Piercing Course

Best Preparation for the WKO Qualification Exam for Piercers

Advantages of Our Certified Training:

• The shortest path to obtaining a business license
• Qualified instructors with over 30 years of experience in piercing and business management
• Small number of participants
• Possibility of using loan equipment
• Networking through Facebook and Instagram
• Flexibility
• Support even after the training
• Consumables as well as tea and coffee included

Training - Medical Content (Module 1) 33 Teaching Units

Contents:

• Medical introduction to the basics of tattooing and ethics
• Hygiene and infection control (general concepts of hygiene: infection and its symptoms, inflammations, virulence, transmission routes, and risks)
• Virology (general virology and relevant viruses: hepatitis, HIV, papilloma viruses) and prevention, vaccinations
• Bacteriology (general bacteriology and relevant bacteria: staphylococci, streptococci, pseudomonads, tetanus, and tuberculosis) and prevention, vaccinations
• Fungi (general mycology, relevant fungi: skin fungi, candida, and prevention)
• Sexually transmitted diseases and other sexually transmitted infections (gonorrhea, syphilis, genital herpes, trichomonads, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum)
• Disinfection (general concepts, skin, hand, surface, instrument disinfection, disinfection methods and agents, targeted disinfection)
• Sterilization (general concepts, sterilization methods and devices, options for outsourced sterilization, and sterilization control)
• Dermatology (basic knowledge of skin anatomy: with special consideration of the specific activity of tattooing, histology of the skin, physiology of the skin including inflammations and common skin diseases)
• Contraindications (hemophilia, diabetes, hepatitis, HIV, skin diseases, eczema, allergies, congenital immunodeficiency diseases, other causes of immunosuppression, autoimmune diseases, blood thinning therapy, sexually transmitted diseases, febrile infections, and others)
• First aid (general, bandaging, care of acute wounds, regular wound care after tattooing, instructions for stopping bleeding and self-protection measures, complications, and side effects of tattooing)

Training - Piercing Module 20 Teaching Units + approx. 10 hours self-study time

Contents:

• Legal basics (general, consent requirements, information on potential injury risks for third parties, criminal and civil liability, liability insurance, chemical and medical device law, exercise regulations, pharmaceutical law)
• Work documentation
• Studio setup and planning
• Theoretical foundations of piercing techniques (equipment knowledge, the ideal piercing studio in terms of construction and equipment, material knowledge (jewelry, metals))
• Types of work equipment and their use
• Professional customer consultation
• Internship in disinfection, sterilization, bleeding control
• Sterile work under the supervision and responsibility of the respective specialist lecturer
• Information on the process of the WKO qualification exams
• Course completion - 5 piercings (excluding earlobes) on test persons under the supervision of a competent person