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NVQ Level 3 Diploma In Hairdressing (QCF)

• NVQ level 3 Develop, enhance and evaluate your creative hairdressing skills
  

  £296.00

  Develop and enhance creative hairdressing skills
  
  This unit is about developing your creative hairdressing skills in a way that enhances your own professional profile. The ability to research, plan and create a range of images in conjunction with others is required in this unit. Evaluation of the results and how the design image may be adapted for commercial use also forms an important part of this unit.
  
  This is a 5 week course, 8hrs per week, including self study and assessments
• NVQ Level 3 Creatively colour and lighten hair
  

  £Â£665.00

  Creatively colour and lighten hair
  
  This standard is about combining, adapting and personalising a range of colouring and lightening techniques to achieve a variety of fashion effects. The use of weaving and colouring techniques based on slicing and block colouring is required, as is the ability to carry out a full head and regrowth application of lightener. The ability to restore depth and tone of colour, neutralise colour tone and to colour resistant hair is also required.
  
  This is an 11 week course, 10 hours per week, including self study and assessments.
• NVQ Level 3 Creatively Cut Hair Using a Combination of Techniques
  

  £542.00

  Creatively cut hair using a combination of techniques
  
  Through this unit you will learn how to develop your cutting skills to an advanced level to enable you to create a personalised and individual restyled look to enhance personal image. To carry out this standard, you will need to maintain a high level of health, safety and hygience throughout your work. You will also need to maintain a professional personal appearance and demonstrate effective communication skills.
  
  This is an 8 week course, 10 hours per week, including self study and assessments.
• NVQ Level 3 Creatively Dress Long Hair
  

  £296.00

  Creatively dress long hair
  
  Through this unit you will learn about a variety of conventional and non-conventional dressing techniques to produce innovative, fashionable, creative and personalised looks to compliment individual clients. You will learn the ability to combine and adapt a variety of styling techniques to produce the finished effect. The use of added hair and accessories into your service will help to complete the effect. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  This is a 4 week course, 8 hours per week, including self study and assessments
• NVQ Level 3 Creatively Style and Dress Hair
  

  £235.00

  Creatively style and dress hair
  
  This standard is about using a variety of conventional and non-conventional styling and dressing techniques to produce innovative, fashionable, creative and personalised looks. The ability to combine and adapt a variety of styling and dressing tehniques incorporating accessories and or added hair is required in this standard.
  
  This is a 4 week course, 10 hours per week, including self study and assessments
• NVQ Level 3 Diploma In Hairdressing (QCF)
  

  £2465.00

  This qualification will provide you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to work competently as an advanced hairdresser. Throughout this qualification you will monitor procedures to safely control work operations, provide hairdressing consultation services, creatively cut hair using a combination of techniques and promote additional services or products to clients.
  
  You will be assessed on your occupational competence.
  
  Monitor procedures to safely control work operations
  
  Monitoring the operation of workplace health and safety procedures is the legal responsibility of all senior staff in a salon, not just that of the manager or proprietor. These responsibilities extend beyond salon staff to all people entering the business, e.g. clients, suppliers, contract cleaners, etc. Therefore, in the context of this unit, â??other peopleâ?? includes not only other employees, but all those who have a reason to be on salon premises at any time. This unit is about making sure that statutory and workplace instructions are being carried out.
  
  - Please note that this unit will be removed as from August 2015 and contextualised health and safety has been placed within each unit.
  
  
  Provide client consultation services
  
  This standard is about providing a comprehensive consultation and advisory service to clients. Client consultation is critical to the success of all technical services ensuring that you fully engage with your client to meet their needs and expectations. Client consultation is the foundation to establishing and building your client relationship and it is important that a variety of communication skills are demonstrated to gather key information. Making suitable recommendations for services and products based on this information and the results of your analysis of their hair, skin and scalp is an essential part of this standard. The ability to provide advice including alternative courses of action, such s referral to other speialists, is also a requirement.
  
  Creatively cut hair using a combination of techniques
  
  Through this unit you will learn how to develop your cutting skills to an advanced level to enable you to create a personalised and individual look for your clients in a way that enhances their personal image. You must also demonstrate that you can work on wet and dry, curly and straight hair using a variety of advanced cutting techniques. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  
  Creatively colour and lighten hair
  
  This standard is about combining, adapting and personalising a range of colouring and lightening techniques to achieve a variety of fashion effects. The use of weaving and colouring techniques based on slicing and block colouring is required, as is the ability to carry out a full head and regrowth application of lightener. The ability to restore depth and tone of colour, neutralise colour tone and to colour resistant hair is also required.
  
  Hair colour correction services
  
  This standard is about the advanced skills necessary to determine and correct more complex colouring problems. To achieve this standard, you must be able to remove artificial colour, remove bands of colour, recolour lightened hair, recolour hair that has had artificial colour removed and correct highlights and lowlights.
  
  Creatively style and dress hair
  
  This standard is about using a variety of conventional and non-conventional styling and dressing techniques to produce innovative, fashionable, creative and personalised looks. The ability to combine and adapt a variety of styling and dressing techniqus incorporating accessories and or added hair is required in this standard.
  
  
  Develop and enhance your creative hairdressing skills
  
  This unit is about developing your creative hairdressing skills in a way that enhances your own professional profile. The ability to research, plan and create a range of images in conjunction with others is required in this unit. Evaluation of the results and how the design image may be adapted for commercial use also forms an important part of this unit.
  
  Contribute to the financial effectiveness of the business* £98
  
  This unit is about the monitoring and effective use of salon resources and meeting productivity and development targets to make a positive contribution to the effectiveness of the business. You are also required to ensure that individuals who may assist you to deliver services to clients work effectively too.
  
  
  Contribute to the planning and implementation of promotional activities * £110
  
  This unit is about working with others to plan, implement and evaluate promotional activities. The ability to competently present information and interact with the public whilst demonstrating skills is a particularly important aspect of this unit.
  
  Cut men's hairstyles - The aim of this unit is to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills of existing womenâ??s hairdressers to enable them to cut menâ??s hairstyles and work as a unisex hairdresser.
  This unit will develop your understanding of the differences between ladies and menâ??s head and face shapes, male pattern baldness and how to incorporate this into menâ??s hairstyles, male influencing factors and current trends for menâ??s hairstyles.
• NVQ Level 3 Hair colour correction services
  

  £665.00

  Hair colour correction services
  
  This standard is about the advanced skills necessary to determine and correct more complex colouring problems. To achieve this standard, you must be able to remove artificial colour, remove bands of colour, recolour lightened hair, recolour hair that has had artificial colour removed and correct highlights and lowlights.
  
  This is a 13 week course, 10 hours per week, including self study and assessments
• VTCT level 3 Assessor Qualifications - Certificate in Assessing
  

  £395

  This qualification gives you the ability to train your apprentices in the salon, only needing to send them elsewhere for exams. Entry into this qualification will require you to have full competence in the vocational subject area that you will be assessing and you will need access to a cohort of learners, so that you can gather evidence of real assessments.
  
  We are an established hairdressing academy providing NVQ training and private training to hairdressers. If you would like further information about the assessors courses or any other courses which we offer. Please contact Yvonne Marvell on yvonne.marvell@marvellhairacademy.co.uk or telephone 01793 610782
• VTCT level 3 Assessor Qualifications - Award in Assessing
  

  £325

  This qualification gives you the ability to assess occupational competence in an individual work environment. You would then send your apprentices elsewhere for theory and exams.
  
  We are an established hairdressing academy providing NVQ training and private training to hairdressers. If you would like further information about the assessors courses or any other courses which we offer. Please contact Yvonne Marvell on yvonne.marvell@marvellhairacademy.co.uk or telephone 01793 610782
• Refresher course (PIP's)
  

  £395

  â??PIPâ??
  Personal Improvement Package.
  
  Marvell & Hair Group are proud to introduce our â??Personal Improvement Packageâ?? (PIP).
  This is an M&HG Certificate that is tailored to your own personal needs. PIP is a personal refresher course which will concentrate on the main areas of hairdressing.
  The course can run over several days (total of 18 hours) depending on your requirements, with a total cost of £395. You will need to supply your own basic hairdressing equipment and training head (we can supply the training head) .
  Upon completion of our PIP you will receive an M&HG certificate and useful hand outs for future reference.
  A brief course interview will be required to discuss your Hairdressing training needs, this will then enable us to put together your own â??PIPâ??
• One day courses
  

  £150

  This is a 1-1 course aimed at existing hairdressers who would like to update their hairdressing skills. At level 3 this could include creative colouring techniques, colour correction and creative hair up.
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• NVQ level 3 award in Creative Hair Extension Services (QCF)
  

  £650

  The aim of this unit is to develop your knowledge, understanding and skills required to provide a full and partial hair extension service to clients to reflect current trends. It includes preparing, creatively selecting, blending and placing hair extensions to add length, colour and/or volume to the client's hair. Cutting the new extensions for creatively styling and finishing is required, as is the maintenance and removal of extensions.
  
  Candidate must have a minimum Level 2 qualification in hairdressing to complete this course.
  
  This is a 7 week course, 10 GLH per week including self study.
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• Fast Track NVQ courses
  

  £2054.00

  Did you not quite finish your old hairdressing qualification? Do you feel confident enough to fast track through the course?
  
  If the answer is yes to the above then you might be interested to know that we now offer fast track NVQ Hairdressing courses.
  
  This is a weekly course over 12 months. You will recap each unit and also complete the gents cutting unit at level 2 and the hair extension unit if completing level 3.
  
  Course cost
  
  NVQ level 2 £2615 12 months
  NVQ level 3 £2450 12 months
  
  Once deposit is paid the balance can be spread over 12 monthly payments.
  
  Contact Yvonne for further details

VTCT Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing (QCF)

• NVQ level 2 Shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp
  

  £298.00

  Through this unit you will learn the skill of shampooing, conditioning and treating the hair and scalp using a variety of products and massage techniques. Being able to identify the condition of your clientâ??s hair, skin and scalp will determine which products and massage techniques to use.
  
  You will develop a sound knowledge of shampooing and conditioning products which will enable you to provide your client with good aftercare advice. This unit is suitable for both hairdressers and barbers.
  
  This is a 5 week course, 10 hours per week (This includes homestudy/assessment)
  
  There is an external paper to accompany this unit
• NVQ Level 2 Colour and lighten hair
  

  £714.00

  Change hair colour
  
  This standard is about changing hair colour using semi-permanent, quasi-permanent, permanent and lightening products. This standard covers the ability to colour a full head, regrowth and the creation of highlight and lowlight effects. The ability to take into account a variety of factors and any contraindications is required.
  
  This is a 13 week course, 10 hours per week, including home study and assessments.
  
  There is an external paper for this unit.
• NVQ Level 2 Cut hair using basic techniques
  

  £595.00

  Cut hair using basic techniques
  
  This standard is about creating a variety of basic looks using club cutting, freehand, texturising and scissor over comb techniques. You are required to use these techniques to produce uniform layers, short and long graduations and one length cuts.
  
  
  This is a 10 week course, 10 hours per week, including home study and assessments.
• NVQ Level 2 Perm and neutralise hair
  

  £295

  Perm and neutralise hair
  
  Through this unit you will learn how to develop your perm winding techniques to provide basic perming and neutralising services for your clients. Using these techniques you will demonstrate the three main sectioning winds which are directional, brick and basic section. Being able to identify the condition of your client�??s hair, skin and scalp will determine which products and technique to use. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice. This unit is suitable for both hairdressers and barbers.
  
  This is a 12 week course, which consists of 3 training days followed by 3 months to complete your practical and theory assessments.
  
  There is an external paper for this unit
• NVQ Level 2 Plait and Twist Hair
  

  £95.00

  Using these techniques you will produce intricate cornrows and twists or a full head French plait completed with
  
  Through this unit you will develop plaiting and twisting techniques that will enable you to create a variety of different looks for your clients. Using these techniques you will produce intricate cornrows and twists or a full head French plait completed with a fishtail. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
• NVQ Level 2 Set and dress hair
  

  £250.00

  Set and dress hair
  
  Through this unit you will develop the skill of setting and dressing techniques on a variety of hair types and lengths. Being able to identify the capability of your clients hair will allow you to choose from a range of products, tools and equipment to complete the look. You will need to demonstrate the ability to use heated styling equipment to finish the service. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  This is a 7 week course, 10 hours per week, including home study and assessments.
• NVQ Level 2 unit Style & Finish Hair
  

  £250.00

  Style and finish hair
  
  Through this unit you will develop the skill of blow drying, finger drying and finishing techniques on a variety of hair types and lengths. Being able to identify the capability of your clients hair will allow you to choose from a range of products, tools and equipment to complete the look. You will need to demonstrate the ability to use heated styling equipment to finish the service. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  This is a 7 week course, 10 hours per week, including self study and assessments.
• VTCT Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing (QCF)
  

  £2615.00

  This qualification will provide you with the requisite knowledge, understanding and skills to work competently as a hairdresser. Throughout this qualification you will ensure responsibility to reduce risks to health and safety, give customers a positive impression, advise and consult with clients, shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp, change hair colour, cut hair using basic techniques, style and finish hair and set and dress hair.
  
  You will be supervised by technical staff and assessed on your occupational competence.
  
  Course content:
  
  
  Ensure responsibility for actions to reduce risks to health and safety
  
  This unit is about providing you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to be responsible for health and safety in the workplace. This unit is for everyone at work (whether paid, unpaid, full or part-time). It is about being aware of the main risks in your workplace and knowing how to identify and deal with them. - This unit will be removed from August 2015 and contextualised helath and safety has been placed within each unit.
  
  Shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp
  
  Through this unit you will learn the skill of shampooing, conditioning and treating the hair and scalp using a variety of products and massage techniques. Being able to identify the condition of your clientâ??s hair, skin and scalp will determine which products and massage techniques to use. You will develop a sound knowledge of shampooing and conditioning products which will enable you to provide your client with good aftercare advice. This unit is suitable for both hairdressers and barbers.
  
  Colour and lighten hair
  
  Through this unit you will learn how to change hair colour using semi-permanent, quasi-permanent, permanent and lightening products. The use of a variety of colouring techniques such as full head, re-growth and highlighting and/or low-lighting effects provide the basis for all hair services at level 2. You must develop the ability to take into account a variety of factors and contra-indications that your client may present with.
  
  Advise and consult with clients
  
  Through this unit you will learn the art of consultation with your clients, using a variety of methods to clarify their ideas and requirements for hair services. Being able to make suitable suggestions based on a variety of methods such as; open and closed questioning, observation and testing of the hair skin and scalp, will provide the information that you will need on which to base your recommendations.
  
  Style and finish hair
  
  Through this unit you will develop the skill of blow drying, finger drying and finishing techniques on a variety of hair types and lengths. Being able to identify the capability of your clients hair will allow you to choose from a range of products, tools and equipment to complete the look. You will need to demonstrate the ability to use heated styling equipment to finish the service. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  Set and dress hair
  
  Through this unit you will develop the skill of setting and dressing techniques on a variety of hair types and lengths. Being able to identify the capability of your clients hair will allow you to choose from a range of products, tools and equipment to complete the look. You will need to demonstrate the ability to use heated styling equipment to finish the service. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  Cut hair using basic techniques
  
  Through this unit you will learn how to create a variety of basic looks using club cutting, freehand and scissor-over-comb techniques. Using these cutting techniques you will demonstrate that you can produce one length hair cuts for both above and below shoulder length, uniform layers and short and long graduation haircuts. You must also demonstrate that you can work on both curly and straight hair. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  Perm and neutralise hair**
  
  Through this unit you will learn how to develop your perm winding techniques to provide basic perming and neutralising services for your clients. Using these techniques you will demonstrate the three main sectioning winds which are directional, brick and â??9â?? section. Being able to identify the condition of your clientâ??s hair, skin and scalp will determine which products and technique to use. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice. This unit is suitable for both hairdressers and barbers.
  
  Develop and maintain effectiveness at work
  
  This unit is about taking responsibility for improving your performance at work and working well with your colleagues so as to make a positive contribution to the overall effectiveness of your salon. Services or products are continually changing in salons to keep up with clientâ??s expectations. By offering new or improved services and products your salon can increase client satisfaction. Many salons must promote these to be able to survive in a competitive world. It is equally important for salons that are not in competitive environments to encourage their clients to try new services or products. This unit is all about your need to keep pace with new developments and to encourage your clients to take an interest in them. Clients expect more and more services or products to be offered to meet their own growing expectations. They need to be made aware of what is available from your salon to give them a greater choice.
  
  Plait and twist hair* £95
  
  Through this unit you will develop plaiting and twisting techniques that will enable you create a variety of different looks for your clients. Using these techniques you will produce intricate cornrows and twists or a full head French plait completed with a fishtail. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  Fulfil salon reception duties* £107
  
  This unit is about the important skills of welcoming and receiving people entering the salon, handling enquiries, making appointments, dealing with client payments and generally maintaining the reception area. Dealing with people in a polite manner whilst questioning them to find out what they require forms an important part of this unit.
  
  Temporarily attach hair to enhance a style* £119
  
  This unit is about the skills required to attach and remove pieces of added human hair to an existing style using pre-prepared and pre-packaged pieces of hair, which are designed to last up to 24 hours (e.g. clip-ons) and from 24 hours to four weeks (e.g. self adhesive pieces). These methods are used to enhance a style by increasing volume and adding colour. The ability to blend added hair into the existing style using basic cutting techniques is required. Part of this service is to provide your client with good aftercare advice.
  
  Cut men's hairstyles* - The aim of this unit is to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills of existing womenâ??s hairdressers to enable them to cut menâ??s hairstyles and work as a unisex hairdresser.
  This unit will develop your understanding of the differences between ladies and menâ??s head and face shapes, male pattern baldness and how to incorporate this into menâ??s hairstyles, male influencing factors and current trends for menâ??s hairstyles.
  
  
  *Units that are additional.
  ** Choose one of these along side the other units to complete a full Level 2 NVQ diploma.
• NVQ level 2 Cut men\'s hairstyles
  

  £Â£298

  The aim of this unit is to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills to be able to teach existing women's hairdressers how to cut men's hairstyles and enable them to work as a unisex hairdresser. This unit will develop an understanding of the differences between ladies and men's head and face shapes, male pattern baldness and how to incorporate this into men's hairstyles, male influencing factors and current trends for mens's hairstyles.
  
  This is a 6 week course, 10 GLH per week, including self study.
• Refresher course (PIP's)
  

  £395

  â??PIPâ??
  Personal Improvement Package.
  
  Marvell & Hair Group are proud to introduce our â??Personal Improvement Packageâ?? (PIP).
  This is an M&HG Certificate that is tailored to your own personal needs. PIP is a personal refresher course which will concentrate on the main areas of hairdressing.
  The course can run over several days (total of 18 hours) depending on your requirements, with a total cost of £395. You will need to supply your own basic hairdressing equipment and training head (we can supply the training head) .
  Upon completion of our PIP you will receive an M&HG certificate and useful hand outs for future reference.
  A brief course interview will be required to discuss your Hairdressing training needs, this will then enable us to put together your own â??PIPâ??
• One day courses
  

  £150

  This is a 1-1 course aimed at existing hairdressers who would like to update their hairdressing skills. At level 2 this could include Hair ups, Blow drying, Basic cutting and Basic colouring techniques.
• Fast Track NVQ courses
  

  £2054.00

  Did you not quite finish your old hairdressing qualification? Do you feel confident enough to fast track through the course?
  
  If the answer is yes to the above then you might be interested to know that we now offer fast track NVQ Hairdressing courses.
  
  Course start date Thursday 1st August 2019 9.30 -3.30. This is a weekly course over 12 months. You will recap each unit and also complete the gents cutting unit at level 2 or the hair extension unit at level 3.
  
  Course cost
  
  NVQ level 2 £2615 12 months
  NVQ level 3 £2465 12 months
  
  Once deposit is paid the balance can be spread over 12 monthly payments.
  
  Contact Yvonne for further details

Short courses

• Marvell Academy Introduction to Hairdressing course
  

  £150

  Marvell Introduction to Hairdressing course
  Expertise level: Suitable for beginners
  Course duration: 1 day
  Course date: Wednesday 21st August 2019, 10am until 4pm
  Course cost: £150
  The introduction to Hairdressing course is the perfect way to show you how much this profession has to offer.
  Kit required: Training head (can be purchased on the day from the academy)
  Course requirements: Students must be at least 16 years of age.
  Top features
  • No previous experience required
  • Detailed introduction into the hairdressing trade
  • Practical session featuring essential skills for cutting and styling the hair.
  Key learning
  • Full understanding of holding and palming scissors, blow drying and styling the hair after completing 3 basic hair cuts.
  Please contact the academy to book your place. 01793 610782 or yvonne.marvell@marvellhairacademy.co.uk
  
  Once booked you cannot cancel your place on the course. If you fail to attend a booked course you will not be entitled to a refund or offered an alternative course.

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