VTCT Skills
Level 2
QN: 500/7356/4
Curriculum Active
VTCT Skills Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Barbering
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 602 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
13 Units
Guided Hours
602 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Advise and consult with clients
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify what services clients want
- Be able to analyse the hair, skin and scalp
- Be able to advise clients and agree services and products
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand salon services products and prices
- Understand how to perform hair, skin and scalp analysis
- Understand methods of communication
2
Change men’s hair colour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use safe and effective and methods of working when changing men’s hair colour
- Be able to prepare for changing men’s hair colour
- Be able to change men’s hair colour
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when changing men’s hair colour
- Understand how to carry out colour tests
- Understand the basic science of hair colouring and lightening
- Understand how to use products and equipment related to changing men’s hair colour
- Understand how to use colouring techniques to change men’s hair colour
- Understand how to communicate and provide aftercare advice to clients
3
Create Basic Patterns in hair
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use effective and safe working methods when colouring hair
- Be able to plan and agree hair pattern designs with the client
- Be able to create patterns in hair
- Know salon and legal requirements
- Know how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when cutting hair
- Know how to create designs in hair
- Know the hair and skin
- Know about preparation, cutting techniques and problem solving
- Know how to communicate with clients and provide information
4
Cut facial hair to shape using basic techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain effective and safe methods of working when cutting facial hair
- Be able to cut beards and moustaches to maintain their shape
- Be able to provide aftercare advice
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when cutting facial hair
- Understand how to use tools and equipment
- Understand cutting techniques for facial hair
- Understand aftercare advice for clients
5
Cut hair using basic barbering techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use effective and safe working methods when colouring hair
- Be able to cut hair to achieve a variety of looks
- Know salon and legal requirements
- Know how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when cutting hair
- Know about hair growth factors
- Know about the use of cutting techniques
- Know cutting equipment and its use
- Know how to communicate hair maintenance and management information to clients
6
Develop and maintain effectiveness at work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to improve their personal performance at work
- Be able to work effectively as part of a team
- Understand salon roles, procedures and targets
- Understand how to improve their performance
- Understand how to work with others
7
Dry and finish men’s hair
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when drying and finishing hair
- Be able to dry and finish hair
- understand salon and legal requirements affecting the service
- understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when drying hair to shape
- understand the basic science that relates to drying and finishing men’s hair
- understand how to use drying and finishing techniques, methods, products, equipment
- understand how to communicate and provide aftercare advice for clients
8
Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safety
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify the hazards and evaluate the risks in the workplace.
- Be able to reduce the risks to health and safety in the workplace.
- Know how to reduce risks to health and safety in the workplace.
9
Fulfil salon reception duties
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain the reception area
- Be able to attend to clients and enquiries
- Be able to make appointments for salon services
- Be able to handle payments from clients
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand communication methods
- Understand salon services, products and pricing
- Understand how to calculate and take payments
- Understand how to make appointments
10
Give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisation.
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- establish rapport with customers
- respond appropriately to customers
- communicate information to customers
- understand how to give customers a positive impression of themselves and the organisation
11
Perm and neutralise hair
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use effective and safe working methods when perming and neutralising hair
- Be able to prepare for perming and neutralising
- Be able to perm and neutralise hair
- Know the salon and legal requirements
- Know how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when perming and neutralising hair
- Know about the use of testing for perming and neutralising services
- Know basic science for perming
- Know products, equipment and their use
- Know about perming and neutralising techniques and problems
- Know how to communicate and provide aftercare advice to clients
12
Promote additional services or products to customers
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- identify additional services or products that are available, inform customers about additional services or products, gain customer commitment to using additional services or products
- understand how to promote additional services or products to customers
13
Shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use effective and safe working methods when shampooing, conditioning and treating the hair and scalp
- Be able to shampoo hair and scalp
- Be able to condition and treat the hair and scalp
- Know the salon and legal requirements
- Know how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when shampooing, conditioning and treating the hair and scalp
- Know basic science for shampooing, conditioning and treating the hair and scalp
- Know products, equipment and their use
- Know shampooing, conditioning and treatment techniques
- Know how to communicate and provide aftercare advice for clients
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 500/7356/4
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2009