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Hairdressing - Level 3
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Other start dates:
2nd September 2024
- Length 1 Year
- Study Full-Time
- Location Kidderminster College
More about the course
Our award-winning Hairdressing - Level 3 course is a job-ready, industry-recognised qualification which will qualify you to become a senior hairdresser or stylist.
With an intense focus on advanced haircutting techniques, styling and finishing methods and mastering sophisticated hair colouring and colour correction practices, this course will intensify your already-extensive knowledge and prepare you to take the hair industry by storm.
Covering professional customer service techniques, as well as planning and implementing forward-thinking looks and approaches, this course will take place within our award-winning on-campus salon, Elements, where you will be working on paying members of the public.
During this course, you must complete a work experience placement of at least 37 hours, which will provide you with further experience in the hairdressing industry and prepare you for employment. You'll also be entered into regional and national competitions, including AHT Competitions, NCG and Concept Learner of the Year competitions and WorldSkills.
This qualification will help you develop high-quality industry-standard skills alongside theoretical and practical knowledge, which is reflected by the fact that we have a 100% success rate in employment from all students who complete this course.
Entry requirements
- a Level 2 Hairdressing Diploma or equivalent.
What will I achieve?
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a Level 3 VTCT NVQ Hairdressing Diploma.
What will I learn?
- Provide hairdressing consultation services
- Creatively cut hair using a combination of techniques
- Creatively colour and lighten hair
- Provide hair colour correction services
- Creatively style and dress hair
- Develop and enhance creative hairdressing skills
- Contribute to the planning and evaluation of promotional activities.
How is the course taught?
- Theory sessions
- Practical sessions
- Presentations
- Practical demonstrations
- Independent work
- One-to-one support
- Tutorials
- Competitions.
How am I assessed?
Due to the high standard of this course, the assessments for this qualification will be carried out on real, paying clients in line with commercial service times.
Work experience opportunities
As with our Level 1 and Level 2 Hairdressing qualifications, you must source a work placement of at least 37 hours at a hair salon within the first six weeks of your course. Your work experience hours will be completed in addition to your timetabled hours.
A work placement is essential in the hair industry, allowing you to experience what it's truly like to be 'on the job', to learn from your colleagues and to perfect your skill and confidence.
Work placements and work experience at Kidderminster College are designed so that you can build both your confidence and skills so that you'll be able to work competently within the industry.
English and maths
If you're aged 16-18 and you haven't achieved your GCSE grade 4/C in English and maths, you'll be expected to study English and maths as a mandatory requirement of your programme of study.
Your English skills will be developed by learning new terminology.
Your maths skills will be developed by learning how to mix and measure your colouring products whilst following the manufacturer’s instructions. Similarly, whilst cutting, you'll also evolve your angles and measurements.
Where can I progress?
Upon completion of this course, you can go on to study for a university degree.
Alternatively, you can go on to work in a salon or set up your own small business.
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Meet our tutors and students
Deborah Herbert
Tutor - HairdressingI am an experienced Hairdressing Lecturer. My primary goal is to enable learners to realise their full potential and achieve their career goals. My passion lies in creating enjoyable and effective learning environments where I share knowledge and impart valuable skills and expertise. With a strong focus on practical skills, industry relevance, and employability, I aim to prepare students for success in the ever-evolving world of hairdressing. As a Hairdressing Lecturer, I go beyond teaching, supporting learners with critical skills and pastoral care. In my new role as a Leading Practitioner, I am dedicated to helping colleagues and contributing to a collaborative learning community.
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What can I do with a qualification in Hairdressing?
Daily tasks:
- Ensures financial accounts for the business are maintained.
- Demonstrates, advises on and sells hair and/or beauty products.
- Checks and maintains any equipment, and ensures that all safety requirements are met.
- Undertakes and/or directs hair treatments and/or beauty therapy.
- Ensures clients.
- Provides clients with information and advice on styles and treatments, and resolves any complaints or problems.
- Controls the allocation, training and remuneration of staff.
- Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.
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Daily tasks:
- Demonstrates, sells and recommends hair care products to clients and advises them on hair care.
- Ensures hair products are stored and used appropriately and observes relevant health and safety factors.
- Maintains client records and keeps up-to-date with new products, styles and techniques.
- Collects payment, arranges appointments and cleans and tidies salon.
- Shaves and trims beards and moustaches.
- Combs, brushes, blow-dries or sets wet hair in rollers to style or straighten.
- Cuts and trims hair using scissors, clippers, razor and comb.
- Washes, conditions, bleaches, tints or dyes hair and provides any necessary basic scalp treatments.
- Discusses customer requirements, analyses hair condition and other relevant features to define and advise on hair style.
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Daily tasks:
- Maintains client records, sells and advises on cosmetic products and services, and ensures appropriate health and safety issues are addressed.
- Advises clients on diet and exercise to assist in weight loss and slimming.
- Recognises problems and refers clients to medical practitioners if appropriate.
- Performs specialist treatments for conditions such as acne, applies skin rejuvenation therapies.
- Applies make-up to hide blemishes or enhance facial features and advises clients on skin care and make-up techniques.
- Cleans, shapes and polishes finger and toe nails, applies nail extensions.
- Uses waxing, threading, sugaring and other epilation techniques to remove any unwanted body hair.
- Massages scalp, face and other parts of the body and carries out spray tanning.
- Discusses clients requirements, analyses and advises client on appropriate skin care, and applies treatments to the face or body.
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What can I do with a qualification in Hairdressing?
Hairdressing and Beauty Salon Managers and Proprietors
Daily tasks:
- Ensures financial accounts for the business are maintained.
- Demonstrates, advises on and sells hair and/or beauty products.
- Checks and maintains any equipment, and ensures that all safety requirements are met.
- Undertakes and/or directs hair treatments and/or beauty therapy.
- Ensures clients.
- Provides clients with information and advice on styles and treatments, and resolves any complaints or problems.
- Controls the allocation, training and remuneration of staff.
- Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.
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Hairdressers and Barbers
Daily tasks:
- Demonstrates, sells and recommends hair care products to clients and advises them on hair care.
- Ensures hair products are stored and used appropriately and observes relevant health and safety factors.
- Maintains client records and keeps up-to-date with new products, styles and techniques.
- Collects payment, arranges appointments and cleans and tidies salon.
- Shaves and trims beards and moustaches.
- Combs, brushes, blow-dries or sets wet hair in rollers to style or straighten.
- Cuts and trims hair using scissors, clippers, razor and comb.
- Washes, conditions, bleaches, tints or dyes hair and provides any necessary basic scalp treatments.
- Discusses customer requirements, analyses hair condition and other relevant features to define and advise on hair style.
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Beauticians and Related Occupations
Daily tasks:
- Maintains client records, sells and advises on cosmetic products and services, and ensures appropriate health and safety issues are addressed.
- Advises clients on diet and exercise to assist in weight loss and slimming.
- Recognises problems and refers clients to medical practitioners if appropriate.
- Performs specialist treatments for conditions such as acne, applies skin rejuvenation therapies.
- Applies make-up to hide blemishes or enhance facial features and advises clients on skin care and make-up techniques.
- Cleans, shapes and polishes finger and toe nails, applies nail extensions.
- Uses waxing, threading, sugaring and other epilation techniques to remove any unwanted body hair.
- Massages scalp, face and other parts of the body and carries out spray tanning.
- Discusses clients requirements, analyses and advises client on appropriate skin care, and applies treatments to the face or body.
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