VTCT Skills
    Level 3
    QN: 601/5796/3
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    VTCT Skills (ITEC) Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Barbering

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1212 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    VTCT Skills
    Syllabus Units
    14 Units
    Guided Hours
    1212 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Colour and lighten men's hair

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to colour and lighten men's hair
    • Know how health and safety policies and procedures affect men's colouring and lightening services
    • Understand the factors that influence men's colouring and lightening services
    • Understand the science of colouring and lightening hair
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used for men's colouring and lightening services
    2

    Contribute to the financial effectiveness of the business

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to contribute to the financial effectiveness of the salon business
    • Understand salon procedures and legal requirements for the financial effectiveness of the salon business
    • Understand resource use, monitoring and recording used in salon business
    • Understand how effective communication affects the achievement of productivity and development targets
    3

    Contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of promotional activities

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan
    • implement and evaluate promotional activities
    • Understand the impact of health and safety on promotional activities
    • Understand how to plan for and run a promotional activity
    • Understand the importance of evaluating promotional activities
    4

    Creatively Cut Hair Using a Combination of Barbering Techniques

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to cut hair using a combination of barbering techniques
    • Understand how health and safety policies and procedures affect creative cutting services
    • Understand the factors that may influence creative cutting services
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used for creative hair cutting services
    5

    Design and Create a Range of Facial Hair Shapes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to design and create a range of facial hair shapes
    • Understand how health and safety policies and procedures affect facial hair cutting services
    • Understand the factors that influence facial hair cutting services
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used to cut facial hair
    6

    Design and Create Patterns in Hair

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to design and create patterns in hair
    • Understand how health and safety policies and procedures affect creative hair cutting services
    • Understand the factors that influence creative hair cutting services
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used to design and create patterns in hair
    7

    Develop, enhance and evaluate your creative hairdressing skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan and develop a range of creative hair designs
    • Understand how health and safety policies and procedures affect the creation of images for promotional activities
    • Understand the factors that influence the planning and presentation of creative hair designs
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used to create hair designs
    8

    Fulfil Salon reception duties

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to carry out salon reception duties
    • Understand salon and legal requirements for carrying out salon reception duties
    • Know the operations of the salon
    9

    Hair colour correction services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to carry out hair colour correction services
    • Understand how health and safety policies and procedures affect hair colour correction services
    • Understand the factors that influence hair colour correction services
    • Understand the science of hair colour correction services
    • Understand the products and techniques used in hair colour correction services
    10

    Perm and neutralise hair

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to perm and neutralise hair
    • Know how health and safety policies and procedures affect perming, neutralising and chemical rearranging services
    • Understand the factors that influence the perming, neutralising and chemical rearranging services
    • Understand the science of the perming, neutralising and chemical rearranging services
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used for perming, neutralising and chemical rearranging services
    11

    Provide a variety of relaxing services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to provide a variety of relaxing services
    • Understand how health and safety policies and procedures affect relaxing services
    • Understand the factors that may influence relaxing services
    • Understand the science of relaxing hair
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used for relaxing services
    12

    Provide client consultation services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to provide consultation for hair services
    • Understand the relevant policies and procedures when carrying out consultation services
    • Understand the science of hair, skin and scalp
    13

    Provide shaving services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to provide shaving services
    • Understand how health and safety affects shaving services
    • Understand the factors that influence shaving services
    • Understand the science of hair, skin and scalp
    • Understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used for shaving services
    14

    Provide specialist hair and scalp treatments

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to provide specialist hair and scalp treatments
    • Understand how health and safety policies and procedures affect specialist hair and scalp treatments
    • Understand the factors that influence colour and lightening services
    • Understand the science of specialist hair and scalp treatments
    • Understand the products, tools, equipment and techniques, for hair and scalp treatments

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    601/5796/3
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    VTCT Skills
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Dec 2015