Example Basic Body Piercing Intensive Enrollment Agreement
San Francisco, CA
Wednesday - Saturday
10am - 7pm each day
$ 2,600
Enrollment requires an $800 deposit, with the remaining balance due 30 days before class starts
Course Description
Basic Body Piercing
Audience: The Basic Course is designed for those who are familiar with body piercing, who may or may not have already done some body piercing, and who wish to develop their piercing skills and practice this body art on a regular basis. The Basic Course is appropriate for beginners, apprentices, and established piercers with any level of experience.
Admission Requirements: The Fakir Musafar Foundation does not require any prior experience to attend our Basic Course, only a desire to learn and an ability to understand spoken English.
Enrollment requires that you provide or obtain:
- A current Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) training certificate, which we recommend you obtain from the Association of Professional Piercers (APP). Note that your BBP course must fulfill all the San Francisco Health Department’s requirements.
- A signed hepatitis B vaccination declination form (which we will provide as part of the enrollment process).
- A current California body arts practitioner license. If needed, we will assist you in obtaining a San Francisco body arts practitioner license, which requires the above two documents plus a copy of your ID and an additional fee.
Course Subjects include: Body Piercing as a Sacred Act, Art & Minor Surgical Procedure; Brief History & Traditions; Relevant Human Anatomy & Physiology; Bedside Manner; Breathing for Pain Control; Jewelry; Tools & Disposables; Piercing Fundamentals; Piercing Aesthetics (Marking & Placement); Health & Safety (Principles & Practices); Techniques for 24 Body Piercings; Piercing Aftercare.
Piercings: During the course, each student is required to perform at least two piercings under the close supervision of an instructor. Students are encouraged to receive demonstration and/or practice piercings (permanent or temporary) during the workshop.
Materials: Students receive an up-to-date Workbook designed to accompany and expand on class presentations and related topics, and a Certificate of Attendance.
Attendees at Fakir Workshops receive the best instruction currently available to do highly skilled and sophisticated body piercing.
Terms & Conditions
Completion & Placement: If you wish to receive a Certificate of Attendance, you must be present for at least 80% of the total instruction hours, or be willing to make up missed time on an individual basis (at no cost to you) as determined necessary by the course director. Fakir Musafar Foundation cannot offer any guarantee of employment or placement at any specific location or rate.
Transferability of Units: “Units” you earn for time spent in our programs are not likely to be transferable to any college or university. In addition, if you receive an attendance certificate for a Fakir workshop, it may or may not fulfill any requirement in any particular locale. Check with your city, county, or state government for certification requirements.
Complaint Process: Any registrant or attendee who wishes to lodge a complaint before, during or after the course should direct it to the course director, who is available every day before and after the course while in session, or at any other time through email or postal mail. For your own protection, please submit complaints in writing with a date. It is important that you keep copies of this enrollment agreement, receipts, and any other documents indicating funds paid to the Fakir Musafar Foundation.
Arbitration: All claims and disputes arising under or relating to this Enrollment Agreement are to be settled by binding arbitration in the state of California. An award of arbitration may be confirmed in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Your course costs, travel, and lodging, may represent business expenses or an income tax deduction. Save your receipts, and check with your accountant.
Cancellation & Substitution
Cancellation: We rely on your confirmed attendance to make important arrangements for the workshop. You may cancel this enrollment agreement and obtain a full refund* by providing a written, email, or telephone notice at least thirty (30) days prior to the first day of your workshop. Cancellations made during the 30 days prior to the start of your workshop will result in a 50% refund*. Cancellations received on or after the workshop start date (no-shows) are not eligible for a refund.
Refunds: We presently use Square to process payments, and therefore any refund requests will be subject to their refund process, and, most importantly, their “Refund Timeline” as described on the Refund Overview at Square.
*Refunded amounts will be reduced to cover the transaction fees charged by Square (typically 3.3% plus 30¢).
Transferability: Your workshop registration is transferable, provided that your replacement can meet all the above Admission Requirements. Substitutions must be requested in writing and are permitted up until the start of the workshop, provided licensing requirements can be met.
We recommend that you consider refundable or cancellable travel and lodging, along with travel insurance, given the possibility of last-minute policy changes or illness, particularly for those who are not fully up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations.