Two tracks, one program
Days, or evenings and Saturday
You learn the same things either way. What changes is when you are on the floor.
Full-time days
Monday to Friday on the floor, with the clinic on Wednesday and Friday. A good fit if you can set work aside for the program.
Monday to Thursday: theory and practice floor
Wednesday and Friday: the student clinic
Finishes sooner than the evening track
Part-time evenings and Saturday
Three evenings and a Saturday clinic day, for students who keep a job or care for family during the week.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings
Saturday: the student clinic
Takes longer to complete
Theory and floor
Theory in the room, skill on the floor
Each week starts with a short lesson and ends with hands on hair. You see a skill done slowly, do it on a mannequin head, then do it again until it is steady.
Your instructor checks your work at your chair, not from the front of the room. When you are steady, you move from mannequins to clinic clients with an instructor beside you.
How a week goes
Short lessons, then practice
Mannequin heads in every texture
Clinic clients when your instructor says you are ready
What you practice
Six skills, repeated until they are steady
Clipper work
Guards, clipper-over-comb and a clean back of the neck.
Tapers and fades
Blending from skin to length, on straight hair and on coils.
Scissor work
Scissor-over-comb, texture and the shapes that grow out well.
Beards and the razor
Shaping, line-ups and a hot-towel shave with a new blade each time.
Every hair texture
Waves, coils, curls, twists and straight hair, on mannequins and on clinic clients.
The shop
Cleaning and disinfecting tools between clients, the rules of the state board and how a chair is run.
The state exam
Ready for the exam, a little more each week
Your program runs for the hours the Ohio State Barber Board requires, and your enrollment letter lists them. A license is the state's to give; we prepare you for what the exam asks.
- 01
Practice in the exam's order
Near the end of the program you work through the practical tasks in the order the exam asks for them.
- 02
Written questions, a little each week
A few written questions close every theory lesson, so the material is familiar before the exam.
- 03
A mock practical with your instructor
Your instructor watches a full run-through and tells you what to tighten up.
About the program
Which track should I choose?
Choose the one your week can hold. Days finish sooner; evenings and Saturday take longer but let you keep a job.
Do you teach every hair texture?
Yes. We cut waves, coils, curls, twists and straight hair, on mannequin heads and on clinic clients.
What do I need to buy?
A kit of clippers, trimmers, shears, combs and a cape. We give you the list at your enrollment meeting; the brands are your choice.
How big is a group?
A small one. Fewer students means more time with an instructor at your chair.
Walk the floor
Come on a clinic day and watch a class from the back of the room.