Becoming a massuese

Beetlebum

Hi Guys,

I'm not sure if this is in the right place but I'm looking for advice on becoming a masseuse in Dublin.

When I google it not much comes up and I'd love to hear from anybody who trained in Dublin to be a massuese.

Thanks for any help girlies!

krudler

Theres a thread in the Mature student thread in EDU, I did a course in Limerick but I wouldnt recommend it for reasons too long to go into here, its a cool skill to have but make sure its a reputable course you sign up for.

RacoonQueen

Hi Beetlebum.

I trained as a Sports Therapist, so when I graduated I was qualified in holistic massage(body massage), Aromatherapy, Sports Massage, Sports Equipment and Stress Management(on site massage) and some fitness qualifications. They are all seperate qualifications and hold their own diplomas/courses. So you can study just one of them. The diplomas I did were ITEC their site is HERE and one was CIBTAC both qualifications are internationally recognised and are good courses, leaving you fully qualified to work in Ireland and able to get insured etc check out the website for the Irish Massage Therapists Association linked HERE which has some information. ITEC and CIBTAC qualifications are fairly pricey you can do them in a lot of places, beauty schools etc

A few links to places I know of off the top of my head that do the holistic massage courses

http://www.galligangroup.com/galligan/Main/Home.htm
http://www.walmer.ie/
http://www.hhc.ie/
http://www.portobelloinstitute.ie/

Some VEC's would do them aswell and they'd probably charge less than to do it privately. Look up qualifax.ie and nightcourses.ie as well, there are a lot of courses out there just make sure it's recognised by the IMTA before you hand over any money, you don't HAVE to be registered with the IMTA once you qualify but if the course is recognised by them you can be sure it's a decent course.

greenmachine88

get a real job woman:)

krudler

greenmachine88 wrote: »

get a real job woman:)

It is a real job, lots of standing and its very physical.

princess-lala

greenmachine88 wrote: »

get a real job woman:)

Standing all day is a job in itself!

Maple

greenmachine88 wrote: »

get a real job woman:)

Infracted.

Maple.

entropi

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Hi Beetlebum.

I trained as a Sports Therapist, so when I graduated I was qualified in holistic massage(body massage), Aromatherapy, Sports Massage, Sports Equipment and Stress Management(on site massage) and some fitness qualifications. They are all seperate qualifications and hold their own diplomas/courses. So you can study just one of them. The diplomas I did were ITEC their site is HERE and one was CIBTAC both qualifications are internationally recognised and are good courses, leaving you fully qualified to work in Ireland and able to get insured etc check out the website for the Irish Massage Therapists Association linked HERE which has some information. ITEC and CIBTAC qualifications are fairly pricey you can do them in a lot of places, beauty schools etc

A few links to places I know of off the top of my head that do the holistic massage courses

http://www.galligangroup.com/galligan/Main/Home.htm
http://www.walmer.ie/
http://www.hhc.ie/
http://www.portobelloinstitute.ie/

Some VEC's would do them aswell and they'd probably charge less than to do it privately. Look up qualifax.ie and nightcourses.ie as well, there are a lot of courses out there just make sure it's recognised by the IMTA before you hand over any money, you don't HAVE to be registered with the IMTA once you qualify but if the course is recognised by them you can be sure it's a decent course.

All of the above is correct and applies to me training as a masseur, except I done Reflexology (we had a choice of that or Aromatherapy) and it was ITEC, not CIBTAC for me:) However I done mine over 2 years in Crumlin College, a PLC in Dublin and over the 2 years I was there I would reckon it cost me maybe 1,000euro in exam fees and 400-odd in registration (200 a year or something)...materials and training uniform costs are separate to that ofc

As said about the IMTA, they would be the main overseeing body of some therapies in Ireland, and by them recognising the course, you can register with them and that makes finding insurance cover afterwards much easier too.

OP, if you've any more questions about the course I done, feel free to ask me. I just got my final results last week too so it is all still fresh in my head:)

RacoonQueen

Master of Nothing wrote: »

However I done mine over 2 years in Crumlin College,

Me too. I figured that's were you were doing yours anytime I saw you post about it. You going to Wolves?

entropi

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Me too. I figured that's were you were doing yours anytime I saw you post about it. You going to Wolves?

Nah not going over, trying to get a place in Ireland in college for Sports Rehabilitation...will find out soon enough!:D

When did you do it there?

RacoonQueen

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Nah not going over, trying to get a place in Ireland in college for Sports Rehabilitation...will find out soon enough!:D

When did you do it there?

Did you apply to Carlow? I got accepted there but never went, you should have no probs getting into Carlow. I finished in Crumlin in 2008 - a good few from my year went onto various courses - I got accepted into tonnes but haven't had the opportunity(or money) to actually take any up unfortunately. Doing a bit of freelance work with the sports massage - it was all about the sports rehab for me I had no real interest in the rest.

entropi

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Did you apply to Carlow? I got accepted there but never went, you should have no probs getting into Carlow. I finished in Crumlin in 2008 - a good few from my year went onto various courses - I got accepted into tonnes but haven't had the opportunity(or money) to actually take any up unfortunately. Doing a bit of freelance work with the sports massage - it was all about the sports rehab for me I had no real interest in the rest.

I did yeah will find out on the 5th Aug if I get in or not...

Shame that you couldnt take it along further:( but how is freelance working out for ya?

I was totally into the therapy side of things myself, didnt really care for the gym side of the course. Oh I was an SFN that year haha! 1st year had too many so I went in there for the year first:p

dearg lady

very sorry for dragging up an old thread, but hopin some of the posters are still boards users and might be able to help me out!
I note you both say you attended Crumlin college, and the fees seem very low, was this a full time course, applied through CAO?
It seems that doin it part time is a lot more expensive, but I have no choice!

RacoonQueen

dearg lady wrote: »

very sorry for dragging up an old thread, but hopin some of the posters are still boards users and might be able to help me out!
I note you both say you attended Crumlin college, and the fees seem very low, was this a full time course, applied through CAO?
It seems that doin it part time is a lot more expensive, but I have no choice!

Hey,

Yeah the course we did was full time. As you've seen if you looked at the site you do a lot more than just massage. It was about 25 hours a week or so of classes I think. The fees are so much lower because it's seen as full time and it's subsidised by the government because of that.

The part time courses tend to be privately run which is why you have to pay so much more.

With Crumlin you apply directly to the college, usually in January or February, then there are interviews in March/April. It's unlikely you'll get a place on the Sports Therapy course at this stage of the year, it's very popular - though like with Master of Nothing you can do SFN first and if a place opens up in Sports Therapy early on you may be allowed to transfer.

dearg lady

Thanks for the reply! It was holistic massage I was looking to do initially, to see how I get on and if I like it. I can't afford to go to college full time at the moment, but even their part time course is considerably cheaper than the private colleges!
I e-mailed the office today to enquire about places but I think you may be right, it's quite late in the year. What I might do is bite the bullet and pay for the holistic massage course elsewhere, that'll give me experience and show an interest, so they may consider me for future courses.

Would you have any idea of numbers of students who go on to become self employed? I'd be keen to do that, but am getting ahead of myself really!

RacoonQueen

Out of my year, as far as I know, there are only 2 of us who are full time self employed as sports therapists and I only took the full-time plunge recently, 3 years after graduating. That being said I'm not in touch with most of the other class.

A few went into the fitness end of things, couple went to study Physio then others went to work in shops, other random unrelated jobs or go on the dole.

OkayWhatever

My mam did her course in Walmer College in Raheny and found it great. I don't know of anywhere else though, or any information about it.!