Level 3 Complementary Therapies - Task Based Controlled Assessments (NQF)

The level 3 complementary therapy (Pre-2010 NQF) task based controlled assessments (TBCA) for:

• Massage
• Reflexology
• Aromatherapy

There will be 3 windows of opportunity to sit these in January, May and September. This is to offer more flexibility, particularly for private training providers. The papers will be available to examinations officers only and downloadable from the Linx2 area of this website for a period of one week only. They will then be removed.

The papers will be internally marked by the centre's assessors according to the mark scheme prepared by VTCT and which will be available through this website. If a candidate fails a paper offered in one assessment window, they will need to sit a new paper in a different assessment window.

The papers will then be sampled by EV's in the same way as current NVQ and VRQ papers are. 

Units for new QCF qualifications

The following unit books for VTCT qualification are now available for download below:

VRQ

UC20276- Introduction to principles and practice of complementary therapies

UC20279- Introduction to clinic services and business awareness for complementary therapies

UC20280- Health, safety and hygiene for complementary therapies

UC20281- Knowledge of anatomy and physiology for complementary therapies

UC20282- Provide basic massage therapy techniques for complementary therapies

UC20283- Provide basic reflexology techniques

UC20284- Provide basic aromatherapy techniques

UC20285- Introduction to healthy eating and wellbeing for the complementary therapy client

UC20286- Provide face, neck and chest massage within complementary therapies

UC20287- Provide lower leg and foot, and forearm and hand massage within complementary therapies

UC20288- Provide head and scalp massage within complementary therapies

UC30320- Principles and practice of complementary therapies

UC30321- Business practice for complementary therapies

UC30322- Health, safety and hygiene for complementary therapies

UC30323- Knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology for complementary therapies

UC30324- Knowledge of less common pathology for complementary therapies

UC30325- Provide body massage for complementary therapies

UC30326- Reflective practice for body massage

UC30327- Provide Aromatherapy

UC30328- Reflective practice for aromatherapy 

UC30329- Provide Reflexology

UC30330- Reflective practice for reflexology

UC30331- Healthy eating and wellbeing for the complementary client

UV30679 - Reflective practice for Reiki 

UV30680 - Provide Reiki treatments