Courses

First impressions are everything. This programme is focused on enhancing the quality of your consultation, focusing on your clients needs,expectations and requirements.

• The meet and greet
• The three p's (presentation/politeness/positivity)
• Understanding the clients current look
• to restyle or not to restyle" that is the question
• Understanding your clients dress code,styleand personal fashion likes
• Understanding your clients head shape,face size and working with this to achieve a high calibre bespoke look.

A one day programme aimed to educate you on creating different facial shapes, shaving techniques and facial masssage

• Health and safety
• Tool hygiene and sterilisation
• The side burn
• Creating facial shapes
• A clean clipper shave
• A man's moustache
• Different strokes for different results
• Reversing your blade
• Skin pulling and why
• Directional growth changes in the face and neck
• The finish
• After care

An advanced cut throat course focusing on the art of using the cut throat blade. Giving you greater insight into the tools involved, blade angles and different strokes

• Health and safety
• Tool hygiene and sterilisation
• Cut throat education
• How to set blade
• Correct grip and posture
• Angle of your blade
• Lubricants oils/foams/gels
• Correct wrist movement and feel

A two day workshop designed to give you greater knowledge into the transitional techniques and methods used in modern barbering

• Health and safety
• Tool hygiene
• The essence of a fade/blend
• Low/medium/high fades/blends
• Wrist work and it's importance
• What clipper guards to use, when and why
• the skin fade
• After care

A two day workshop focusing on the definition and precision needed to create the perfect shape up/line up

• Health and safety
• Tool hygiene and sterilisation
• Envisioning the shape up before you start
• Consultation
• Howfarornotsofarto take a clients hairline
• The corners-creating your l's or 7's
• Correct wrist work and movement
• After care

Qualification Structure

Mandatory - from this group you'll need to cover a minimum of 1 components and earn a minimum of 4 credits.

• UNIT CODEUN2GH13
• UNIT REFL/600/1004
• UNIT TITLEUN2GH13
• LEVEL 2
• CREDITS 4
• GLH37

A fantastic introductory barbering course

• Health and safety
• The three P's: presentation/politeness/positivity
• Meet and greet
• The power of the consultation
• The art of gowning
• Clipper education from grade 0 to grade 8
• Tool hygiene and sterilisation
• Grip and posture
• Clipper confidence
• The "one level/length" haircut

An intermediate course designed to cultivate the creativity needed to make you commercially viable

• The art of fading
• Hair movement and directional growth/change
• The art of shaping up/lining up
• The side burn
• The art of shaving
• Creating facial shapes
• A clean clipper shave
• Men's moustache

An advanved course for those interested in refreshing their skills or further their skills with a view to focus on high level finishing and exceptional attention to detail

• Cut throat/ blade work
• Creating shapes in/with hair
• Manipulating hair to create shapes
• Line work
• Patterns/designs/creative art work
• Free hand clipper work
• Clipper over comb
• Scissors over comb
• Products to apply
• Styling
• After care Specials:
• Box cut/high top
• The taper

This qualification is about the precision cutting skills involved in barbering to achieve a variety of looks and neckline finishes for men using club cutting, scissors over comb, clippers over comb, thinning and freehand techniques. In this qualification, razors will only be used for removing unwanted hair outside the outline shape.

A 12 week fast track course aimed at fine tuning the major elements of your barbering, getting you commercially viable and shop floor ready

• This course is a culmination of all the course we have on offer in a more in depth/hands on approach

This qualification is based on the national occupational standards for barbering and includes all the required elements to work effectively as a junior barber. Learners must achieve all mandatory units which include:

• Advise and consult with clients
• Shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp
• Develop and maintain your effectiveness at work
• Cut men's hair using basic techniques
• Cut facial hair to shape using basic techniques
• Dry and finish men's hair
• Create basic outlines and detailing in hair

Throughout this qualification, learners will develop their knowledge and understanding of relevant anatomy and physiology and health and safety. They will also develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to advise and consult, and provide a range of cutting and barbering services specifically for men's hair, which includes shaving and creating facial hair shapes. In parallel, learners will develop their communication and customer service skills, their awareness of environmental sustainability and their commercial skills, all of which are valued highly by employers. Problem solving and research skills will also be developed. In addition to completing mandatory units, learners are required to achieve nine credits from optional units which include (this list is not exhaustive): assist with shaving services, relax hair, perm and neutralise hair, plait and twist hair and colour and lighten men's hair.

The VTCT Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Barbering is an occupational qualification that provides you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to work as an employed and/or self-employed barber able to work on hair combining a variety of different technical skills. This qualification is ideal for those who hold a hairdressing or barbering qualification and work in a commercial barbershop/salon

Why is this qualification the most suitable?

This qualification covers specific skills necessary to work as a senior hairdresser in the men's/barber hairdressing industry. The qualification builds on existing knowledge and understanding of hairdressing and develops more detailed and enhanced technical skills necessary for employment. Your skills and techniques will be assessed in a real working environment.

What does this qualification cover?

There are four mandatory units in this qualification for you to study including:

• Provide client consultation services
• Creatively cut hair using a combination of barbering techniques
• Design and create a range of facial hair shapes
• Provide shaving services

You will then be able to select a minimum of two optional units from a range of 10 units which includes: provide specialist hair and scalp treatments; colour and lighten mens hair; hair colour correction services.

The full range of units can be found within the record of assessment book.