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Courses Available
This educational event comes with nine courses for those working in Body Piercing or adjacent industries. We invite piercers, apprentices, studio staff, owners, and environmental health professionals to participate!
Core Essentials is $200 with many scholarship opportunities available.
On May 31, 2024, the event will come to a close and all access to presentations will be removed.
  • INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL PLANS FOR BODY PIERCING FACILITIES WITH JOHN JOHNSON.
  • PIERCING THE NIPPLE: INTRODUCTION AND TECHNIQUE WITH BECKY DILL.
  • RUDY INHELDER’S TATTOO CLUB OF AMERICA WITH PAUL KING.
  • ADVANCED FUNDAMENTALS OF LIP PIERCINGS WITH JEF SAUNDERS.
  • OROFACIAL ANATOMY WITH ELAYNE ANGEL.
  • THE PHYSICS OF BODY JEWELRY WITH JEF SAUNDERS.
  • THE ART OF CLARITY; CRAFTING EFFECTIVE EMPLOYEE MANUALS WITH CRYSTAL SIMS.
  • SKIN PREPARATION AND DRAPES: ANTISEPSIS FOR BODY PIERCING WITH BRIAN SKELLIE.
Courses must be purchased before May 17th and completed by May 31, 2024.

Accessibility

All classes include English closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing.

APP ONLINE EDUCATION
CORE ESSENTIALS SCHOLARSHIP

The APP believes that all piercers deserve access to comprehensive industry-specific education. As a step towards that access, we are offering many Core Essentials Scholarships!

Scholarship applications will open on March 01 and remain open until May 01, 2024

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

What does the Scholarship cover?

The Scholarship covers the fees of this season’s Core Essentials offerings.  Nine courses are provided on-demand. Courses will be available and must be completed by May 31, 2024

Who is eligible for the scholarship?
  • Body Piercers and Body Piercing Apprentices
  • Currently experiencing financial hardship to the degree that class fees are prohibitive

Scholarship recipients will be notified as soon as possible whether or not they have received the scholarship. 

Recipients will then receive email notifications about registration. Courses may be assigned or discount codes may be provided. Once notified, the recipient will be able to log in whenever they wish through May 31, 2024

 Environmental Health Officials will be given access at no charge. If you are a Health Inspector, please email John Johnson for more information. JohnJ@safepiercing.org