VTCT L3 NVQ Dip Hairdressing 6036175X

Advanced and Creative Hair Professionals are creative, passionate, and driven professionals who work without supervision, managing themselves and others when required. Learners will provide a quality service, whilst working to the highest standards and continuously developing their personal and professional skills. Learners take ownership of their work and client lists, accept responsibility, are proactive, flexible and adaptable, plan their work and time; they aim for excellence by taking exceptional pride in their work and industry. Learners will deliver hair fashion forward trends, which are innovative styles inspired by current images and their own creativity, individual flair, imagination and interpretation.

Learners must achieve all mandatory units which include:

Provide client consultation services
Advanced and creative cutting services
Creative fashion styling and finishing services
Provide smoothing and strengthening services
Advanced and creative colour services
Use fashion forward trends in hair, creative and precision techniques to create a collection of hairstyle looks

Throughout the qualification, learners will demonstrate transferable skills, duties, behaviours and communication skills, safe working practices and the professionalism and values associated with their role.

The following duties must be demonstrated throughout the qualification:

Demonstrates professionalism by maintaining confidentiality and discretion
Researches fashion forward trends, using the results to create, plan and promote a collection of hairstyle looks that reflects their own individuality
Analyses the factors that influence the design and creation of the collection of hairstyle looks, including the target audience
Designs a range of looks to create a fashion forward collection of hairstyle looks
Maintains effective and safe methods of working
Uses and adapts a range of sectioning and cutting guidelines, creative and precision techniques and technical skills to create and enhance the collection of hairstyle looks
Carries out precision and personalised cutting tailored to individual client characteristics
Formulates imaginative creative advanced colour conversion services to change the depth and tone of the hair
Uses a range of creative finishing and dressing techniques, advanced and creative colouring techniques to enhance the collection of hairstyle looks
Presents, showcases and promotes their skills though their collection of hairstyle looks internally using a visual medium
Provides a smoothing strengthening service to clients
Carries out in-depth consultation and complex analysis of the hair
Uses and applies the products, tools and equipment, in accordance with legal requirements, manufacturers' instructions and salon policy
Provides advice on future services and products
Evaluates the results of the service to improve further practice