P.B.J. Piercer Training Program

Pacific Body Jewellery has been a front runner in professional training programs for aestheticians, tattooists and other persons wishing to learn the fine art of body piercing in a comprehensive and cost effective manner. Many shops wish to add body piercing to their line of services currently provided. Hiring someone off the street who claims to be a body piercer is not always the best and safest way to go. Learning the profession in a one on one training seminar is the only way to effectively learn the craft with the care and attention placed on safety and hygiene. Not one of our students has left without a wealth of information and ongoing professional assistance available to them 7 days a week.

Our training program is geared to operating P.S.E's in British Columbia and every Province across Canada. We understand your need to be at your shop to keep and eye on things and this is how our on-site training makes the difference, you learn in your shop, in your environment. We will assist you through the process of compliance with health regulations, inspection requirements and equipment allocation. Every facility we have trained has increased their income by taking our training program and included body piercing to their service lists. We do not train anyone who is not working in a licensed Personal Services Facility. To ensure public safety all individuals wishing to learn body piercing must be working in a duly licensed and inspected shop and be over the age of 19 years.

Our students are certified body piercers, backed by our senior piercers years of experience and knowledge of the craft and industry as a whole. We want to see you succeed in your desires and the only way to get what you want is to learn from an experienced professional piercer from Pacific Body Jewellery.

Areas covered in our training program

Sterilization Techniques (Autoclaves and Solutions)
Universal Precautions & Cross Contamination
Piercing Techniques (Basic Piercings)
Client Handling Skills (Interview and Aftercare)
Aftercare Troubleshooting
Understanding Body Jewellery Safety
Piercing Regulations (Federal & Provincial)
W.H.M.I.S. Data (Safety & Handling)

Gain the respect of other professional piercers in the field and learn to do it right the first time

We have several training options available, each option is geared to get you up a running in a safe and professional manner as quickly as possible. Our compression learning technique has proven successful for all our associated studios listed here in our website. Check them out and see what they have to say about the industry they now enjoy and the training they received for Pacific Body Jewellery.

Learn while you earn. Our on-site training seminar pays for itself. While you are learning to pierce you earn cash from the models you book for the piercings, this allows you to get 50% of your training fee back during the seminar and helps you build a clientele base. This is great for new piercing facilities or additions to an existing business. Call or e-mail us for more information on this specialized training program.

Apprenticing at our Studio

Our apprenticing program runs for a period of 6 months broken into two 3 month groups. The first three months are spent learning theory, procedures for disinfection and sterilization, *first aid O.F.A level 1 & C.P.R. ( *taught by Saint John's Ambulance ). The last three months are spent learning and performing the basic daily piercings under direct supervision of our senior body piercer. Our piercers are tested on their knowledge and understanding of all the material covered during training prior to certification** by our senior piercer. Hepatitis A and B inoculations are mandatory and are completed during the training period this is done in the interest of safety for the student and piece of mind for the general public.

Course Information

If you are interested in receiving more information about our courses for the 2009 / 2010 season please fax your request at: (250) 563-0644 or E-mail your request to: training@pacificbodyjewellery.com Training Info E-mail Address

Be sure to add your full name, address and phone number as well as the shop or studio name that you work at and the contact info for that location as well. Failure to do so will result in your request for information not being completed.

Courses are booking up fast so be sure to call for availability and further information on course costs. Please don't call the studio for information about the training courses, you will be referred back to the web site.

**Certification acknowledges training and compliance to current standing Guidelines issued by Health Canada and the requirements for operation of a Personal Services Establishment in British Columbia at the time the training was received by the certified individual. Pacific Body Jewellery, it's owners and it's agents in no way condones any deviation from our recommended procedures and standards for providing body piercing services in British Columbia or any other Province or Territory in Canada. Anyone providing piercing services is legally responsible and accountable under Canadian Criminal and Civil Law for their actions and our certification does not indemnify them from legal action due to negligence or errors and omissions.

The Smoking Gun The Smoking Gun Piercing guns have been the rage for many years prior to the advent of the modern body piercing movement, even then they were looked upon with an amount of disgust by the medical profession. One of the early versions of a professional "physician grade" autoclave safe piercing gun is depicted below. At the least this gun was operated by hand pressure and was used by a physician to insert metal studs into ear lobes.	The Great Debates The Great Debates From aftercare to jewellery preference, there will never be a time when two piercers will agree on absolutely everything. Is a piercer wrong or unprofessional because s/he prefers to use bent barbells instead of rings for navel piercings? Recommends Listerine instead of Oral-B? Uses 14 gauge barbells for tongue piercings?
I want to get a Piercing I want to get a Piercing! Shop around, visit the shops you have interest in and talk to the piercers, look at the studios ask some smart questions. Don't price shop, use your head, we are talking about your body and putting a hole in it somewhere. Do your research on the piercing you want then ask the piercer about the piercing and the aftercare for the piercing. Use common sense and gut instinct.	It's Infected, now what? It's infected now what? Professional piercers know much more about body piercing than the average person, so this in mind, you have to pick a course of action. Start by seeing your piercer as soon as possible. Infections are easy to treat so long as they are handled quickly and properly.
Common Sense Aftercare Aftercare is a simple procedure in the care of any body piercing from simple ear piercings to the extreme piercings, but you have to remember some common points with all aftercare instructions. Many clients quickly forget half of what they are told in the studio after getting a piercing, partly due to the excitement of the piercing and partly from the rush of having just got what they wanted for a while.	It's an Art form, It's what we do.Our body piercer is among some of the most experienced piercers in British Columbia. Our senior piercer is from the old school of piercing and studied various piercing methods at length as well as many variations offered by other senior piercers in the industry. Instrument use, technique, sterilization methods and metals used for the process of piercing were looked at in great detail.