City & Guilds Diploma in Hairdressing Level 3

In a nutshell

This course is not only the perfect next step in your hairdressing career but also gives you a range of creative hairdressing skills to help you go further.

This course is for you if...

…hairdressers wanting to further their creative hairdressing skills and become a senior stylist.

What will I be doing?

This is a 34 week course. The City and Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing covers a number of mandatory and optional topics, with assessments carried out at our onsite salon and online multiple choice tests.

Mandatory topics are:

· Providing hairdressing consultation services

· Promoting additional services or products to customers

· Creatively cutting hair using a combination of techniques

· Monitoring procedures to safely control work operations

Optional topics can include:

· Colouring hair using a variety of techniques

· Hair and scalp treatments

· Colour correction services

· Creative hair extension services

· Creatively styling and dressing hair

· Specialist consultation services for hair and scalp conditions

· Creatively dressing long hair

· Developing and enhancing creative hairdressing skills

· Contributing to the financial effectiveness of the business

· Creating a variety of permed effects

· Contributing to the planning and implementation of promotional activities

• Supporting customer service improvement

Once you’ve completed this course, you could progress on to Level 4 in Salon Management, or related courses such as Beauty Therapy or Theatrical and Media Make Up.

What comes next?

Level 4 in Salon Management or related courses such as Beauty Therapy or Theatrical and Media Make Up.

Additional information

You’ll be expected to purchase a top up hairdressing kit as a condition of your place on the course. The cost of this is approximately £87 - £127.

To reflect industry expectations, you will be required to wear a Coleg Gwent salon uniform. The college will fund the cost of one full uniform per year. Additional sets can be purchased for around £45 (TBC); college staff will be able to direct you to the approved supplier if / when needed.

All costs are subject to change.