Every certificate from the Avana Academy has its own number. Enter it below to see which course was completed, at which salon and on what date.
Avana checks every Avana Academy certificate number against the records of the salon that ran the course. Nothing is added and nothing is left out.
You see the course, the salon that issued the certificate, the town, the date the course was completed and how many hours it took. The learner's name is shown with the surname shortened.
No email address, no home address and no file to download. Anyone with the number may check that it is real, and that is as far as this page goes.
The page says so, along with the name of the salon that issued it. Only that salon knows the reason, so that is who to ask. A withdrawn number stays visible on purpose.
The Avana Academy is where hair, nail, lash, PMU and beauty salons sell their own courses. The lessons are online, the practical day sits in the salon's calendar, and everyone who finishes gets a named certificate with its own number.
An apprentice, a client who wants to start out, someone who asked you in a DM. In the Academy you set that explanation up once, as text with photos, a workbook or a video, so filming is optional. The theory is covered at home before anyone stands next to you on the practical day.
Anyone can copy a well-designed certificate, and then it is worth nothing. That is why every Academy certificate gets a number that cannot be worked out from anything, plus a QR code pointing to this page. Whoever is shown the certificate can verify it in seconds, and that lets you charge more for your course.
The number of an Avana Academy certificate is printed at the bottom, next to the QR code. It starts with AVA and is followed by eight characters in two groups of four. Lower case is fine and you can leave out the dashes. If you scan the QR code with your phone, you land on the result directly and do not need to type anything.
First check the Avana Academy number was copied exactly as printed. Numbers never use the letters I, L, O or U, precisely to avoid mix-ups: what looks like an O is a zero, and what looks like an I is a 1. If the number is right and still not found, ask the salon whether the certificate was issued through Avana. Certificates from before the Academy do not carry this number.
Avana shortens the surname because the certificate check only needs to confirm that a certificate is genuine. A first name and the initial of the surname are enough for that, and nothing more about a person ends up on a public page than necessary. The learner has their own PDF with their full name and can forward it.
No, an Avana Academy certificate confirms that someone completed a course run by that salon, with the salon's name and the owner's own words on it. It is not a regulated qualification and does not appear on a national register. That is exactly what it says, and no more.
A withdrawn Avana Academy certificate is one the issuing salon has taken back. That can be because of a refund, a mistake in the details, or something between the salon and the learner. Only the salon can explain, so ask them. The number stays checkable, so a withdrawn certificate never quietly disappears.
No, Avana only shows whether a certificate number is valid, and the file itself is only for the learner and the salon that ran the course. This page confirms that the number exists and what it belongs to. If you want to see the document itself, ask the learner for it.
Your Avana Academy certificate is attached to the last lesson of your course, and it was also sent in the email you received when you finished. If you cannot get to it, ask the salon where you took the course, as they can send the email again.
Salons do this with the Avana Academy: you set up your course, and everyone who completes it gets a named certificate with a number and a QR code that leads to this page. You decide what goes on it, in your own colour and with your own logo. The Academy goes on your Avana plan for £8.99 a month, or on its own for £9.99. See what it costs.
Yes, a salon can issue its own certificate, for example through the Avana Academy, and it needs no approval to do so. A certificate for your own course states that someone completed your course, with your salon as the trainer, and you do not need to apply for anything. Just leave off the logo or seal of any trade body you do not belong to, and do not call your course an accredited qualification.
An Avana Academy certificate is not a regulated qualification; in the UK, regulated qualifications are the ones listed on the Ofqual register, such as an NVQ or a qualification from an awarding body. A salon certificate sits alongside that: it shows who someone learned from and what they learned.
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Every certificate from the Avana Academy carries a number starting with AVA, followed by eight characters (for example AVA-7K4M-2PQD). Enter that number on Avana's certificate page to see whether it exists, which course was completed, which salon issued it, in which town, on what date and how many hours the course took. The name is shown with the surname shortened. If the salon has withdrawn the certificate, the page says that too. If the number does not exist, no certificate with that number was issued through Avana.
Avana is booking software for salons. You get your own booking page where clients make appointments themselves, in the evening and at weekends too, and each booking lands straight in your calendar. Confirmations and reminders go out on their own, by email and by text, so fewer people forget to turn up. After a visit, the client is in your client records with what was done and when. Avana is built for hair salons, barbershops, nail techs, beauty therapists, lash techs and other trades where one person runs the place, and you can add someone who helps out.
The Avana Academy is the part you use to sell your skills. It sits in the same system as your appointments. You create a course, fill in the lessons, add a practical day if you run one, and publish. Anyone who wants to learn your trade, whether a beginner, an apprentice or a client starting out, signs up on your own course page. That page hangs under your salon page, so someone searching Google for a course in your town can find it.
What it costs: £8.99 a month on top of your Avana plan. That is the whole Academy, with as many learners as you can teach, plus an early-bird price, discount codes, a free taster lesson and a waitlist. Whatever you charge for your course is yours to keep. The Academy on its own, without a plan, is £9.99 a month; all prices include VAT. You can cancel any month, and if you stop, your learners keep access to their course and their certificates stay valid.
How learners pay is up to you. If you handle it yourself, the sign-up comes in and they pay by a bank transfer, cash or a payment link you already use. If you choose online payment, the course opens as soon as it is paid, any service fee is included in the price shown from the start, and you get an invoice in your salon's name.
From lesson to certificate. A lesson is a video, text with photos or a workbook as a file. You can add multiple-choice questions and write why the right answer is right, which appears the moment someone gets it wrong. On the practical day you tick off who attended. Once everything is complete, Avana creates the certificate with the learner's name, your salon name, your own words, your colour and your typeface, and a number underneath. It is emailed to the learner and kept with the last lesson.
And then that number. A certificate is a file, and a file can be faked. So every certificate from the Academy gets a randomly generated number that says nothing about the name, the course or the date, and one number never leads to the next. A QR code beside it leads to this page. Whoever sees the certificate can type in the number and know within seconds whether it is real and what it covers. If something turns out to be wrong later, the salon withdraws the certificate and this page shows that from then on. See the Avana Academy or see what Avana costs.
Booking software for salons that work with one person or a small team. Clients book online, appointments go straight into your calendar, confirmations and reminders send themselves, your clients are kept in one place and invoices are made for you. No commission is taken per booking.
The Avana Academy is the course platform from Avana for salons and beauty professionals in the UK: you sell your own course with lessons online, a practical day in your calendar and a certificate with the learner's name on it, and no commission is taken from your course price. Each certificate gets a number that anyone can check on this page, and the practical day sits in the same calendar as your treatments.
Anyone with the number. No account is needed and nobody keeps track of who looks. That is deliberate: a certificate is meant to be shown, and a check hidden behind a login does not get used.
Then it does not exist. Numbers are eight characters long and generated at random, with possible combinations running into the trillions. Guessing is pointless, and an existing number gives no clue to the next one.
The course, the date and the name are fixed the moment the certificate is issued. What a salon can do is withdraw it, and that then shows on this page with the salon's name.
The time for all lessons and practical days together, as the salon set it in the course. It gives you a way to compare two courses side by side, even when their titles say very little.
Set up your lessons, hold the practical day on a date that suits you, and give everyone who finishes a certificate with a number. From £8.99 a month on top of your Avana plan.
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