City & Guilds Diploma in Hairdressing Level 3

In a nutshell

Taking place in your workplace and college (where necessary, this is not only the perfect next step in your hairdressing career but also gives you a range of other essential skills to help you go further.

This course is for...

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

Course content

Usually taking around 18 months to complete, the City and Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing covers a number of mandatory and optional topics, with an assessor visiting to complete workplace assessments and progress reviews.

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

The course also includes a variety of Essential Skills Wales (ESW) qualifications designed to help you develop the skills needed to make the most of your learning, work and life. They include:

• Application of Number Level 2 – this qualification will help you improve your number skills, including understanding numerical data, carrying out calculations, interpreting results and presenting findings.
• Communication Level 2 – this will help you improve your communication skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Level 1 – designed to improve your ICT skills including finding, selecting and exchanging information and developing and presenting information.

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.

Entry Requirements

To take this course you’ll need to be employed in a suitable placement.