Women's Hairdressing Level 2

The Level 2 Hairdressing course is designed to provide you with the communication, customer service and practical skills required to enter employment, Level 3 study or an apprenticeship. Students who achieve this qualification could look forward to a future career as a professional Hair Stylist, Colour Technician or Barber. 

You learn through practical sessions, group discussions or assignments. You'll have access to a realistic hairdressing environment where you'll practise and demonstrate your skills. 

Our training is carried out in our fully equipped and realistic working salons. You will work with top industry standard product lines including Wella and will be able to carry out the hairdressing services on our client base to provide you with real world learning.

Please note that our modules are subject to change - we review the content of our courses regularly, making changes where necessary to improve your experience and graduate prospects.

You will learn through a combination of theory-based sessions in the classroom, live demonstrations and practical assignments, working on headblocks and peers in our fully equipped working salons. You will work with top industry standard product lines including Wella, and will gain a real-world learning experience through carrying out services on our client base. 

Your progress will be fully supported and tracked by our highly experienced tutors who have worked as industry professionals themselves. You will benefit from their vast experience in their area of expertise and their understanding of the industry. In addition, you will have the opportunity to participate in work experience with local employers across Derbyshire.

We offer an enhanced student experience with visits from guest speakers and the opportunity to take part in enrichment activities and study trips to the Wella Salons/Studios, trade exhibitions, international trips and overnight visits to meet industry specialists.

At the end of the programme, you will be able to show your competence in a broad range of professional hairdressing skills and demonstrate responsibility for your work and an ability to work independently.

Students who achieve this qualification could look forward to a future career as a professional Hair Stylist, Colour Technician or Barber.

You will need a minimum of three Grade 4/C GCSEs, including English and maths. If you do not meet these minimum requirements individual cases will be considered. Please speak to your interviewer.

If you are aged 16-18 on 31 August 2025, you will not usually pay tuition fees for your course. Most full-time college-level study programmes are fully funded for this age group.

However, you may still have additional costs, including: travel to and from college, uniforms, kits, and equipment, educational trips, meals while at college, childcare (if applicable).

This is where the college bursary can help support you.

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The information provided on this page is correct at the time of publication but course content, costs and other individual course details do change from time to time and are updated as often as possible, so please do check these pages again when making your final decision to apply for a course. Any updated course details will also be confirmed to you at application, enrolment and in your offer letter.