This qualification also covers common, self-employment business skills. Whether you want to run your own massage business or gain employment, you'll have what you need to plan a bright future. 

 

Choose to study in class full-time, or online with part-time classroom study. For our massage course in Tauranga, you can study full-time four days per week in face-to-face classes. In Rotorua, you'll attend two days of face-to-face learning per week, with the remaining study completed online. 

 

Graduates of this qualification can go on to study the Diploma in Remedial Massage (Level 6) in partnership with Wintec.

 

Career opportunities

• home-based massage therapist
• community based massage therapist
• employment within health care facilities or spa-based massage therapy clinics
• employment within sport and fitness facilities (non-injury work) or with sport teams or individual athletes.

 

You may choose to become self-employed with your own massage therapy business, or you may find employment in the sports industry, working in spas and hotels, on cruise ships, or alongside other medical professionals like physiotherapists.

 

Topics you'll cover

• Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body
• The Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage
• The Professional Practitioner
• Massage Therapy: Theory to Practice
• Human Movement and Exercise Fundamentals
• The Fundamentals of Sport Massage