NVQ courses in Hairdressing and Teaching

NVQ courses

NVQ Hairdressing

If you are employed in the hair or barber industry, an NVQ course in Hairdressing will help you to pursue work in the fashion industry and hair salons.

Typical mandatory Level 1 units:

- Be aware of health and safety within the workplace
- Ability to shampoo/condition hair
- Maintaining work station areas
- Maintaining salon treatment work areas

Typical mandatory Level 2 units:

- Be aware of health and safety within the workplace
- Ability to shampoo/condition hair and treat the scalp.
- Cutting hair using basic techniques
- Dry and finish all types of hair
- Style hair
- Ability to dye hair
- Consulting with customers

Typical mandatory Level 3 units:

- Maintaining health and safety within the workplace
- Be able to consult
- Cutting hair creatively
- Dying hair using various techniques



NVQ Teaching

Duration: 6 months to 2 years

An NVQ in Supporting Teaching and Learning involves supporting the requirements and needs of students in schools. The course covers students in secondary and primary schools, as well as special needs schools.
To complete the NVQ course, you would need to demonstrate care, the students’ welfare and also being aware of child learning and behaviour.
Requirements:
If you are working as a teaching assistant, this NVQ course is ideal for you to progress. You can apply if you work as a teaching assistant in any type of school.

What the NVQ will cover:

• giving support during therapy sessions.
• encouraging students to be independent and self reliant
• various administration duties.
• helping students to learn and understand
• assisting with multilingual students


Requirements for NVQ Level 2 in Supporting Teaching

- basic skills in children’s safety and support their development
- aim to be more responsible in the classroom.

Requirements for NVQ level 3 in Supporting Teaching

- you will need to have been a teaching assistant for a fair amount of time.