Hairdressing

We are building a skilled workforce for the hair care industry. Our students graduate as skilled hairdressers certified by the Kenyan National Industrial Training Authority (NITA). They can perform tasks ranging from cuts to highlighting and color to wig maintenance, qualifying them to work both as employees in salons and as entrepreneurs, building their own businesses.

Career paths after graduation include:

Mobile hairdresser
Salon manager
Junior stylist
Color technician
Retail sales rep
Salon receptionist

Trainer
Entrepreneur/small business owner
Technical teacher/Advisor
Session Stylist
Consultant

Hairdressing Year One

Students in Year One learn the foundational skills necessary for working professionally and safely in the hairdressing field. Because safety for both the client and practitioner is the priority in this profession, the first year focuses on teaching and practicing correct working methods, as well as safety and health practices.

Year One Learning Modules

Module	Subject
1	Health and safety – personal and client
2	Health and safety – personal and client
3	Hair drying and shaping
4	Tool, equipment, and work area organization and maintenance
5	Financial transactions – basic checkout services
6	Customer service – greeting and preparing clients for salon services
7	Company compliance – rules, teamwork, safety, feedback process
8	Teamwork and growth within a company
9	Massage for head, neck, and shoulders
10	Hair color application
11	Stock management – stocking, receipt of supplies, organization
12	Retail sales – selling, completing transactions, and customer satisfaction

Hairdressing Year Two

In Year Two, students focus intensively on hairdressing skills including styling, hair design for both women and men, hair pieces such as wigs and extensions, and chemical treatments including color, relaxers, straighteners, and remedies for damaged hair and scalps. Students learn to work directly with clients with minimal supervision. In this year, students also advance their professional communication and teamwork skills, working more frequently with clients. They also further develop their business skills, learning advanced finance, product and service sales, staffing, and product and equipment stocking. By the end of the year, students require less supervision and are able to take responsibility for their work product, relying on their own discretion and judgement.

Year Two Learning Modules

Module	Subject
1	Environmentally sustainable work practices
2	Shampoo and basin services – without supervision
3	Hair coloring and lightening
4	Hair highlighting treatments – full and partial
5	Neutralizing unwanted colors and tones
6	Bleach treatments – full head and retouching
7	Haircut structure design
8	One length or solid haircut structures
9	Graduated haircut structures
10	Layered haircut structures
11	Hair cutting using over-comb techniques
12	Finished hair designs – create without supervision
13	Tool, equipment, and work area organization and maintenance without supervision
14	Chemical treatments for straightening and relaxing hair
15	Hair and scalp conditions – identifying and treating
16	Financial transactions – conduct unsupervised
17	Client-base development and expansion
18	Provide salon services to clients
19	Company compliance – rules, teamwork, safety, feedback process
20	Salon team leadership
21	Apply safe hygiene, health, and work practices
22	Combined women’s haircut structures – create and execute
23	Combined men’s traditional and classic haircut structures – create and execute
24	Classic long hair up-styles – create and execute
25	Massage – advanced techniques for head, neck, and shoulder relaxation

Hairdressing Year Three

In Year Three, students master their technical hairdressing skills, with the goal of becoming highly-skilled senior hairdressers. They work on a variety of salon teams, taking on different roles. In addition, they learn to coordinate and oversee teams. These teams include professional hairdressers, some of whom work both with hair product companies and as independent stylists. This provides students the opportunity to build relationships with established, working professionals and with product companies. Third-year students also mentor first and second-year students. Also in Year Three, students may choose to specialize, developing mastery in areas including complex coloring and color correction, hair extensions, chemical reformation, scalp treatments, and make-up application.

Year Three Learning Modules

Module	Subject
1	Technical leadership for hairdressing teams
2	Hairdressing trends to advance creative work – research and implementation
3	Complex color problems and solutions
4	Creative coloring and lightening techniques to enhance hair designs
5	Creative haircuts – design and perform
6	Hair extensions – select and apply
7	Creative long-hair styling
8	Product and service promotion
9	Team leadership and management
10	Hair and make-up design for photography
11	Session stylist – includes video and photo shoots, weddings, general public events
12	Employment preparation – next steps after graduation