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What is the best course for me to become a well-paid, successful hairdresser?

You can take a hairdressing course full-time or part-time from home, at a college, or study as a trainee, learning on the job and attending college on a day-release. Whichever option you choose, the following qualifications are available for you to study:

• NVQ levels 1, 2 and 3 in Hairdressing
• NVQ levels 2 and 3 in Barbering.

NVQ Level 1 course covers all the introductory skills you would need to learn as an assistant hairdresser. NVQ Level 2 adds the essential skills you would need to study to become a hairdresser. NVQ Level 3 teaches you the skills needed for more senior roles.

Visit Open Study College to learn about the excellent hairdressing courses that you can study at home.  This option is ideal if you need to fit your studies around your lifestyle, for example if you have children or a job already.

You may be able to study hairdressing through an Apprenticeship scheme. The range of Apprenticeship courses available in your area will depend on the local hairdressers or barbers that may subscribe to the scheme.

What further courses can I study once I’m working as a hairdresser?

Once you have trained and are working as a hairdresser, you will want to keep learning about new trends, techniques and hairdressing products. Product manufacturers sometimes run short courses to introduce their hairdressing products, which can be a useful, free source of hairdressing courses.

Once you are a qualified hairdresser, you will be able continue to study more advanced hairdressing courses such as colouring courses and perming courses.  There is a NVQ Level 4 in Salon Management which could be a useful course if you want to progress further to manage your own salon or become a self-employer hairdresser.

As an experienced hairdresser, you could also develop your career by completing higher level hairdressing courses, including:

• City & Guilds Level 4 Higher Professional Diploma in Salon Management
• BTEC HNC/HND and foundation degrees in hairdressing.  This is often combined with salon management
• Beauty therapy and hairdressing course. Home beauty therapy courses are available here.

Feel free to use OpenStudyCollege’s contact form, which can be found here: Questions About Home Courses. A tutor will respond as soon as possible.

Home hairdressing courses are usually marked by your course provider. In the case of Open Study College everyone studying the course is supplied with envelopes in order to return your completed work to them. When they receive your coursework they will mark it and then return it to you. On completion of the course you will be awarded their diploma showing your accomplishment in the subject of hairdressing.

This will depend on the provider of the hairdressing course. With Open Study College there are no additional costs, unless you choose to take the final examination, in which case there will be an additional fee for your hairdressing exam. But the hairdressing certification provide by Open Study College will be issued for free.

Well that depends on the course. With Open Study College all your coursework goes towards a certification that they will issue you, based on your coursework. On the other hand if the qualification is important to you, at the end of the hairdressing course you can organize to sit an exam at a local training centre. This will help you to reach NVQ status and gives you flexibility and choice.

Well as a general rule you will receive your own certified course manual and handbook, an A4 folder containing your assignments or coursework. At the time of writing, Open Study College are providing a free stationery set including paper, envelopes and pens, and normally a support package. Again, at the time of writing your course tutor at Open Study College would provide unlimited support for you on your hairdressing home learning course.

If you are wondering how time-consuming it is to complete a home learning course in hairdressing, then the answer is that with Open Study College courses usually take approximately 60 hours total working time. Of course this depends on the speed at which you wish to go.

Is there a time limit within which you must complete your hairdressing course? No, with Open Study College there is not. You can learn hairdressing from home entirely at your own pace, in your own time, with no need to worry about deadlines.