Hairdressing Professional
Version 1.2 – VQA Level 2 End-Point Assessment for ST0213 Hairdressing Professional (603/3259/1)
Version: 1.2
Level: 2
LARS Number: 157
Reference: ST0213
Funding: £11,000
Duration: 24 months
See Versions 1.1 | 1.2
This page describes the latest version of the Hairdressing Professional standard (version 1.2), which came into force in May 2023. This version revised the standard, EPA plan and funding. Version 1.1 is still used for Apprentices who started between 3rd October 2018 and 22nd May 2023 and Version 1 is still used for Apprentices who started between 21st December 2016 and 2nd October 2018. For more information, please visit the Skills England website.
Hairdressing professionals work within customer-facing environments varying from small micro-salons to large high-street chains. Their role is to provide a range of hairdressing services to a variety of clients, and as such strong customer service and safe working practices are essential. In their daily work, they interact with a diverse range of clients conducting consultations to determine services including hair cutting, hair colouring and hair styling. As part of their role, hair professionals are required to promote themselves, their products and their services.
Apprenticeship Assessment Components
To complete their Apprenticeship Assessment, Hairdressing Professional apprentices must achieve a pass or distinction in the following components.
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The knowledge test can be paper-based or taken via computer. It consists of 40 multiple-choice questions and the apprentice has 60 minutes to complete it.
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This assessment provides the apprentice with the opportunity to demonstrate the KSBs mapped to this assessment method. Lasting 5.5 hours, the observation must be completed in a real work environment that closely relates to the apprentice's natural working environment and can be completed on any hair classification, on a minimum of two clients. A minimum of three oral questions will be asked at appropriate times during the assessment.
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As part of the professional discussion, the Apprenticeship Assessment Assessor and apprentice have a formal two-way conversation. This assessment gives the apprentice the opportunity to demonstrate their competency across the knowledge, skills and behaviours and they're able to refer to and illustrate their answers with evidence from their portfolio of evidence. The assessment must last for 35 minutes (+10%) and the Apprenticeship Assessment Assessor must ask at least six questions.
Why VQA?
Gateway to completion submission reviewed within 24 hours
Assessments booked within 1 working day of gateway to completion approval
Results released in market-leading time
Assessment planning meetings offered to all apprentices
Average gateway-to-completion of 6 weeks*
*unless otherwise stipulated by the assessment plan Gateway to Completion Requirements
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