The Certificate III in Hairdressing has been designed as the standard entry level qualification for the hairdressing industry.
Likely functions in the hairdressing industry for those who achieve this qualification involve employment as a hairdresser working as part of team in a salon, performing processes that require a range of well developed skills where discretion and judgement is required; with responsibility for own outputs, and responsibility for the supervision of others, including apprentices.
What Will I Learn
- Handling chemicals safely
- Handling hairdressing equipment safely
- Applied knowledge of hairdressing products
- Selection and use colour products
- Treating hair and scalp issues
- Maintenance of tools and equipment
- Operating point of sale equipment
- Follow personal health and safety routines at work
- Maintain and organise work areas
- Design and apply short to medium length hair design finishes
- Design and apply long hair design finishes
- Apply the principles of hairdressing science
- Apply safe working practices
- Colour and lighten hair
- Consult with clients and treat hair and scalp conditions
- Apply single, two and three strand braiding techniques
- Maintain tools and equipment
- Communicate in the workplace
- Work effectively in a retail environment
- Sell products and services
- Conduct financial transactions
- Provide service to clients
- Design and perform full and partial highlighting techniques
- Perform colour correction
- Perform on scalp full head and re-touch bleach services
- Perform chemical curling and volumising services
- Perform chemical Straightening and relaxing services
- Prepare clients for salon service
- Design haircut structures
- Apply one length/solid haircut structures
- Apply graduated haircut structures
- Apply layered haircut structures
- Apply over-comb techniques
- Combine haircut structures on women
- Combine haircut structures for traditional and classic designs on men
- Operate effectively as a hairdresser in a salon work team