New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support)

New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support)

New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support)

New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support)

Start your hairdressing career with the New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support) Level 3. 

Learn the fundamentals in hairdressing, hairstyling, colouring, cutting techniques and customer service to start your hairdressing apprenticeship or to pursue further studies.

Get into the hairdressing industry with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed.

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Key Details
Christchurch
Qualification:
Certificate
Level:
3
Credits:
120
Duration:

One year full-time

Study Modes:
On Campus
Dates:
To be advised – Please Enquire
Fees:

This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.

  • NO tuition fees
  • Direct material costs of $3,150.00 (GTS inclusive)

International Fees can be found here.

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the hairdressing industry with people who have obtained sufficient knowledge, practical skills and attitudes to perform limited salon and client support services that contribute to the effective operation of the salon.

You will learn:

  • Salon culture, hierarchy and specific industry terminology
  • Reception duties, appointment making, home hair care sales
  • Mixing, applying and removing colour treatments
  • Safely holding scissors, following a pre-cut guide, combing and projecting the hair
  • Blow drying, moulding, setting and long hair ups.

This programme is based in our hairdressing facility.  Industry standards and expectations are applied at all times, with a good balance between theory and practical training. 

Students will work on live models and undertake work experience.

Compulsory

All of the standards listed below are required

2866   Shampoo hair and scalp

2869   Apply treatments to the hair and scalp

2870   Blow dry hair into elementary styles

2871   Set hair for volume

2873   Demonstrate knowledge of trichology

2891   Demonstrate knowledge of hair fashion over time                                                                 

9953   Provide client service and care in a hairdressing salon                                                            

19793 Highlight and/or lowlight using elementary techniques                     

25076 Pincurl hair

25077 Mould and scale hair

25789 Apply oxidative colouring products to, and remove them from, hair and scalp

25790 Select, maintain, and demonstrate safe handling of hairdressing equipment and hand-held tools

25791 Demonstrate knowledge of the neutralising process and its effect on the hairshaft

25792 Dress long hair into elementary styles

28835 Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals of colour for use in hairdressing, and the use of non-oxidative colour

28837 Apply underpinning knowledge and skills to cut hair to a guideline

28848 Apply knowledge of common hair and scalp conditions to complete a limited scope consultation

21938 Converse and interact with clients and operators in a salon environment

21940 Demonstrate knowledge of workplace requirements for employment in a salon

25435 Create appointments and maintain appointment systems and records in the salon environment

25436 Display products in the salon environment

25438 Apply knowledge of services and workflow in the salon environment

25439 Demonstrate knowledge of sustainability concepts for a salon

25794 Select and recommend hair products

28843 Demonstrate knowledge of personal health and hygiene, and self-styling, for working in a salon

28844 Demonstrate knowledge of professional behaviour and legal requirements for a salon

28845 Demonstrate safe and professional practice in the salon environment

Graduates may be employed as a junior or assistant stylist in a hairdressing salon.

School Leavers

  • 10 credits at NCEA Level 1 in both literacy and numeracy
  • Three years’ minimum secondary education
  • Preferred school subjects include Science, Maths, English and Art. Other desirable skills include communication and customer service skills
  • Desire to work in the hairdressing industry

Mature Applicants
Applicants over the age of 20 years at time of enrolment will be considered where they can demonstrate the ability to succeed in a programme. Examples of demonstration of ability to succeed are the provision of evidence of successful completion of a programme of study at Level 1 or above in a related discipline and/or employment in the related sector for one or more years. They may be admitted subject to programme regulations approved by the Head of Faculty in consultation with the Programme Manager as appropriate. Personal commitment and a belief in one’s own ability to succeed are important personal traits and will always be taken into consideration during the selection process.

 

English Language Requirements

Applicants, whose first language is not English, or who come from a country where the language of instruction in schools is not English, are required to provide evidence of having achieved one of the following

NCEA Level 3 with University Entrance, or

an International Baccalaureate Diploma or Cambridge A- level qualification for which the teaching and assessment was conducted in English; or

Cambridge Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA),or Trinity College London Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CertTESOL);or

Successful completion of all primary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand primary school years 1 to 8) and at least three years of secondary education (being the equivalent of three years from New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand,,Australia,Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States one of the countries listed in Rule 18.5 where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or

Successful completion of at least five years of secondary education (being the equivalent of New Zealand secondary school years 9 to 13) at schools in either New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States where the student was taught using English as the language of instruction; or

Successful completion of a Bachelor's Degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, Bachelor Honours degree, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters' Degree or Doctoral Degree, the language of instruction of which must be in English and which must be from a tertiary education provider from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the United States or

Successful completion of one of the following internationally recognised proficiency tests listed below to the level required of the programme of study and with all scores achieved in a single test during the two years preceding the proposed date of enrolment


IELTS test - General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5
TOEFL Paper based test (pBT) - Score of 500 (with an essay score of 4 TWE)
TOEFL Internet based test (iBT) - Score of 35 (with a writing score of 14)
Cambridge English Examination - B2 First or B2 First for schools with a score of 154. No less than 154 in each skill.
OET - Minimum of Grade C or 200 in all sub-tests
NZCEL - a) Expiring Level b) Current: a) Level 3 (General) or (Workplace) b) Level 3 (General)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) - PTE (Academic) score of 36 with no band score lower than 36
Language Cert - B1 Achiever International ESOL Written (LRW) PASS with no less than 25/50 in each skill and Spoken (S) PASS
Trinity ISE - ISE I with no less than distinction in any band

* New versions of some NZCEL qualifications, and in some cases new qualifications, were published on 13 June 2017. These are intended to replace pre-existing versions and qualifications, which have been given expiring status until discontinued on 31 December 2019. (a) denotes expiring (b) denotes current

For students to be considered to have satisfactorily completed this programme, and to be awarded the New Zealand Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support) (Level 3), they must have:

  • Completed required practical and theoretical course work and assignments.
  • Achieved all of the graduate outcomes in the graduate profile showing competence to a minimum of 120 credits

(Please note; students failing to attend for 80% of timetabled programme hours may forfeit zero fees entitlement)

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