VTCT Skills
Level 2
QN: 500/7357/6
Curriculum Active
VTCT Skills Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 655 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
14 Units
Guided Hours
655 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
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
Attach hair to enhance a style
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when attaching hair
- Be able to plan and prepare to attach hair
- Be able to attach and blend pieces of hair
- Be able to remove pieces of hair
- Be able to provide aftercare advice
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when attaching pieces of hair
- Understand how to perform tests for hair extensions
- Understand the factors that affect the hair, scalp and skin in relation to hair extension services
- Understand how to prepare a client for hair extensions
- Understand how to use different hair attachment systems
- Know cutting techniques when working with extensions
- Understand how to communicate with and provide aftercare advice to clients
3
Change hair colour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when colouring and lightening hair, 010.
- Understand the aftercare advice to provide clients
- Be able to prepare for colouring and lightening services
- Be able to colour and lighten hair
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when colouring hair
- Understand the purpose of colour tests and the testing procedures
- Understand the basic science for colouring and lightening services
- Understand colouring products, equipment and their use
- Understand colouring techniques s
4
Cut hair using basic techniques
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when cutting hair
- Be able to use hair cutting techniques to achieve a variety of looks
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand factors that can affect the service
- Understand hair cutting techniques
- Understand the aftercare advice to provide for clients
- Understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when cutting hair
5
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
6
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.
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
Plait and twist hair
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when plaiting and twisting
- Be able to plait and twist hair
- Understand salon and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when plaiting and twisting hair.
- Know the effect that plaiting and twisting has on hair
- Understand how to use plaiting and twisting techniques
- Understand how to use products to plait and twist hair
- Understand how to communicate with and provide aftercare advice to clients
11
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
12
Set and dress hair
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use effective and safe working methods when setting and dressing hair
- Be able to set hair
- Be able to dress hair
- Know salon and legal requirements
- Know how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when setting and dressing hair
- Understand the basic science of setting and dressing hair
- Know about products, equipment and their use
- Know about setting and dressing techniques and effects
- Know about aftercare advice for clients
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
14
Style and finish hair
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to use safe and effective methods of working when styling and finishing hair
- Be able to blow dry hair into shape
- Be able to finger dry hair into shape
- Be able to finish the hair
- Know salon and legal requirements
- Understand how to work safely, effectively and hygienically when styling
- Understand the effect of styling and finishing techniques on the hair
- Understand how to use products and equipment to style and finish hair
- Understand blow drying and styling techniques and methods
- Understand how to communicate with and provide aftercare advice to clients
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 500/7357/6
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2009