Fashion, Beauty & Personal Care

Barbering

About This Skill

Sharp Cuts, Clean Fades, Professional Confidence! This programme equips students with the practical skills required for modern male grooming and barbering services. Trainees learn haircutting principles, head shapes, clipper control, hygiene standards, customer consultation and professional salon conduct. Hands-on training includes low cuts, fades, tapers, line-ups, beard shaping, shaving techniques, clipper maintenance and the use of scissors, trimmers and grooming products. Students practise working with different hair textures while learning sanitation procedures that ensure safe and hygienic service delivery. By the end of the course, participants will be able to perform a range of contemporary haircuts, maintain barbering equipment and manage customer appointments professionally. The programme prepares graduates for employment in barbering salons or for establishing their own grooming business.
Mandatory Skills Qualification (MSQ): completing this skill alongside your ND/HND earns you a National Skills Qualification (NSQ) certificate, per NBTE requirements for all polytechnic graduates. Choose it as a vertical skill if it matches your core course of study, or horizontal if it's in a different field entirely.

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₦20,000

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