Maybe you already have a shelf of oils and a rough idea what each does. This is built for turning that into something you can offer other people. You learn the plants, the extraction, the carriers and the safety lines.
Spas, retreats and therapy rooms all want people who know oils and know the limits. You start at plant naming and finish knowing which oils are safe on which person. That is the part an employer cares about.
If you are in a salon or a therapy room now, aromatherapy is a service you can bolt on. Blends, carriers and safe use are the whole of it, and clients notice when a treatment is built around them.
It is online, at your own pace, with no exams and no set class times. Around 80 hours, with 6 months of access, so you can do a topic on a quiet night and come back to it.
Aromatherapy sits inside the wider wellness trade: day spas, retreats, therapy clinics and beauty rooms. The work is easy to picture. Mixing a blend for a client, talking her through what is in it, and knowing which oils to keep away from her.
Working under a practitioner, mixing and preparing, learning the client side on the floor.
Clinics that offer several therapies want someone who understands the oils side of the room.
Spa treatments lean on blends and carriers. Knowing the safe use rules matters more here than anywhere.
Salons add aromatherapy to facials and massage. It is a service you can bring in with you.
Retreats run on small teams. Someone who can prepare blends and explain them is worth having.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Massage therapy and clinical natural health advice both sit behind separate hands-on training.
Eight topics, studied online at your own pace.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Plant identification, growing and harvesting, methods of extraction, carriers, and how oils are used. You come out knowing where the oil in the bottle came from.
Safe use of essential oils and hazardous herbs and oils are two of the eight topics. Blending for someone else is a different job from blending for yourself, and this is the part that makes it one.
Career Centre access with CV templates, a personalised CV review and interview prep. Also the CCH eBook Library and a student ID card.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
Finish the course and the college awards you its Certificate of Achievement in aromatherapy.
You earn Continuing Professional Development credits when you finish, so the study counts on your record.
Completion comes with a SEEK Pass link from the learning platform. Add it to your SEEK profile so employers can see the certificate.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Start anytime. Pay upfront in one payment, or spread it out on a flexible weekly plan.
Work through the eight topics online, with a tutor on the phone or email during business hours.
Complete the course, receive your Certificate of Achievement, and take it to the spas and clinics near you.
None needed. The course opens with plant naming and an introduction to aromatherapy. It suits people already in beauty or wellness work, and people who have only ever used oils at home.
From $29 a week on a flexible payment plan. You can also pay upfront in one payment. Enquire for the current options.
Around 80 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of course access. There are no set class times, so it fits around work and family.
There are none, ever. You work through the topics online. Your tutor is there during business hours when you get stuck.
Yes, and it gets two of the eight topics. Safe use of essential oils covers dilution and who each oil suits. Hazardous herbs and oils covers what to keep off a client altogether.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. That is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are two different things. For spa, salon and retreat work it is no barrier, because what you are judged on is the blend and how you handle the client.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
The college has been running for over 15 years and works with more than 25,000 students a year. Courses are online and self paced. Tutor support runs during business hours by phone and email, and career support opens as soon as you enrol.
Picture the first blend you hand over that was mixed for one person and nobody else, and the message you get the week after. That message is worth studying for.