Health and Safety Certificate for Hairdressers and Barbers

This health and safety course has been designed to raise health and safety standards across the hair industry and is ideal for hairdressers, barbers, and salon owners alike. You will explore all kinds of different topics, from how to work safely with chemicals to testing for allergies. It will also help you maintain safe methods of working in the salon and teach you about your legal duties. You will study using 15 different training videos spread across three different modules. The course will teach you how to adopt and maintain best working practices and a safe environment for you, your colleagues, and your clients.

Course Content

Module 1 Effective and safe methods of working

• In your first module, you will develop your understanding of key health and safety considerations for working in a salon, including your legal duties. Topics covered are listed below.
• Reducing risks to health and safety.
• Legal duties with regards to health and safety in a working environment.
• Safe and hygienic working practices.
• Posture and positioning for your client.
• Preparing tools and equipment and disposing of waste.
• Maintaining a professional environment.
• Keeping you and your client healthy.

Module 2 Consultation, cross-infection and infestation

• Discover the importance of providing consultation and learn about technical knowledge of treatments, services, and products, as well as the biology of hair structure and skin. The topics covered are listed below.
• Structure and growth cycles.
• The three main layers of the skin.
• The basic structure of hair.
• Product and technique choice and enhance your consultation skills.
• Hair science.
• Infectious diseases and parasites.
• Consultancy and communication skills.

Module 3 Prioritising safe working practices, tests and testing

• Hair and skin testing form a vital element of the consultation process and the failure to carry out either can lead to client dissatisfaction or even legal action. Topics included in this module are below.
• Condition of the cuticle and cortex.
• Porosity and elasticity tests.
• Performing skin tests.
• Checking hair for metallic salts.
• The colour strand test.