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Level 2 programme: Hairdressing in a FE college


	Programme objectives		To enable students to demonstrate and apply vocational knowledge and understanding and specialist practical skills in order to achieve the NVQ To equip students for progression into employment in hairdressing or other employment and/or to NVQ level 3 To develop students’ understanding of the demand and expectations of work in a hairdressing salon and the business considerations behind them To develop confidence and maturity in working with others

	Main qualification		Hairdressing NVQ (level 2)

	Other compulsory qualification(s)		Key skills in communication, application of number and IT at level 1 or level 2, depending on previous achievement

	Other optional qualifications		Additional specialist NVQ units eg Afro Caribbean, shaving GCSE English and/or GCSE maths

	Duration		2 year

	Entry requirements		No formal requirements Selection through interview, hand-eye coordination and basic skills tests

	Progression opportunities		Full or part-time study to NVQ level 3 Advanced Modern Apprenticeship Employment in hairdressing Other employment

	Course content		Practical hairdressing (11 hours per week) with theoretical underpinning (2 hours per week). Includes: advising and consulting with clients developing and maintaining effective team work and relationship salon reception health, safety and security in the salon environment shampooing, conditioning, perming and neutralising, cutting, styling communication. Visits and exhibitions. Maths and ICT in hairdressing/business contexts (2 hours per week). Tutorial programme – progress review, portfolio building, personal and social education, careers education (4 hours per week). Visits from employees in a range of similar service sectors, discussing the priorities for their work, with a focus on business considerations. Local campaign – each year the hairdressing group investigates issues of local concern and chooses one as the focus of a planned awareness-raising and lobbying campaign.

	Additional opportunities		Non-examined modules in catering and leisure and tourism, including customer service and insight into hairdressing careers in the leisure and tourism or hotel trade. Learning support. Competing in national competitions.



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