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Pre-Apprenticeship Course

If you are contemplating on getting into our industry, our Pre-apprenticeship course is a great way to start.

It will give you a mountain of knowledge to prepare you for your apprenticeship and beyond.

This course includes

  • Drawing Skills, point specific for our industry, from beginners through to advanced artwork like portraiture and photo realism

  • Shop etiquette and Front of House duties such as: customer service, pricing, bookings

  • Health Department requirements

  • Taxation requirements

  • Insurance

  • History and origin of Tattooing

  • Health and Safety and OH&S

  • Sterilisation and Infectious Disease Control

  • First Aid and Tattoo Aftercare

  • Setting up and maintaining a Tattoo Studio based on Health Department Guidelines

  • Stencilling – both making and applying stencils

  • Tattoo Machine Maintenance and Tuning

  • Applied use and maintenance of all Tattoo equipment

  • ​Ink and Needle selections

  • Basic Tattooing techniques, all practiced on synthetic skins

  • Portfolio preparation

Tattoo Academy & School

If this course ticks all of the boxes for you, please fill in the Enrollment Form below.

We will be in touch as soon as possible to get you on your way to a career in tattooing.

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