Full Time
Combination
4 months
Any time
—
20 hours
9 hours
$10,110
This course may be fee free, or available at a reduced cost.
This course is currently scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with day classes. This timetable may change and will be confirmed by your teacher.
Assessments give you the opportunity to demonstrate what you have learnt and to identify the knowledge or skills that may need further development.
Knowledge assessments
Practical skills assessments: demonstrations under observation
Portfolio of work
Work placement provides you with opportunities to respond to situations and circumstances that cannot be replicated in a learning or simulated environment. Work placement strengthens your training and supports continued learning and assessment in the workplace.
To be enrolled in this course offering, you need to be able to meet the following work placement requirements:
Non Apprentice
Access to relevant workplace experience and simulated work activities is a requirement to successfully complete this course. Where learners do not have access to a workplace, they will be required to participate in scheduled workplace sessions at TAFE.
As above
To be enrolled in this course, you need to be able to provide evidence that you:
Meet the minimum age requirement of 21 years old.
Have significant amount of work experience in the hairdressing or barbering trade area
Provide Any Credit Transfers from relevant previous study or Recognition of Prior Learning from relevant workplace experience.
Meet the local level requirement of an ACFS level 3 for this qualification.
Attend a pre-enrolment RPL interview.
To complete this course, the following materials are required:
You are required to provide your own trade equipment and a hair resource kit which you will keep when you complete your study. Approximate cost of $450 - $550
Equipment Lists will be provided at the orientation session or first day of class, along with suggested industry suppliers.
As part of this course, you will be required to provide barbering services on paying clients and may also need to provide clients for some of your practical classes and assessments.
You must comply with Work Health & Safety requirements for classes, including wearing closed-in, protective footwear and clothing that is clean and professional for the industry. It is strongly recommended students bring their own laptop, iPad or other mobile device to access their course content on the Internet.
To make sure this delivery option is the right fit for you, we will need you to demonstrate that you can meet the additional requirements below.
This course may also be offered as a non-apprenticeship. Enquire today to discuss your eligibility.
Courses are made up of a combination of both core and specialty units. In the Certificate III in Barbering qualification, you’ll need to successfully complete 26 units of competency, including 21 core and 5 speciality units.
Core units are central to the job outcomes of a particular industry or occupation. These are the units industry has agreed are essential to be capable and qualified at a particular study level.
Learn through a combination of classroom based, online and/or workplace activity. For example, you may participate in scheduled classroom activity, have an element of self-directed learning with online content, and/or receive supervised training while on the job, doing work experience, or on placement.
Classroom activity will be scheduled, but online learning can provide more flexibility. Teacher support will be provided for all study. Access to a computer with an internet connection is required.
Taree is the commercial centre for the Manning Valley, and is surrounded by rich river flats and undulating hills, with agricultural land reaching to the beaches. With state-of-the-art facilities, including full automotive workshops, integrated childcare learning facilities for community playgroups, a CISCO training centre, and a metal and engineering 3D printer available for commercial use and training, TAFE NSW Taree is a well-resourced education and training centre and a strong part of the local community.
Montgomery Cres, Taree NSW 2430
Parking on campus grounds is available.
Refer to your local bus timetables, visit transportnsw.info
Taree Station is 2600 metres from campus.
TAFE NSW campuses work closely with the community and industry to ensure you have access to the industry standard technologies, equipment and facilities.
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3D metal printer and engineering facilities
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