Through completion of this apprenticeship standard, you will develop the core barbering knowledge, skills and behaviours required to safely and professionally offer a full range of core barbering services to a commercially viable standard including; creatively cutting and styling men’s hair, designing and shaping facial hair and shaving. You will develop your barbering skills in a commercial barbering environment, working on real clients to develop the customer service, communication and consultation behaviours essential to offering a high-quality barbering service. You will work on clients with hands-on support provided by your tutor to develop the core barbering skills required to cut all hair types and lengths. You will be able to prepare clients for services through shampooing and conditioning their hair, sectioning and planning a haircut, clipper work including clipper over comb, blending and fading, cutting with scissors including the creation and following of guidelines to create the core hairstyle shapes utilising club cutting and point cutting. You will also develop your creative cutting skills as part of this apprenticeship, you will be able to combine techniques to create and remove weight and add texture hair where required. You will develop a thorough knowledge of barbering styling products and be able to style hair using a variety of techniques to create the desired look. Structured theory sessions will provide you with the underpinning knowledge required to select the correct tools, techniques and products required based on your client's hair characteristics.

Duration: 12 – 16 Months

Study Model: Weekly attendance on Mondays 12:30 – 20:00

Price: No cost to learners. Employers have to pay a 5% contribution to training costs for apprentices over 19.

The level 2 NVQ diploma in barbering is a comprehensive barbering training programme aimed at learners who are new to the barbering industry. Through completion of this qualification, you will develop the core barbering knowledge, skills and behaviours required to safely and professionally offer a full range of core barbering services to a commercially viable standard including; cutting and styling men’s hair, designing and shaping facial hair as well as other possibilities available through the selection of optional units.

Duration: 9 – 12 months

Study Model: Weekly attendance on Mondays 14:00 – 20:00

Price: £3300

The level 2 certificate in barbering (VRQ) is an introductory barbering training programme aimed at learners who are new to the barbering industry. Through completion of this qualification, you will develop the core barbering knowledge, skills and behaviours required to safely complete basic barbering services including:

• Consulting with clients

• Cutting men’s hair

• Cutting men’s facial hair

Through completion of this qualification, you will develop the skills that will allow you to safely complete the core barbering services of cutting hair and facial hair. You will understand how to consult with a client to establish the service requirements. You will be able to plan a basic haircut utilising guidelines to create core shapes and use cross-checking the assure accuracy and balance. You will understand how to use clippers to remove length, blend and fade hair. You will be able to use scissors to remove length and blend hair using scissor over comb and will understand and be able to use club cutting and point cutting to create basic hairstyles. You will be able to shape beards utilising clippers and scissors and create accurate beard outlines that compliment your client’s face shape.

Duration: 20 weeks

Study Model: weekly attendance on Mondays 14:00 -20:00

Price: £1800