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CANADA Residents Online Course Chapters

Answering the call for better options for training from Canadian salon owners, staff at the National Tanning Training Institute offers the FIRST online certification program developed specifically for Canadian tanning professionals.

This program allows Canadian tanning salon owners and operators to take advantage of online certification covering topics like skin anatomy and physiology, understanding UV light, the tanning process and the "Canadian Guidelines for Tanning Salon Owners, Operators and Users" distributed by Health Canada.

Our online certification has been designed to be quick and easy to use. Once you have reviewed the material and taken the test, simply complete the billing information at the bottom of the test and hit send.

Our program includes our training manual and a final exam. The exam is designed to be taken open book. With a passing score of 90% or better, you will be issued a certificate of completion through the National Tanning Training Institute. If you do not pass the first time, you or your staff may retake the test at no additional cost.

Your Skin, The Largest Organ
Understanding Ultraviolet Radiation
Tanning Lamps, A Brief Description
The Tanning Process
Skincare

Understanding MED and MMD

Determining an Exposure Schedule
Photosensitizers
Risks of Overexposure
Radiation Emitting Devices Act
Understanding Eye Protection
Equipment Sanitation
Equipment Operating Procedures
Tanning Salon Professionalism
Table of Contents
1. Your Skin, The Largest Organ
Layer of the skin
Facultative pigmentation
Constitutive pigmentation
2. Understanding Ultraviolet Radiation
Electromagnetic spectrum
UVA, UVB and UVC
Wave theory
Quantum theory
3. Tanning Lamps, A Brief Description
Low pressure
High pressure
4. The Tanning Process
Melanocytes
Tyrosine
Melanin
Immediate pigment darkening
Delayed tanning
5. Skincare
Oils
Natural moisturizing factors NMFs
Vitamins
SPFs
Sunless tanners
6. Understanding MED, MMD and IPD
Minimal erythemal dose
Minimal melanogenic dose
7. Determining an Exposure Schedule
Exposure time
Skintyping
8. Photosensitizers
Photosensitivity
Health conditions
Medications
9. Risks of Overexposure
Non-melanoma
Melanoma
Actinic karatosis
Polymorphous light eruption (PLE)
Sunburn
Photoaging
10. State and Federal Regulations
FDA
FTC
State
Common violations
11. Understanding Eye Protection
CFR 21 1040.20 (C)(4)
Structure and function of the eye
12. Equipment Sanitation
13. Equipment Operating Procedures
Equipment and salon maintenance problems
Maintenance program
a. Daily
b. Weekly
c. Monthly
14. Tanning Salon Professionalism
Customer rapport
Customer complaints
Customer service

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