Advanced Barbering Level 3

All courses are delivered by our friendly, highly skilled and experienced salon teaching team. With years of experience under their belts, they ensure your learning experience is packed with the latest trends and techniques and are able to adapt their teaching styles to accommodate all types of learning, making your experience as personal and enjoyable as possible.

We work with a wide range of professional hairdressing companies such as Milk Shake and Wella, plus many more to give you the product knowledge and skills expected by employers in the industry.

All practical sessions are taught in our commercial salon Botanica, complete with a dedicated barbering area and equipment.

Check out how we are embedding sustainability throughout our hair and beauty courses:

• We're a part of the Green Salon Collective, a company that offer Zero-to-Landfill Salon Recycling Solutions for Hairdressers.
• Our hair, foils and metal tubes are recycled.
• We use eco-heads, shower heads that reduce water use by around 70%.
• Our beauty supplier is Eve Taylor and for every product we buy, they plant a tree.
• We don’t print our learning portfolios, they’re all online.
• We use the Wella Hero platform, which helps the students gain knowledge on all aspects education in the hair industry including sustainable salon operations.

Whatever support you need, we’re here for you and will make sure you get the most out of your time at college.

We have expert teams in place to look after every single one of our students.

Our specialist teams can help with:

• Learning difficulties
• Physical and sensory disabilities
• Dyslexia, dyspraxia, neurodiversity or other specific learning difficulties
• Mental health and well being
• Exam access arrangements
• Money, finance and bursary advice
• Careers advice, job and university applications

See here for more information, pop into one of our enrolment events, call us on 0191 490 4627.

On complete of this course you will be qualified to step into the workplace as a barber.

A Level 2 Diploma in Barbering, an interview with our team and good communications skills.

If English is not your first language, you will also need a Level 1 ESOL qualification.

An interview is essential for this course.

A uniform is needed for this course.

We will let you know the cost of this when you enrol.

There will also be the opportunity to take part in bespoke training with our professional partners Wella and Milk Shake which may be an additional cost.

"100% of students said that the training they undertook at Gateshead College has improved their job prospects."

(Student Survey 2017/18).

City and Guilds are the global leaders in skills development, providing services to training providers, employers, and trainees across a variety of sectors to meet the needs of today’s workplace.

This course is free if you are aged 19 years and under. Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free or reduced course fees, depending on personal circumstances.

If you already have a full level 3 qualification and are aged 19 or over you can pay the fee in full upfront and receive a 10% discount. Or you can apply for an Adult Advanced Learner Loan, a low interest loan with no upfront fees that you pay back in installments once you're earning. For more information, come along to an Enrolment Event, call 0191 490 4627 or email [email protected]

Please note; we release the full details of our Part Time courses around April. Until then all details of this and our other Part Time courses are subject to change.

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