Course Overview
This course is practically based, offering a wide range of skills such as creative colour and colour correction.
Your practical skills will be supported by underpinning knowledge for each unit by written and oral tests, research workshops which build up portfolios of evidence.
You will also be encouraged to develop your interpersonal skills and work as part of a team. You will get involved in hairdressing fashion shows and competitions and work to produce a portfolio of your practical work.
This is a vocationally based qualification. If you are creative, like working with people and have lots of ambition, hairdressing could be your pathway to success.
Successful hairdressers can take their pick from many top jobs - working in top salons in the UK or on magazines or photoshoots in the fashion media.
You will also be encouraged to develop your skills in communication, interpersonal skills, personal appearance and social behaviour and work as part of a team.
At level 3, NVQ Diploma, you will study the following four mandatory units:
- Creatively colour and lighten hair
- Provide hairdressing consultation
- Creatively cut hair using a combination of techniques
- Creatively style and dress hair
Plus optional units specific to your job role such as:
- Hair colour correction services
- Provide colour correction services
- Develop and enhance your creative hairdressing skills
The majority of the qualification is completed through practical assessments.
Entry Requirements
At Level 3, you will need a Level 2 Diploma or NVQ in Hairdressing or Barbering.
Industrial experience and prior learning can support your application.
You will also need to have a minimum of one day's work experience a week.
All students interested in this course should contact the course tutor prior to enrolment:
Course Tutor: Emily Jackson
Email: Emily.Jackson@kendal.ac.uk
After Your Course
You could work as a hairdresser in salons throughout the UK, other opportunities in a number of other places, such as hotels, hospitals and care homes and cruise ships and armed forces bases. With experience you could progress to jobs like senior stylist or salon manager. Recognition of your qualifications by employers can lead to rapid career development in the workplace or progression on to higher levels of study.
Fees
£2500.00
The current fee information is related to the 2025/26 academic year.
The fee displayed is the course fee. Course fees are charged per course for part-time students. You can pay in full or spread the cost by paying 25% on enrolment and setting up a direct debit mandate for 3 further equal payments. An Advanced loan is available to students enrolled in this course.There may be additional costs associated with this course, including kits, equipment, books, and travel expenses. Financial support may be available to support you with these. See our Student Money pages for more information.
You may qualify for financial support to cover the cost of this government-funded qualification if you are aged 16 to 18 on 31st August of the relevant academic year and are not studying at another school or college.
If your employer is paying the course fee and would like to be invoiced, please let us know.
