Barbering Level 3 Certificate City & Guilds

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If you would still like to enrol on a full time course that started in September 2025, please contact our admissions team directly – admissions@wolvcoll.ac.uk

Attendance: Part Time

Course level: 3

Location: City Learning Quarter

Course code: Q1291

Start dates:

13/11/2025

09/11/2026

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09/11/2026

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Is this course right for me?

If you have already completed a Level 2 qualification in barbering or hairdressing this course will give you the skills you need to become a fully qualified barber.

You will learn a range of advanced skills – including cutting men’s hair and facial hair, providing shaving and facial massage services.

You will also learn how to deliver first class customer service and promote products to clients, as well as the importance of health and safety in the workplace – all of which will impress future employers and equip you for a dynamic career in the industry.

You will work with a range of real clients in the college’s commercial hair salon at the Wellington Road campus, which will enable you to gain valuable work experience as you learn your skills.

*Please note: you will be required to have potential clients who will be able to visit the salon to enable you to complete your assessment and will also be required to purchase your own barbering kit, costing approximately £180 – order forms will be provided prior to starting the course and financial support may be available to help with these costs.

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Course details

Entry Requirements:

To access this course you are required to have:

Four or more GCSEs at Grade D /3 or above including English and/or maths
Level 2 barbering/hairdressing qualification
Purchase a hairdressing kit (details will be provided at enrolment)

What will I learn?

By studying this course you will learn how to:

Cut men’s hair to create a variety of looks.
Cut facial hair to create a variety of looks.
Provide shaving and face massage services.
Provide consultations on hair services
Creative hairdressing design skills
Design and create patterns in hair
Monitor and maintain health and safety practice in the salon

What skills will I gain?

Throughout the course you will:

Develop your skills as a barber by providing services to male clients in the college’s commercial salon.
Develop your confidence in dealing with a wide range of clients.
Improve your communication and customer service skills.
Gain valuable team working skills by working as a member of a team in a commercial salon.
Develop your understanding of the health and safety in the industry

How will I be assessed?

You will be assessed throughout the course in the following ways:

Providing services to clients in a realisting working environment
Continuous formative and summative assessments for each unit for which you will be graded a pass, merit or distinction
Online tests for each unit as you progress through the course.
Provide a portfolio of evidence

What can I do next?

The skills you will learn from this course will enable you to:

Pursue a career as barber
Enrol for a Level 2 diploma in hairdressing

Please note: City of Wolverhampton College reserves the right to close or not run courses if enrolment numbers are not educationally or economically viable. If this course is unable to run, you will be notified as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.