Qualification: Certificate in Women's Hairdressing Level 2

Start date: 10/06/2023

Times: Saturdays 9am - 4.30pm

Location: Canterbury College

Fee: Multiple Funding Options*

Duration: 6 months

Level 2 Hairdressing (Weekend Course)

This course will prepare you to enter the specific sector of hairdressing as a junior hairdresser/stylist.

This is a vocational qualification and includes all the required elements to work effectively as a hairdresser/stylist including the mandatory units which include, working in the hair industry, health and safety, client consultation, shampoo and conditioning hair, cutting women's hair and the art of dressing hair.

What will I learn?

Learners will complete 7 units:

The art of dressing hair
Client consultation for hair services
Follow health and safety practice in the salon
Working in the hair industry
Cut women's hair
Shampoo and condition the hair and scalp
Colour and lighten hair

How will I be assessed?

Students are assessed by completing a personal portfolio, observed tasks and question papers.

What may it lead to?

Whilst this qualification's primary purpose is to prepare you for employment, you may choose to further develop your skill base by undertaking specialist qualifications at Level 3, including:

- VTCT Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing
- VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Women's Hairdressing
- VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Hairdressing Studies

What qualifications do I need?

Learners do not need any prior qualifications or experience for this course, and all applicants will be interviewed and assessed on an individual basis.

Part-time courses are only for students that are 19 years of age and over at the start of their study programme.

Fees and costs

EKC Group are utilising Adult Education Budget (AEB) funding, through the Government, to make learning more accessible for our communities, therefore:

*Dependant on your income, this course may be available to you full or partially funded.

Please contact our centre to discuss funding options: email adultlearning@eastkent.ac.uk or call 01843 605045.