CPD courses for Tattooists

A tattoo is a permanent design or image that is made by inserting ink or other pigment into the skin using a needle. Tattoos can have cultural, religious, personal or decorative meanings and are often used as a form of self-expression. A tattooist is someone who creates the permanent designs on people’s skin by injecting ink into it using needles.

Being a tattooist involves planning and preparation of the workspace ensuring cleanliness and hygiene are up to standard. It is a customer-facing role, making customer service skills also important, on top of being skilled in the trade.

We have listed some of our courses that are well suited to the role of a tattooist below:

• Complaints Handling – working in customer-facing roles means that you may, at times, receive complaints. This can be daunting, especially if things escalate quickly. But there are ways to turn things around. If done right, the original complaint may even earn a great review, renewed loyalty from your customer or service user, and even positive attention on social media channels. Our Complaints Handling course will ensure you gain new knowledge on handling complaints in the correct way; this will impact your business/workplace in a positive way and will reduce the risk of lost custom.
• Customer Service Skills – in this course, you will learn that the customer experience is seen as one of the most important things for any business, small or large. You will also gain a greater knowledge around providing quality customer service and how you can adapt to changes and alter your approach to suit everyone. Being able to anticipate the reactions or expectations of customers is essential in doing your job and you need to be able to work with customers and listen to their queries in order to provide a good level of service.
• Equality and Diversity – this Equality and Diversity course will cover all concepts of equality and diversity and cover discrimination in detail. We will look in depth at the four main types of discrimination and examples of each. The Equality Act 2010 will be covered, and you will learn the nine protected characteristics and examples of each. Our Equality and Diversity course will finish off by exploring real-life case studies of harassment, bullying and discrimination and you will consider what the effects of these can be on a person’s physical and mental health.
• HAVS (Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome) – in this course you will explore the term hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and that it is used to describe a group of disorders that are caused by exposure to vibration, which will be addressed throughout this course. This course will look at the early signs and symptoms that employees must be made aware of if they are to be exposed to vibration in the workplace.
• Health and Safety for Employees – this course covers a large number of different areas and is designed for new and existing employees to develop their knowledge of safe practices in the workplace. In order to ensure a safe and harmonious working environment, all employees should have a strong knowledge of health and safety legislation. It covers hazards and risks as well as how to carry out risk assessments, something which is required when any business has more than five employees.
• Needles and Sharps – in this course we will be looking at the laws surrounding sharps, how employees can keep themselves protected, as well as using needles and sharps safely and why this is so important.
• Time Management – as a tattooist there can be a lot of time pressure managing appointment times. This course will help you feel more in control of your time and levels of stress, as well as manage others to be able to support them more effectively. By understanding how time can be managed and used effectively, you can improve how you use your time, so that less time is wasted, and more time is spent on the things that are important to you.
• GDPR – this course will provide an understanding of the legislation surrounding the GDPR and help to assist understanding in how personal data is used. Businesses must comply with new GDPR legislation or they could get into serious trouble, and this course covers how information should be collected in order to be lawful. It will also look at how data can be extracted, processed and stored, as well as what an individual’s rights are surrounding their personal information.
• Understanding Phobias – as a tattooist you may come across customers who may have a fear of needles. This course will teach you what a phobia is, and how to start the process of overcoming phobias, and what feelings are experienced by someone with an extreme phobia.
• Workplace First Aid – in this course you will learn how to treat injuries that may occur in the workplace, as well as some of the common illnesses that workers may experience, what the signs and symptoms of each are and how to treat them. Our First Aid training also covers how you should keep records of any incidents that take place in the workplace.