CPD accredited tattoo courses in Birmingham, West Midlands · Book your place →
Two weeks in the studio that take you from your first machine set up to tattooing real skin, with hygiene, linework and shading covered properly along the way.
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Monday to Friday over two weeks, from your first set up to real skin.
You finish by tattooing real skin with a trainer beside you.
Room for every student to get proper time on the machine.
Evidence of your training for insurers, which you'll need before you register to tattoo.
About the course
This is the course to start with. Over 10 days in our Birmingham city centre studio, you go from setting up a machine for the first time to tattooing real skin, taught throughout by working artists from The Collective.
No tattoo experience is needed. The course suits creative people from any background, whether that's art, design, beauty, piercing or a sketchbook you've filled at home. It's a good fit if:
How it works
Pick a start date below and pay a deposit or the full amount.
Hygiene, machine set up, skin and stencils, with a trainer showing you each step.
Linework and shading, practised until they're clean and steady, with feedback as you go.
Bring it all together on real skin under supervision, then collect your CPD certificate.
The syllabus
Sterilisation, single use kit and avoiding cross contamination, to the standard Environmental Health expects.
How skin is built, how it takes ink and how it heals.
Setting up, tuning and maintaining your machine, and keeping a clean station.
Preparing and applying stencils, then pulling lines that stay steady and even.
Smooth gradients and solid black packing, repeated until your hand is consistent.
Supervised tattoos on real skin, plus consultations, aftercare and what the job involves day to day.
Dates and booking
Choose a date to book your place. You can pay a deposit to secure it, or pay in full.
Compare courses
Every course is CPD accredited and taught hands-on in our Birmingham studio. Call 07341 067281 and we'll help you choose.
Study the theory and the basics from home at your own pace, then spend 5 days on the practical side with us in Birmingham city centre.
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Book this course → See full course details: Hybrid Tattoo CourseTwo focused days on single needle and fine line work: needle choice, hand speed and depth, so your fine lines go in crisp and heal that way.
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Book this course → See full course details: Fine Line Tattoo CourseYes. It's built for complete beginners, and for newer artists who want their foundations done properly before they approach studios.
It's 10 teaching days, Monday to Friday over two weeks. Each date in the list above shows when that course starts and finishes.
Yes. By the end of the course you tattoo real skin, with a trainer supervising.
If you can't take two weeks off, look at the 5 day Hybrid Tattoo Course. You study the theory at home, then come in for a 5 day practical.
Registration is the council's decision, so no course can guarantee it. What you get is a grounding in the hygiene standards Environmental Health look for, and a CPD accredited certificate that helps you get the insurance you'll need.
Yes. Pay a deposit when you book online and the balance later. Our terms say when it's due.
Small classes. Places go quickly.
Questions first? Call 07341 067281 or email hello@birminghamtattooacademy.co.uk
