Cosmetology

Short Description:

A student completing the Cosmetology program is prepared for employment as a licensed hairdresser, hairstylist, and cosmetologist. Instruction is designed to qualify students for employment upon successfully obtaining a Cosmetology license.

Program Content:

This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Human Services career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of the Human Services career cluster. This program offers a broad foundation of knowledge and skills to prepare students for employment in network support services positions. A student completing the Cosmetology program is prepared for employment as a licensed Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists (SOC 39-5012). Instruction is designed to qualify students for employment upon successfully obtaining a Cosmetology license.

The content includes, but is not limited to: communication, leadership, human relations and employability skills; safe and efficient work practices; Florida cosmetology law and rules; acquisition of knowledge of the cosmetology/nails specialist/facial specialist and the related chemistry; bacteriology, anatomy and physiology; art of make-up; and development of skill in performing the manipulative and electrical techniques required in the practice of cosmetology/nails specialist and facials specialist occupations.

This program focuses on broad, transferable skills and stresses understanding and demonstration of the following elements of the cosmetology industry; planning, management, finance, technical and production skills, underlying technological principles, labor, community, health, safety, and environmental issues.

Licensure:  Program graduates are prepared to earn their FL Cosmetologist License by examination based on Florida education. 

CTSO: SkillsUSA and/or HOSA are the approved cocurricular career and technical student organizations which provide activities for students as an integral part of the instruction by providing leadership training and reinforcing specific career and technical skills.

Articulation: May be available towards credits at Florida public colleges/universities.
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