Barber/Stylist – 1500 hrs
The curriculum prepares students for the examination to obtain a registered barber license and will consist of 1,500 clock hours as follows:
Two (2) hours of orientation, consisting of 2 hours
- Rules and Regulations of the school
- Introduction to school personnel and students
- Outlay of school facilities and exit plan
One hundred and twenty (120) hours of theory, consisting of:
- History of barbering –1 hour
- Professional image –4 hours
- Hygiene and good grooming –1 hour
- Bacteriology, sterilization, and sanitation –10 hours
- Barbering implements –1 hour
- Honing and stropping –1 hour
- Shaving –5 hours
- Hair cutting, male and female –5 hours
- Mustache and beard –2 hours
- Shampooing and rinsing –1 hour
- Scalp, hair treatments and skin –5 hours
- Facial treatments –2 hours
- Anatomy and physiology (hair, skin, muscles, nerves and cell) -30 hours
- Disorders of the skin, scalp and hair -10 hours
- Electricity and Light therapy -1 hour
- Chemistry -5 hours
- Barber styling shop management -5 hours
- Arkansas State Barber Board Laws -15 hours
- Scientific fundamentals of barbering -4 hours
- Cosmetic preparations -3 hours
- Sanitary professional techniques -4 hours
- Salesmanship -5 hours
One thousand, three hundred seventy-eight (1378) hours of instructions in practical work:
- Barber Implements -15 hours
- Shaving -80 hours
- Hair cutting, tapering, trimming, dressing the hair-800 hours
- Shampoo and rinsing -45 hours
- Scalp, hair treatment and tonics -10 hours
- Massage and Facial treatments -10 hours
- Bleaching and dying the hair -30 hours
- Arranging -10 hours
- Beautifying -10 hours
- Beards and Mustaches -20 hours
- Processing -5 hours
- Manicures and nail disorders -10 hours
- Hair-Styling -10 hours
- Cleansing -25 hours
- Curling Iron Techniques -15 hours
- Dressing -5 hours
- Hair Shaping -5 hours
- Singeing -7 hours
- Hair Straightening -25 hours
- Hair weaving -28 hours
- Hair Clipping -15 hours
- Hair Weaving and Hair Pieces (sewing) -17 hours
- Scientific fundamentals of barbering -10 hours
- Professional Ethics -33 hours
- Barber Shop management -22 hours
- First Aid and Safety Precautions -11 hours
- Sanitation -15 hours
TOTAL HOURS: 1500 HRSÂ
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