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The history of ITEC

ITEC was founded in 1947 by Dr Arnould Taylor to train and qualify people wishing to become beauty therapists.

In 1972 it became an Awarding Body – ITEC – and built up a large range of qualifications in Beauty, Complementary therapies and Sports therapies.

It grew outside the UK to have significant representation in Ireland, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand as well as in many smaller areas.

In 1999 ITEC became accredited to QCA as an awarding body and its qualifications were accepted on the National Qualifications framework

In 2005 ITEC started developing a range of new qualifications in a variety of career based sectors. Up to this point ITEC stood for "International Therapy Examination Council", which is no longer used as ITEC has moved beyond therapy qualifications.

In 2006 ITEC introduced automated marking of theory examinations. Answer sheets are now scanned electronically, speeding up the examination process and reducing any risk of papers being lost during marking.