18 Barbering Preparatory Programs

This program prepares students for licensing as a Barber. The Barbering program requires 1000 hours of comprehensive training in all facets of the Barbering Industry. Courses focus on theoretical fundamentals, practical manipulative skills, business knowledge, career development in the field, and the professional and ethical training needed for licensing through the California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.

Courses focus on theoretical fundamentals, practical manipulative skills, business knowledge, career development in the field, and the professional and ethical training needed for licensing through the California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.

The Department of Cosmetology and Barbering includes associate degree and certificate programs which are designed to provide the necessary skills

In this qualification, you will gain the skills and knowledge to be employed as a creative barber, working as part of a team in a Barbering and Hair Salon environment.

Start from scratch or build on your current hairdressing skills with the Certificate III in Barbering SHB30516.

The CG Diploma in Barbering Level 2 helps you develop the skills, knowledge, and experience to gain a Level 2 qualification and become a practising barber.

This qualification reflects the role of barbers who use a range of well-developed sales, consultation and technical skills and knowledge to provide a broad range of barbering services to clients. They use discretion and judgement to provide client services and take responsibility for the outcomes of their own work.

The VTCT Level 2 Certificate in Barbering is a qualification that has been specifically designed to develop your practical skills in the creative art of cutting men's hair, the specialist work of cutting facial hair and how to offer a good consultation service for clients.

This certificate program is designed to provide Cosmetology students with the necessary knowledge and skills required by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations for licensure.

In this course, you will have the opportunity to develop your sales and consultation skills, as well as specialist technical barbering skills including cutting hair using freehand clipper techniques, designing and maintaining beards and mustaches, and shaving heads and faces. You’ll also learn how to provide men’s general grooming services, identify and treat hair and scalp conditions, as well as how to create graduated and layered haircut structures, and how cut hair using over-comb techniques.

Hairdressing isn’t learned from textbooks; it’s learned in the salon. As a student in this program, you’ll have the opportunity to work with real clients in our student salon.

This course will provide you the skills and knowledge to perform as a leading barber in this fast growing industry. Learn cutting edge skills from an award winning barber or have your existing skills recognised.Alternatively, you may use the Skills Recognition Pathway: Skills Recognition is an acknowledgement of the skills you have learned from your work, from life experience, or from any previous training. 

This course is for anyone starting in Hair and Beauty therapy and wants an understanding of the industry to succeed in a job in the area or move on to further study.

The Level 1 Introduction to the Hair and Beauty Sector program will give you an insight into the different elements of hair, beauty, hair, and makeup.

This college intends to prepare Barber students with the necessary skills to meet the demand of the industry through exposure to practical, theoretical, and hands-on experience, safety and sanitary precautions, salon management, and state laws and first aid.