Hi,
Can anyone tell me exactly what Thai qualifications are valid to practice Thai massage in the UK. My wife has completed a 150 hour course and has the certificate in Thai and English.
Any info. on what's required would be useful, or providers of information etc.
Thanks.
Steve

You don't need any formal qualifications to practice massage in the UK.

BigRed

But your local council may have some requirements.

Thanks both.
Steve

It is also advisable to be insured for public liability
Tell your wife to send a pm or an e mail to Ying for more info or check out www.spathaimassage.com

storm1fishing:

You say "It is also advisable to be insured for public liability"- can I ask who with and waht docs. you had to provide?

SteveD: not sure you can swap a Thai qualification for an English one.

There seem to be loads of UK “governing bodies” that you can sign up with, but these seem to be just money making schemes. Often they tie themselves in with an insurance scheme.

Our advice is, just set up on your own, or better still get a job in a salon to start off with, through friends and relatives. I think that after they have had a Thai massage most people don’t go back to some girl that did a day’s massage training in her City and Guilds beauty therapy course. (Not saying the course is not valid; just a bit short on massage).

If you are good, you will get work.

Good luck

J

Sorry for the late response , I am in Canada at the moment.
Ying is registered with IPTI. Who ever you insure yourself with will probably have their own criteria for accepting clients or not.

If you have a neals yard shop near you ask them about renting space in one of their treatment rooms, the one near me was keen to get a swedish mate of mine, who is thinking of moving to the UK to go in cause she had done the Wat Po courses in Thai massage as well as some swedish massage courses too so may be worth looking into.

My wife took a course in Chiang Mai in traditional Thai Massage prior to arriving in the UK and is now working in a salon in London (as mentioned in another topic). She has since been told that the only recognised qualification in UK from Thailand is the one from Wat Po. She has been re-training at the salon in Swedish Massage as well as different forms of Thai Massage.

The other thing she was required to do was to get a licence from the local authority (Westminster City Council in her case). The salon owner has been in the business for a while and seems to know how to get all that is required. As far as I am aware it is the salon owner's responsibility to make sure they have adequate Public Liability Insurance.

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The other thing she was required to do was to get a licence from the local authority (Westminster City Council in her case).

Are you sure? despite all the diplomas etc. and different organisations I still think that the bottom line is that there is no requirement, though insurance is a good idea even that is not compulsory.

BigRed