VTCT Skills
Level 3
QN: 610/4309/6
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VTCT Skills Level 3 Diploma in Hairdressing
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by VTCT Skills. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1436 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
VTCT Skills
Syllabus Units
16 Units
Guided Hours
1436 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Attach hair using heat, chemical adhesive and/or advanced techniques
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when attaching hair using heat, chemical adhesive and/or advanced techniques
- Be able to attach hair using heat, chemical adhesive and/or advanced techniques
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols when attaching hair using heat, chemical adhesive and/or advanced techniques
- Know and understand the factors that may influence when attaching hair using heat, chemical adhesive and/or advanced techniques
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when attaching hair using heat, chemical adhesive and/or advanced techniques
2
Combine hairdressing cutting techniques to create a bespoke restyled look
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when combining hairdressing cutting techniques to create a bespoke restyled look
- Be able to combine hairdressing cutting techniques to create a bespoke restyled look
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect hair cutting services when carrying out a bespoke restyled look
- Know and understand the factors that may influence hair cutting services when carrying out a bespoke restyled look
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used to create a bespoke restyled look
3
Consult, assess, plan and prepare for hairdressing/barbering services
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when consulting, assessing, planning and preparing for hairdressing/barbering services
- Be able to consult
- plan and prepare for hairdressing/barbering services
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect consulting, assessing, planning and preparing for hairdressing/barbering services
- Know and understand the factors that may influence consulting, assessing, planning and preparing for hairdressing/barbering services
- Know and understand the tools and techniques used when consulting, assessing, planning and preparing for hairdressing/barbering services
4
Contribute to the financial effectiveness of the business
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to contribute to the effective use and monitoring of resources
- Be able to meet productivity and development targets
- Know and understand how to contribute to the effective use and monitoring of resources
- Know and understand how to meet productivity and development targets
5
Creatively colour and lighten the hair using advanced techniques
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when creatively colouring and lightening the hair using advanced techniques
- Be able to colour and lighten the hair using advanced techniques to achieve a variety of creative looks
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect creative hair colouring and lightening services using advanced techniques
- Know and understand the factors that may influence creative hair colouring and lightening services using advanced techniques
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when creatively colouring and lightening the hair using advanced techniques
6
Creatively set, style, dress and finish hair using advanced techniques
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when creatively setting, styling, dressing and finishing hair using advanced techniques
- Be able to creatively set, style, dress and finish hair using advanced techniques
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect creatively setting, styling, dressing and finishing hair using advanced techniques
- Know and understand the factors that may influence creatively setting, styling, dressing and finishing hair using advanced techniques
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when creatively setting, styling, dressing and finishing hair using advanced techniques
7
Cultivate, maintain and repair locks
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when cultivating, maintaining and repairing locked hair
- Be able to cultivate
- maintain and repair locked hair
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols when cultivating, maintaining and repairing locked hair
- Know and understand the factors that may influence cultivating, maintaining and repairing locked hair
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when cultivating, maintaining and repairing locked hair
8
Develop, enhance and evaluate your creative hairdressing skills
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Key Learning Objectives:
- The main outcomes of this unit are
- Be able to plan and design a range of images
- Be able to produce a range of creative images
- Be able to evaluate the results against the design plan objectives
- Know and understand how to plan and design a range of images
- Know and understand how to produce a range of creative images
- Know and understand how to evaluate the results against the design plan objectives
9
Implement and maintain safe, hygienic and effective working practices
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to implement and maintain safe, hygienic and effective working practices for hairdressing/barbering services
- Be able to carry out risk assessments for hairdressing/barbering services
- Know and understand how to implement and maintain safe, hygienic and effective working practices for hairdressing/barbering services
- Know and understand the infection prevention and control procedures for hairdressing/barbering services
10
Plan, implement and evaluate promotional activities
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan and prepare a promotional activity
- Be able to implement a promotional activity
- Be able to evaluate promotional activities
- Know and understand how to plan and prepare a promotional activity
- Know and understand how to produce a promotional activity
- Know and understand how to evaluate promotional activities
11
Plan, prepare and participate in competitions in the hairdressing and barbering sector
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to explore and produce a range of designs to meet a competition entry
- Be able to participate in a competition
- Be able to evaluate the results against the design plan objectives
- Know and understand how to explore and produce a range of designs to meet a competition entry
- Know and understand how to participate in a competition
- Know and understand how to evaluate the results against the design plan objectives
12
Provide advanced perming techniques
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing hair perming and neutralising services using advanced perming techniques
- Be able to perm and neutralise hair using advanced perming techniques
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect perming and neutralising hair services using advanced perming techniques
- Know and understand the factors that may influence perming and neutralising hair services using advanced perming techniques
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when perming and neutralising hair using advanced perming techniques
13
Provide hair colour corrective services
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing hair colour corrective services
- Be able to provide hair colour corrective services
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect providing hair colour corrective services
- Know and understand the factors that may influence providing hair colour corrective services
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when providing hair colour corrective services
14
Provide hair smoothing treatments
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when providing hair smoothing treatments
- Be able to provide hair smoothing treatments
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect providing hair smoothing treatments
- Know and understand the factors that may influence providing hair smoothing treatments
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when providing hair smoothing treatments
15
Relax hair permanently
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain safe and effective methods of working when permanently relaxing hair
- Be able to relax hair permanently
- Know and understand how health and safety policies and protocols affect permanently relaxing hair
- Know and understand the factors that may influence permanently relaxing hair
- Know and understand the tools, equipment, products and techniques used when permanently relaxing hair
16
Undertake freelance work
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to market yourself as a freelancer
- Be able to negotiate freelance contracts
- Be able to carry out freelance work to meet contracts
- Be able to manage your finances and work administration
- Know and understand how to undertake freelance work
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/4309/6
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- VTCT Skills
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Aug 2024