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VTCT Level 1 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy

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Qualification Information

VTCT Product Code: AM10023 GLH: 403 Age Restriction: 16
Qualification Number: 501/0177/8 Units: 11 - 14 Registration End Date: 31st Jul 2023
Level: 1 Minimum Credits: 41

Additional Information

The Level 1 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy is based on National Occupational Standards (NOS).

This qualification will provide you with the basic knowledge and skills in preparation for a career as a hairdresser or beauty therapist. Throughout this qualification you will ensure responsibility to reduce risks to health and safety, prepare for hair services and maintain work areas, prepare and maintain salon treatment work areas, contribute to the development of effective working relationships and shampoo and condition hair.

You will be supervised by technical staff and assessed on your competence.



Qualification Structure

Mandatory - from this group you'll need to cover a minimum of 5 components and earn a minimum of 17 credits.

Unit Code Unit Ref Unit Title Level Credits GLH
UB100B1 R/600/9086 Prepare and maintain salon treatment work areas 1 3 27
UG111G3 J/600/1258 Contribute to the development of effective working 1 4 40
UG31G20 A/601/5867 Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safety 3 4 38
UN10GH1 A/600/1208 Shampoo and condition hair 1 4 40
UN10GH3 A/600/1273 Prepare for hair services and maintain work areas 1 2 20



Optional - from this group you'll need to cover a minimum of 6 components and earn a minimum of 24 credits.

Unit Code Unit Ref Unit Title Level Credits GLH
UB100B2 Y/600/8747 Assist with facial skin care treatments 1 4 40
UB100B3 F/600/8919 Assist with day make-up 1 4 40
UB100N1 L/600/8924 Assist with nail services 1 4 40
UG111G2 F/600/1257 Assist with salon reception duties 1 4 38
UN10GH2 J/600/0997 Blow dry hair 1 4 40
UN10GH4 R/600/1036 Assist with hair colour services 1 4 40
UN10GH5 J/600/1213 Assist with perming hair services 1 3 30
UN10GH6 Y/600/1037 Plait and twist hair using basic techniques 1 4 40
UN10GH7 T/600/1000 Remove hair extensions 1 3 30



*For full details of the Rules of Combination for this qualification please see the Qualification Specification/Record of Assessment book.

Documents

Record of Assessment Book


*To find specifications for individual units, click on the "Structure" tab of your chosen qualification, select the unit code in the left hand column and on the new page click on the "Download unit book" tab under the unit title.

Centres approved to run this qualification

VTCT accredits centres to offer our qualifications, but cannot advise which centres are running particular courses at any time. Please contact the centre directly to find out if they currently offering your chosen qualification.

NB: The location displayed for each centre is based upon the centre's main address. The location displayed is not necessarily the only location that the centre can deliver VTCT qualifications from. For further information on a centre's delivery capabilities please select the centre's website address.

Centre Name Telephone Website Location
Revolution Academy - Hair and Beauty Training Centre +357 26 930166 Visit website Cyprus
Central Bedfordshire College - Dunstable Campus 01582 477776 Visit website Bedfordshire - Central Bedfordshire
Milton Keynes College 01908 637238 Visit website Buckinghamshire - Milton Keynes
Macclesfield College 01625 410000 Visit website Cheshire - Cheshire East
Bodmin College 01208 79220 Visit website Cornwall
Furness College 01229 825017 Visit website Cumbria
Wild About Hair 01803 666478 Visit website Devon - Torbay
Greater Brighton Metropolitan College 01273 667788 Visit website East Sussex - Brighton and Hove
The Strand Training Academy 01245 345179 Visit website Essex
The Michaeljohn Training School 0161 819 2662 Visit website Greater Manchester - Manchester
Basingstoke College of Technology 01256 354141 Visit website Hampshire
West Herts College 01923 812500 Visit website Hertfordshire
Preston's College 01772 225001 Visit website Lancashire
Boston College 01205 365701 Visit website Lincolnshire
Boston College Spalding 01775 715880 Visit website Lincolnshire
Grantham College 01476 400226 Visit website Lincolnshire
University Academy Holbeach 01406 423042 Visit website Lincolnshire
SJC Training Academy of Hair and Beauty T/A HB Academy 02088593446 Visit website London - Bexley
Shooters Hill Sixth Form College 0208 319 9700 Visit website London - Greenwich
West London College 020 7565 1200 Visit website London - Hammersmith and Fulham
City and Islington College 020 7700 9200 Visit website London - Haringey
West Thames College 020 8326 2000 Visit website London - Hounslow
Layla's Beauty Hub 020 8514 6777 Visit website London - Newham
Southport College 01704 500606 Visit website Merseyside - Sefton
Selby College 01757 211000 Visit website North Yorkshire
The Manor Academy 01623 425100 Visit website Nottinghamshire
Abingdon and Witney College - Witney Campus 01235 216415 Visit website Oxfordshire
Yeovil College 01935 423921 Visit website Somerset
Armonia Health and Beauty Training Academy 01302 842444 Visit website South Yorkshire - Doncaster
Newcastle-under-Lyme College 01782 715111 Visit website Staffordshire
Guildford College of Further and Higher Education 01483 448500 Visit website Surrey
Aestique Beauty Lounge Ltd 07701307030 Visit website Tyne and Wear - Gateshead
Barnardo's Employment and Training Skills North 0191 2963367 Visit website Tyne And Wear - North Tyneside
Sandwell College of Further and Higher Education 0121 556 6000 Visit website West Midlands - Sandwell
In House Training Ltd 01924 500647 Visit website West Yorkshire - Kirklees
Evesham College part of WCG 01386 712604 Visit website Worcestershire
Malvern Hills College part of WCG 01684 58471 Visit website Worcestershire
Guernsey College of Further Education 01481 737500 Visit website Guernsey
Fife College 01592 223400 Visit website Fife
Imagine Hair & Beauty Training Academy +34 96 584 1038 Visit website Spain
Cardiff and Vale College - City Centre Campus 029 2025 0450 Visit website Cardiff
HB Training Wales Ltd 01437 765597 Visit website Pembrokeshire

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