Hairdressing Level 2
Start Date: 2nd September 2024
- Length 1 Year
- Study Full Time
- Location West Lancashire College
More about the course
Do you have a passion for hairdressing? Learn the latest hairdressing techniques and gain experience in The Hair & Beauty Lounge. Women’s and Men’s Hairdressing is a fast moving, fashion orientated industry, releasing your creative and artistic talents.
Hairdressing in an essential part to the world of Fashion and Beauty and at West Lancashire College we have designed programmes to support you into the industry.
Our Level 2 technical certificate in Hairdressing aims to provide students with a range of essential practice skills and knowledge, which will ultimately help you to seek employment or further training.
Entry requirements
- 4 GCSEs at Grade 3-9, including English and/or Maths
What will I achieve?
If you successfully complete this course, you will receive a Level 2 Technical Certificate in Hairdressing.
What will I learn?
Mandatory units to be completed for the qualification:
- Follow Health and Safety practice in the salon
- Working in the hair industry
- Client consultation for hair services
- Shampoo and condition the hair and scalp
- Colour and lighten hair
- Cut women's hair
- The art of dressing hair
Current selected optional units:
- Display stock to promote sales in a salon
- Promote products and services to clients in a salon
- Create an image based on a theme within the hair and beauty sector
- Salon reception duties
What experience will I have?
- In-house training and enrichment with a leading industry hairdressing company
- Work related experience in our commercial salon
- The chance to be part of our elite competition team
- Attend cross college enrichment activities including guest speakers/ demonstrators/trips
- Pivot point recourse portal
How am I assessed?
- Exams
- Observed work
- Witness statements
- Evidence of prior learning or attainment
- written questions
- Oral questions
- Assignments
- Case studies
Where can I progress?
This is a nationally recognised qualification and students who successfully complete our Level 2 Technical Certificate in Hairdressing may progress to the Level 3 in Hairdressing.
Course costs
If you are 16-18 years old, you do not have to pay course tuition fees.
*Exam and registration fees will be paid for by the college. This is subject to satisfactory attendance and course completion
Contact our team
Meet our students and tutors
Emma Forgie
Hairdressing LecturerI am a passionate, experienced educator with a wealth of knowledge and experience in industry, with Master Colour Expert status. I love being a part of students' success and creativity for the ever-growing industry, as well as helping create hairdressers of the future.
What can I do with a qualification in Hair and Beauty?
Daily tasks:
- Ensures financial accounts for the business are maintained.
- Demonstrates, advises on and sells hair and/or beauty products.
- Checks and maintains any equipment, and ensures that all safety requirements are met.
- Undertakes and/or directs hair treatments and/or beauty therapy.
- Ensures clients.
- Provides clients with information and advice on styles and treatments, and resolves any complaints or problems.
- Controls the allocation, training and remuneration of staff.
- Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.
Daily tasks:
- Demonstrates, sells and recommends hair care products to clients and advises them on hair care.
- Ensures hair products are stored and used appropriately and observes relevant health and safety factors.
- Maintains client records and keeps up-to-date with new products, styles and techniques.
- Collects payment, arranges appointments and cleans and tidies salon.
- Shaves and trims beards and moustaches.
- Combs, brushes, blow-dries or sets wet hair in rollers to style or straighten.
- Cuts and trims hair using scissors, clippers, razor and comb.
- Washes, conditions, bleaches, tints or dyes hair and provides any necessary basic scalp treatments.
- Discusses customer requirements, analyses hair condition and other relevant features to define and advise on hair style.
Daily tasks:
- Maintains client records, sells and advises on cosmetic products and services, and ensures appropriate health and safety issues are addressed.
- Advises clients on diet and exercise to assist in weight loss and slimming.
- Recognises problems and refers clients to medical practitioners if appropriate.
- Performs specialist treatments for conditions such as acne, applies skin rejuvenation therapies.
- Applies make-up to hide blemishes or enhance facial features and advises clients on skin care and make-up techniques.
- Cleans, shapes and polishes finger and toe nails, applies nail extensions.
- Uses waxing, threading, sugaring and other epilation techniques to remove any unwanted body hair.
- Massages scalp, face and other parts of the body and carries out spray tanning.
- Discusses clients requirements, analyses and advises client on appropriate skin care, and applies treatments to the face or body.
Hair and Beauty at West Lancashire College
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