We Document Your Attendance Every Day of Your Programme at The National School of Aesthetics
We here at The National School of Aesthetics are preparing you for the workforce. We and our governing bodies require you attend a certain number of face-to-face training hours to qualify. Therefore, attendance is important.
This Attendance page and the Absenteeism page have important information around both attendance and absenteeism.
General Information about Attendance
Your attendance is recorded every day. You are marked:
Absent
You are not in class
Late
You have arrived in class after class has started
Present
You are in class and on-time
- present (attending class)
- absent (away from class)
- late
We mark attendance more than one time a day. If you leave and a tutor hasn’t dismissed you, we will mark you absent for the whole period or the whole day.
You must let us know if you are leaving class or the school early so we can account for you in an emergency.
You must let us knowYou must text or call in away every day you will not be in class.
Minimum Attendance Requirement
You need to meet the minimum number of hours to pass the programme. Even if you pass all the other sections, you will not qualify if you haven’t met the attendance requirements.
If you are considering taking a day off, make absolutely sure you need to take that day off.
If you need to take a day off for sickness, you should go to your doctor and get a medical certificate to cover that day’s absence.
Important Points about Attendance from the Rules and Regulations
- Your attendance in the programme is very important, and you must meet a certain amount of hours in order to qualify.
- If you go over the maximum hours off allocated, you may fail your programme.
- If you miss an excessive amount of class, we may ask you to leave without a refund.
- If you miss 5 or more days in a row without contacting us, we are required to report this to StudyLink and other agencies.
- If you miss a one-off lesson, including product knowledge days, you need to actively seek ways to make-up that lesson. This may be in your own time and at your own cost.
- Catch-up time is not normally available.
- In the rare case catch-up time is available, we only count authorised class time or school-sanctioned activities as catch-up time.
- Every day you are away from class, please call or text us at least 15 minutes prior to class.
Important Points about Illness from the Rules and Regulations
If you are ill and unable to attend class, you must:
- Call in or text us at least 15 minutes prior to class (every day you are away).
- Get a medical certificate from a medical practitioner, stating in the medical practitioner’s opinion, you are unable attend class due to illness.
- Turn that medical certificate in to the Student Liaison Officer within 7 days of the illness.
See the Absenteeism Due to Medical Reasons section of the Absenteeism page for more information.
Important Points about Punctuality from the Rules and Regulations
- Punctuality is important and is recorded.
- Arrive no earlier than 30 minutes and no later than 15 minutes before class starts.
- Tutors do not wait for tardy ākonga / students, so if you are late for an assessment, you may be stopped from entering late and fail the assessment.
- We mark late arrivals against your time off.
You are responsible for your actions.
You need to ensure you correct your non-compliance(s) as soon as possible.
We will help you as long as we see you are following the right action(s) and doing what is needed to become compliant.
If You Are Away…
If you are absent for the day, for medical reasons or otherwise, you will receive no points for that day, unless you have called in away and have a medical certificate.
If you have to leave early, or if you arrive late, you may only receive points for part of the day.
See the Absenteeism page for more information about absenteeism.
Attendance Non-Compliance
If you are non-compliant with these requirements, your tutor may tell you during the first few days or weeks of non-compliance.
If you remain non-compliant, Non-Attendance Notices (NANs) may be issued or notes may be placed in the class notebook.
You are responsible for ensuring you are compliant and remain so.
Failing Attendance
If you are not meeting attendance requirements, we may consider you are not passing your programme.
You will need to see the Student Liaison Officer and / or the Principal to talk about how to correct this so you are passing again, if possible.