Barbering Course Information

BARBERING COURSE DESCRIPTION

Barbering: SOC 39.5011.00, CIP Code 12.0402:
The curriculum involves 1000 hours to satisfy California state requirements. The course includes extensive instruction and practical experience in hair cutting, color, texture, men’s grooming, customer service, personal appearance and hygiene, personal motivation and development, retail (Take Home) skills, guest record-keeping, and business ethics, sanitation, state laws and regulations, salon-type administration, and job interviewing.

Graduates are prepared to be entry-level barbers.

This course it taught in English. Textbooks and course materials are only offered in the English Language.

BARBERING COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Hours: 1000 clock hours

The course is divided into pre-clinical classroom instruction and clinical service learning experiences.

Pre-clinical Classroom Instruction: The first 300 hours are devoted to classroom workshops where students learn design principles, technical information, and professional practices.
Clinic Classroom Learning Experience: The remaining 700 hours are spent in the clinic floor area where practical experience is gained.

The 1000 hour Barbering course at San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology is designed to train the student in basic barbering skills, impeccable health and safety judgments, proper sanitation habits, business skill, communication skills, and professionalism necessary to obtain a California license and secure a job in Barbering or a related field. For specific subjects that are included in the Barbering program, refer to the Course Requirements below.

BARBERING COURSE OUTLINE

Technical instruction denotes instruction by demonstration, lecture, classroom participation, or examination.
Practical operation denotes the actual performance by a student of a complete service on another person or on a mannequin.
Core Curriculum: A 300-hour orientation, known as the Core program, instills the basic fundamentals. Students are graded and evaluated using written, oral, and practical testing methods. Students must successfully complete the Core curriculum prior to attending regularly scheduled daily classes in cutting, color, permanent waving, and chemical texture services.
Clinic Floor Learning Experience: Your clinic floor time from 300 to 1000 hours will be guided with individual attention and group learning experiences using workshops, worksheets, and periodic exams developed specifically for monitoring progress. This is when you begin working on paying service guests in the clinic classroom.
Classroom Learning Experience: Your classroom time from 300 to 1000 hours is divided into four (4) areas: cutting, color, texture, skin and men's grooming. Each area has a Skill Specialist in the field who conducts the different specialty classes once a week; these may include guest artists, retail (Take Home), motivation, self-improvement.
Adaptive Curriculum: From 301 to 500 hours, you will enter a new phase of specialty classroom workshops coupled with challenging practical services designed to continue building your skills as an industry professional.
Creative Curriculum: You will spend your last 500 hours in San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology in “high gear” by dressing, acting, and working like an industry professional. You will use your own artistic and creative abilities, coupled with the assistance of the Learning Leaders, to prepare yourself for your future industry career.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of the course requirements, the graduate will be able to:

Project a positive attitude and a sense of personal integrity and self-confidence.
Practice effective communication skills, visual poise, and proper grooming.
Respect the need to deliver worthy service for value received in an employer-employee relationship.
Perform the basic manipulative skills in the areas of barbering, shaving, and health and safety.
Perform the basic analytic skills to determine appropriate hair care, barbering, and shaving care services to achieve the best total look for each client.
Apply academic and practical learning and related information to ensure sound the judgments, decisions, and procedures.

Barbering Schedule Options	Days	Times
Full-time Day Schedule 35 hours/week for a total of 29 weeks	Tuesday through Friday Saturday	8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Part-time Evening Schedule 23 hours/week for a total of 43 weeks	Tuesday through Friday Saturday	5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m.
Full-time 4-Day Schedule 28 hours/week for a total of 36 weeks	Tuesday through Friday	8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Note: Full-time Day students are expected to maintain 35 hours/week; Part-time Evening students are expected to maintain 23 hours/week.

Class Size
Limit 20 students per class.

BARBERING COURSE SUBJECTS

Subject	State Minimum Requirements
Health and Safety: Including instruction on hazardous substances, chemical safety, safety data sheets, protection from hazardous chemicals, preventing chemical injuries, health and safety laws and regulations, and preventing communicable diseases. Board Approved Health & Safety Course (B&P 7389(a)): Including instruction on hazardous substances, basic labor laws, and physical and sexual assault awareness.	100
Disinfection and Sanitation: Including instruction on disinfection procedures to protect the health and safety of consumers as well as the technician and proper disinfection procedures for equipment used in establishments.	100
Chemical Hair Services: Including instruction on coloring, straightening, waving, bleaching, hair analysis, predisposition and strand tests, safety precautions, formula mixing, and the use of dye removers.	200
Hairstyling Services: Including instruction on arranging, blow drying, cleansing, curling, dressing, hair analysis, shampooing, waving, and nonchemical straightening, and hair cutting, including the use of shears, razors, electrical clippers and trimmers, and thinning shears, for wet and dry cutting.	200
Shaving and Trimming of the Beard: Including instruction on preparing the client’s hair for shaving, assessing the condition of the client’s skin, performing shaving techniques, applying aftershave antiseptic following facial services, and massaging the face and rolling cream massages.	200
Additional Training	200
TOTAL HOURS OF TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION	1000

*All practical instruction requires disinfection and sanitation

Recommendations
The California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology recommends that schools provide training in the area of communication skills that includes professional ethics, salesmanship, client record keeping, decorum, basic tax information relating to booth renters, independent contractors, employees, and employers.

Goal
The goal of the Barber curriculum is to prepare each student to become a licensed professional. Upon completion of the program, including exams, payments and the entire graduation checklist, graduates receive a Certificate of Completion.

Syllabus
The curriculum for students enrolled in a Barber course shall consist of one thousand (1000) hours of technical instruction and practical training covering all practices constituting the art of Cosmetology pursuant to Section 7316 of the Barbering and Cosmetology Act.

Teaching Aids and Learning Methods
All of San Francisco Institute of Esthetics & Cosmetology’s program will be taught in a sequential format that starts with basic skills and evolves into more advanced concepts as the program advances. The programs incorporate the basic skills needed for state board preparation, graduation and a job. Each student will be exposed to services and implements that reflect the current industry standards. Instruction will be a fun, interactive environment where students are able to explore their creative side as well as learn traditional techniques. Information will be delivered via discussion, question and answer, cooperative learning, problem solving, interactive lecture, and clinic activities. Additional learning methods will include, but are not limited to, guest speakers, power point presentations, field trips, projects and homework.

Grading Procedure
Approximately 1 business day will elapse between the school's receipt of student lessons and the institution's response or evaluation. Students are evaluated in practical (hands on) procedures as well as academic theory knowledge. Academic or theory learning is evaluated at the end of each topic or unit of study through written exam. Practical skills are assessed through the use of skill checks where a Learning Leader observes and evaluates the retention, accuracy, and level of skill using a standardized evaluation form. After the skill check, the student will be coached on their performance and any areas of improvement needed. If performance does not meet satisfactory academic requirements, it must be repeated until a passing grade is obtained.

Grading Scale
SFIEC uses the below grading scale for written exams:

Percentage	Grade
90% - 100%	A
Below 90%	Failing

SFIEC uses the below grading scale for practical exams:

Percentage	Grade
90% - 100%	A
Below 90%	Failing

BARBERING HYBRID EDUCATION COURSE SUBJECTS

Course Outline – Barbering Hybrid

CURRICULUM OUTLINE

On-Campus Hours Distance Education Hours Total Hours 1000 clock hours

Course Clock Hours: On-Campus Hours 540 (54%) Distance Education Hours 460 (46%) This course is divided into:

On-Campus Learning: This will include the majority of practical hands-on training and final theory testing and practical evaluations that make up a student’s GPA.
Online Distance Learning: This will include the majority of theory instruction and certain basic nonchemical practical training.

The curriculum will be broken down as follows:

Subject	Technical Instruction Total Hours	Online Distance Learning Hours (Theory & Basic Practical)	On-Campus Learning Hours (Clinical Practical & Testing)	Online Practical Applications	On-Campus Practical Applications **	Total Practical Applications
Hairdressing (1100 Hours) **
Hairstyling	350	100	250	20	240	260
Permanent Waving & Chemical Straightening	200	75	125	0	105	105
Hair Coloring & Bleaching	200	100	100	0	50	50
Haircutting	250	100	150	20	80	100
Barber Styling Classes	100	50	50	20	0	20
Shaving (200 hours) **
Shaving Preparation & Performance (Shaves and Facials	200	100	100	10	40	50
Health & Safety (200 Hours) **
Laws & Regulations	40	37	3	0	0	0
Health & Safety Consideration	55	52	3	0	0	0
Disinfection & Sanitation	40	20	20	10	0	10
Anatomy & Physiology	25	22	3	0	0	0
Professional Development	40	40	0	0	0	0
TOTAL HOURS	1000**	696	804

** Minimum Requirements of California Board of Barbering & Cosmetology

COURSE OVERVIEW

Our Barbering Program is structured into the following phases:

Core Phase (1 to 300 hours):

The first 300 hours is dedicated to providing the basic fundamentals in all the main areas of theoretical and practical instruction. The Core phase includes a combination of theory on school culture, hairstyling, hair texture, haircutting, hair color, spa knowledge, and product knowledge, as well as an introduction to basic practical skills in these areas. During the Core phase, full-time students will on average spend three days (21 clock hours) each week engaged in online distance learning and the remaining two days (14 clock hours) each week engaged in practical hands-on training and theory testing on campus.

The 2nd Phase consists of 70 hours of training focused on reinforcing what was learned in the Core Phase, beginning to learn shaving skills, and learning the clinical procedures in preparation for beginning to work on service guests in the Adaptive Phase.

During this Phase, the students will learn online two days (14 hours) a week, and the other three days (21 hours) will be spent on campus enhancing hands-on techniques, learning the clinic classroom systems, and completing theory tests and practical evaluations.

Adaptive Phase (301 to 500 hours):

The Adaptive Phase consists of 199 hours of additional theory training, specialty classes focused on barbering skills, and practical services, including on live guests, designed to build knowledge and confidence in all aspects of the barbering curriculum. Once in the Adaptive Phase, students will spend three days (21 hours) in online education and two days (14 hours) on campus. Online learning will focus on theory lessons, professional development, soft skills, product knowledge as well as enhancement of previously acquired skills. The two days spent on campus will be focused on theory testing, practical evaluations, servicing guests, and mastering practical skills.

Creative Phase (501 to 1000 hours):

The Creative Phase consists of 499 hours of additional theory training, advanced specialty classes, salon readiness classes and advanced practical services, including on live guests. During the Creative Phase, students will spend two days (14 hours) in online education and three days (21 hours) on campus, except for the last week of the program, which will be completely taught on campus. Online learning will focus on theory lessons, professional development, soft skills, product knowledge, preparation for the California State Board examination, as well as enhancement and repetition of previously acquired skills. The three days spent on campus will focus on theory testing, practical evaluations, servicing guests, mastering practical skills, salon readiness, and practicing for the State Board Examination.

BARBERING PROGRAM TESTING AND GRADING PROCEDURE

In order to be considered passing, a Barbering student must meet the following passing scores:

SFIEC uses the below grading scale for Barbering written exams:

Percentage	Grade
90% - 100%	A
Below 90%	Failing

SFIEC uses the below grading scale for Barbering practical exams:

Percentage	Grade
90% - 100%	A
Below 90%	Failing