much will a course teach about blood borne pathogens? Will such a course give a certificate in blood borne pathogens, I highly doubt it.

People think it's only a piercing, but HEP C and HIV are only illnesses......

<edit> if you want information on the PPAI, I'd suggest you contact Paddy in BodyShock in Dublin I think he's probably the one behind it.

Shelli

If the woman mentioned is a fully qualified beauty therapist (which I am), then she will have already been taught and hold a cert in blood borne pathogens, in fact she probably have more knowledge about the skin and circulatory system than most piercers out there, although it does depend on how long ago she trained.

Edited to say:

I have to add though, I dont think a short course in piercing makes anyone "qualified" enough.

Blub2k4

Shelli wrote:

If the woman mentioned is a fully qualified beauty therapist (which I am), then she will have already been taught and hold a cert in blood borne pathogens, in fact she probably have more knowledge about the skin and circulatory system than most piercers out there, although it does depend on how long ago she trained.

Edited to say:

I have to add though, I dont think a short course in piercing makes anyone "qualified" enough.

Fair enough, that's that question answered then. If she has knowledge of anatomy etc, then yes possibly she would have more knowledge than a "lot" of piercers.

blue banana

Yes she does have anatomy and physiology and qualified in the last five years. There are therapists working and running salons who do piercing. Do these therapists have any qualifications? I doubt very much they spent years doing an apprenticeship!!!

Ag marbh

blue banana wrote:

Yes she does have anatomy and physiology and qualified in the last five years. There are therapists working and running salons who do piercing. Do these therapists have any qualifications? I doubt very much they spent years doing an apprenticeship!!!

I also doubt they're of high quality too. I've never heard of any of these salons offering such a service either, do you have any website links or anything?

porn_star

Nah, she's right loads of salons do piercings...well there's a good few down here anyways...and another thing she's right about is no, they don't do years doing an apprenticeship in piercing. That's precisely the point as to why they're all **** and no one who is any way educated in piercing goes near them. :rolleyes:

Ag marbh

I thought it would have been just the piercing gun type ****

porn_star

Yeah, I think a lot of them are...but I think some of them "specialize" in navel piercings aswell...

ergonomics

blue banana wrote:

Yes she does have anatomy and physiology and qualified in the last five years. There are therapists working and running salons who do piercing. Do these therapists have any qualifications? I doubt very much they spent years doing an apprenticeship!!!

If someone running a beauty salon is doing piercings then yes, they probably haven't done an apprenticeship, but they're also probably fairly crap. They more than likely will either pierce with the gun or know nothing about placement/proper aftercare. There's no piercing palours where I live so I got my belly button pierced in a beauty salon without doing any research. Instead of getting a belly button piercing, I ended up with the equivalent of a surface piercing on my stomach. During the piercing, the 'piercer' had my friend hold the clamp, I don't think she (the beautician) wore gloves and 2 days later the bar (which was also way too long) fell out because the ball fell off.

A few years later and I'm left with a scar over my belly button, and a lot more common sense. Moral of the story? Just because you've done a beauty course that taught you about anatomy and all that doesn't mean you know anything about piercing.

garthv

Somehow I cant see beauty salons going into the level of detail with blood borne pathogens that piercings studios do.

If your sister really wants to learn piercings she will have to leave her current job, get on the dole and spend 2 years in a piercing studio before she will be able to do anything. Most piercing studios dont pay you during an apprenticeship so most people go on the dole while doing it.

eth0_

How much can there be to learn about contamination and hygiene? Use an autoclave, disposable gloves and needles....enlighten me here, it's piercing, not surgery!

Aard

DUDE!

attachment + NWS = still has a job