Detailed Professional Development Plan: Beauty Therapy Skills Analysis

This professional development plan outlines a beauty therapist's goals, strengths, and weaknesses, focusing on skill enhancement within the beauty therapy field. The plan includes a self-assessment of clinical and non-clinical skills, identifying areas for improvement such as leadership, negotiation, and multitasking. Objectives are set to address these weaknesses through training sessions and observation, with specific timelines and cost estimations provided. The plan emphasizes the importance of staying updated with new technologies and industry trends, including knowledge of laser therapy, skin penetration, and non-ionizing radiation protection. The report also details the student's strengths in therapy skills and client communication, while recognizing the need for improved coaching and leadership abilities. The plan incorporates learning objectives, activities, and success measurement metrics to ensure professional growth and career advancement in the beauty therapy sector, with references to relevant literature on professional development and laser therapy.

Running head: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON BEAUTY THERAPY SKILLS
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Timeframe My personal goals My professional goals
Next 12 months  the personal goals that I have set
for the next 12 months regarding
my beauty therapy practice are
improvement in my body
language, communication skills,
learn team work, co-ordinate with
the other members and build up
confidence
I will increase my skills and
knowledge about the conductive gel
used for laser light therapy [2]. The
skills, on which I am going to focus are
using instruments for the therapy like
laser needle and acquire the knowledge
so that I can provide training to the
new joiners. I will also focus on
knowledge about skin penetration,
health regulation and protection to non-
ionizing radiation emitted during the
laser therapy.
Introduction
This professional developmental plan has been prepared to understand the strength and
weaknesses of my personal and professional skills in workplace [1]. Further, priorities, learning
objectives and required knowledge are also going to be discussed.
Goals
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Strength and weaknesses
Clinical Non clinical
Required knowledge and
skills
The skills that I need to know
are skin penetration and non-
ionizing radiation protection.
Ways to handle the equipment
used for conductive gel laser
technique. Further, the new
technologies and trends used
in beauty therapy should be
known [3].
I should be aware of the local national
or international association of beauty
industry to ensure the professional
development opportunities. I should
also know about the legislations of
states or territories regarding the use of
laser and other beauty treatments. I
need to be aware of the implications of
business and consequences of adopting
newer technologies.
Strengths My clinical strengths are-
My knowledge about the
therapy skills and the way it
can positively affect the client.
as beauty therapist I am aware
of the measure and duration of
the laser doses that need to be
provided to the client. I am
also aware of the conduction
gel that need to be applied
My strengths are-
Decision-making, it always involves
risks, as the consequences are not
known, however, my strength is
working under pressure. My seniors
has mentioned this aspect of mine in
my appraisal form. Secondly, my
communication skill with the clients
has been appraised. clients has been
mentioned about my communication
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prior to the laser therapy. skills in their feedback form.
Weaknesses My clinical weaknesses are-
coaching skills, and leadership
skills. I am unable to explain
the theory portion of my work
area and I learn everything
with practical examination.
Hence, I am unable to make
others understand the theory.
Similarly, leadership skills
requires complete knowledge
and confidence and according
to me, I still have things to
learn.
Negotiating skills are my biggest
weakness and I am unable to negotiate
about anything to anyone. According
to my seniors has mentioned multi-
tasking as my weakness.
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Identified gap Objective of developed
activity
By when
Leadership skills I will try to attend more
training sessions and will try
to acquire knowledge about
new techniques and emerging
skills
4 months
Marketing/negotiating skills I will assist one of my seniors
and observe his/ her skills to
negotiate. I will also take
marketing skill training
session.
4 months
Multitasking I will try to do things together
such as learning about new
techniques with a training
session of marketing skill
4 months
Priorities
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Learning objectives
Name of the
activity
Details Objectives Date Cost
Measurement of
the success
I will try to keep
a track of the
success I am
achieving
It will help me
with to
understand the
milestone of my
personal
development [4]
Within 3 months $2000 to 3000
Training
sessions
To acquire my
weaker skills
To be able to
multitask,
negotiate
4 months $3000- 5000
newer
techniques and
instrument for
beauty therapy
To understand
the newer
techniques
To compete with
the world
5 months $8000- 10,000
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