Hi, I am setting up hairdressing at Nescot College in Surrey. We are doing a fulltime hairdressing course and I am also running apprenticeships where I go out and assess and train in salons with the help of the employers.
I'm just interested in finding out what people think of the quality of full time college hairdressing education versus training in the salon and if you have any experiences you can share?!
Thanks!
Hi,
I have also been setting up a hairdressing department at a school and will be offering VTCT Level 1 courses and the New Diplomas. We are also going to be offering NVQs on a day release basis. I do believe that work based apprenticeships such as the NVQ L2 are the best way of training.
The level 1 qualification is ideal to deliver on a full time basis as it gives students an opportunity to try the profession and then decide whether they want to go down the route of work based apprenticeshps or the Diploma.
The Diplomas are more of a study of the industry but give UCAS point for uni whereas the NVQs offer a work ready qualification. We am not going to offer full time apprenticeships at our school that have no ties to the outside world as I personally think the students are not as well prepared for the profession.
I think its all about how you learn best. Apprenticships are great for visual learners, after all that is how most of their learning is done because stylists dont have time to train intensly. Whereas in colege you can have someone talk you through the process while you are doing it hands on rather than visualy. I think that it is important to talk about that with future trainees so they can make the best possible choice for themselves.