Piercing

2000-001 Safety, Cleanliness and customer Service

   Safety/ Hygiene:

• How and when to wash hands
• How and when to use hand sanitizer
• Keep fingernails clean
• Cuts, hangnails, and non-intact skin, How to Protect?
• Hand-Lotion – What kind and how often?
• What is bio hazard?
• Designate bio hazard areas
• What is cross contamination?
• What are universal and standard precautions?
• Learn how to put on and take off gloves
• Learn one-handed techniques
• How to open a clean field
• Spore Test: when, why, with who and what to do if test fails

    Cleaning:

• Dusting (non-bio)
• Counter tops (non-bio)
• Changing garbage bags (non-bio & bio)
• Restocking: cups, water, paper towels, and toilet paper (non-bio)
• Learn how to use/maintain Hepa filter, and Distiller (non-bio)
• Mopping (bio)
• Cleaning bathroom (bio)
• Learn to watch out for cross contamination in lobby and how to handle

    Customer Service:

• Greeting customers – to relax and address fears
• Answering telephone
• Learn register – receipts, ring in, and void out
• Learn to explain aftercare
• Begin learning to address problems in aftercare
• Read, know and be able to explain all customer release forms

    Observations:

• Observe various setups and break downs
• Ask questions after client leaves

    Written documentation/ readings:

• Start a personal file for the shop
• Read and initial all state required literature, safety procedures, laws, manuals, policies, procedures, and equipment manuals
• Read labels and record observation of MSDS’s for everything in the shop
• Start a journal to record notes, observations, and questions
• Research classic flash and start your sketch book with tracings of it
• Start promoting the shop – web, submissions, fliers, radio, business cards, etc

2000-002 Sanitary, Safety, Hygiene and Sterilization

    Safety/ Hygiene:

• Get familiarized with the bio hazard work areas
• How to change sharps containers
• Know about the bio hazard pickup
• Learn to clean instruments: like tubes (avoid sharp edges)
• Learn the use of the Autoclave
• Learn to flush and maintain autoclave
• Learn to conduct spore tests
• Aprons, sleeves, masks, and goggles
• Start to learn cleaning and disinfecting

2000-003 Photography

    Photography:

• Take photos of piercings (learn to use camera)
• Lighting and positioning for best photos
• Establishing a portfolio

    Observation:

• Perform observed stencils
• Watch/ observe basic piercing procedures procedure
• Perform observed set-up and break-downs

    Customer Service:

• Bedside Manners
• Position of body to client

    Written documentation/ readings:

• Keep list of questions
• Keep record in journal of all procedures observed
• Research and document anatomy

2000-004 Business Solutions and Business Records

    Business

• Learn products/ companies, keep log of who uses what and why
• Learn to place orders/ learn about piercing supply companies
• Perform unobserved set-ups and break-downs

    Written documentation/ readings

• Study machine parts and take quiz
• Know the various tools and how they work for different types of piercings: receiving tubes, piercing needles, forceps, Pennington and Barringer forceps

 2000-005 Piercing Observation

• Keep observing piercing artists while working
• Begin piercing procedures on artificial anatomy

2000-006 Piercing Introduction

• Perform minor piercing procedures
• Start recording own piercing procedures- thoughts / results / observations / problems
• Start picture portfolio

2000-007 Piercing Minor

• Perform major piercing procedures
• Continue recording own piercing procedures – thoughts / results / observations / problems

2000-008 Piercing Major

• Perform all piercing procedures
• Continue recording own piercing procedures – thoughts / results / observations / problems

2000-009 Portfolio and Refresh

• Finish your professional portfolio
• Stay focused,  friendly, and humble