Course Outline -

1000 hour

Required Hour Breakdown

  • Orientation School Policies | State Laws, Regulations, Professional Ethics | Personal Hygiene, Bacteriology, Sterilization and Sanitation

    Orientation and Business topics - minimum of 45 hours of instruction.

        a. School policies;

        b. Management;

        c. Sales, inventory, and retailing;

        d. Taxes and payroll;

        e. Insurance;

        f. Client records and confidentiality; and

        g. Professional ethics and practices.


  • Laws and Regulations

    Minimum of 10 hours of instruction.

  • Shampooing, rinsing, and scalp treatments for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of 25 hours of instruction.

    a. Client consultation and analysis; and

     b. Procedures, manipulations, and treatments.


  • General Sciences - Minimum of 55 hours of instruction.

      a. Principles and practices of infection control;

      b. Safety Data Sheet (SDS); and

      c. Chemical usage and safety.


  • Applied sciences - minimum of 40 hours of instruction.

    a. Anatomy, physiology, and histology.


  • Hair styling for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of 65 hours of instruction.

    a. Finger Waving, molding, and pin curling;

        b. Roller curling, combing, and brushing; and

        c. Heat curling, waving, and pressing.


  • Permanent waving and chemical relaxing for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of 115 hours of instruction.

    a. Chemistry;

    b. Supplies and equipment; and

    c. Procedures and practical application.


  • Hair coloring and bleaching for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of 160 hours of instruction.

     a. Basic color theory;

     b. Supplies and equipment; and

     c. Procedures and practical application


  • Skin care - minimum of 160 hours of instruction.

    a. Client skin analysis and consultation;

        b. Effleurage and related movements and manipulations of the face and body;

        c. Cleansing procedures;

        d. Masks;

        e. Extraction techniques;

        f. Machines, equipment, and electricity;

        g. Manual facials and treatments;

        h. Machine, electrical facials, and treatments; and

        i. General procedures and safety measures.

        

       

  • Wigs, Hair Pieces, & Related Theory -Clock hours of Online/Classroom Instruction: 25

    a. Types; and

        b. Procedures


  • Body and other treatments - minimum of 20 hours of instruction.

    a. Body treatments;

     b. Aromatherapy; and

     c. General procedures and safety measures


  • Hair cutting for all hair types, including textured hair - minimum of 125 hours of instruction.

    a. Fundamentals, materials, and equipment; and

    b. Procedures.


  • Makeup - minimum of 35 hours of instruction.

     a. Setup, supplies, and implements;

        b. Color theory;

        c. Consultation;

        d. General and special occasion application;

        e. Camouflage;

        f. Application of false lashes and lash extensions;

        g. Lash and tinting;

        h. Lash perming;

        i. Lightning of the hair on the body except scalp; and

        j. General procedures and safety measures.


  • Hair removal - minimum of 35 hours of instruction.

    a. Client consultation and analysis;

     b. Waxing;

     c. Mechanical hair removal;

      d. Tweezing and threading; and

      e. Chemical hair removal.


  • Straight razor use and shaving -minimum of 20 hours of instruction.

     


  • Manicuring and pedicuring - minimum of 75 hours of instruction.

    a. Nail theory, nail structure, and composition;

        b. Nail procedures, including manicuring, pedicuring, and nail extensions; and

        c. Electric filing.