(Noncredit)
State Control Number: 43299
Program Code: COSM.IRBA.CCN
Approved for Federal Financial Aid: No
The Introductory Barbering Certificate of Completion provides a foundation for continuing personal, professional, and educational development. Students will be able to communicate the essential skills and practices for basic barbering fundamentals, including the health and safety standards necessary to reduce and minimize public safety issues in the workplace. This certificate will cover the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology health, safety, and disinfection standards; instructional lectures and procedures; and written and practical examinations. Students completing this certificate will have a basic theoretical and practical understanding of industry safe standards and will be prepared to begin implementing these practices for the benefit of volunteer patrons from within the community in a simulated barbershop environment. Students can then expand on this introductory knowledge by progressing in the program, pursuing both intermediate and advanced barber certificates that will prepare them for a licensed career in barbering. Locally projected increases in barber workforce demand will expand career opportunities to students in various employment opportunities for high desert graduates. Job opportunities include self-employed barbers, barber school educators, barber product developers, freelance and special event hires, barbershop management and ownership, as well as expanding into other industries where aesthetics and self-care are evolving.
Total Certificate Hours: 296.0 - 333.0