Creative Hair and Beauty Studies (3004)

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Last Updated: 20 Mar 2024

The Creative Hair and Beauty Studies qualifications are ideal for learners looking for a career in Hair or Beauty or a combined Hair and Beauty career. These qualifications allow learners to develop their creative skills and underpinning knowledge

These qualifications are aimed at learners with a little or no previous experience, who are looking to develop their basic skills in order to progress within the industry.

Available to deliver in the following:

England
Wales – please check QiW website for available funding
Scotland
Northern Ireland

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General Information

What Is Involved In Studying This Course?

Depending on which qualification you take, you may cover topics such as:

hair styling
make up
manicure
lash and brow treatments
nail art
face painting
foot care

To earn a qualification, you must compete a range of mandatory and optional units.

For a full list of units, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

What Careers Can This Lead To?

These qualifications can help you to progress into the following:

Salon Junior
Receptionist
Apprenticeship
NVQ/VRQ Level 2

What Is Involved With Delivering This Course?

To deliver these qualifications you will need suitably qualified staff to carry out training and assessment. You will also need suitable facilities to carry out the required training to enable learners to achieve industry standards.

To find all the resource requirements, download the qualification handbook from the centre documents section.

Level 2

Level 2 Certificate in Creative Hair and Beauty Studies (3004-02)

Last Registration Date: 31 Mar 2024 Supportive services: Learning Assistant

Level 2 Certificate in Creative Hair and Beauty Studies

Accreditation No: 500/8785/X This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 24 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 180 - 180 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 240 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/03/2026 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £92.00 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Level 2 Diploma in Hair and Beauty (3004-12)

Last Registration Date: 31 Aug 2027

Level 2 Diploma in Hair and Beauty

Accreditation No: 600/5861/4 This is a reference number related to UK accreditation framework
Type: Credit based qualification This is categorisation to help define qualification attributes e.g. type of assessment
Credits: 56 Credits are a measure of the size of the qualification
Guided Learning Hours: 458 - 518 This is the average contact time a centre would typically commit
Total Qualification Time: 560 The total time for the qualification
Key Stage: Data unavailable This shows the equivalent Key Stage level.
Last Certification: 31/08/2029 This is the last date that a certificate can be issued
Qualification fees in the UK: £118.00 Our typical price is the one that is most often paid by a centre for a completed learner. Some prices are made up of multiple charging points so action like taking difference units or specialisms to complete and resitting assessments may mean the cost for some learners differs.

Additional information for centres

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Here you can find all documents related to this suite of qualifications.

By clicking on the section headings below, you can access a variety of documents such as the qualification handbooks and assessment materials, Statements of Purpose, and recognition letters from industry and employers.

Some documents may be password protected. Passwords can be retrieved by logging in to Walled Garden and visiting the Administration section of the relevant qualification catalogue page.

Interested in delivering this qualification?

Find out more about how to become an approved City & Guilds centre or fill out our online customer application form.

Additional documents

Level 2 VRQ Diploma in Hair and Beauty Candidate Logbook pdf 4 MB 16 Sep 2021

Downloadable logbook units

Assessment materials

Centre documents

3004 L2 Creative Hair and Beauty Studies Qualification Handbook v4-1 pdf 1 MB 24 Jul 2018

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