Our course covers fifteen hundred (1500) total clock hours of training as outlined below. Students are given
actual shop experience and shop management principles and practice on patrons who come regularly to the College for all their
barber needs.
The following is a list of subjects established by the Kentucky Board of Barbering and the approximate number
of clock hours devoted to each :
Instruments.......................................................................30 hours
Shaving Instructions.......................................................100 hours
Haircutting (including ).....................................................935 hours
Men's cuts, Women's cut, Children's cut,
clipper and shear cuts
Shampooing.....................................................................40 hours
Permanent waving...........................................................40 hours
Hair coloring.....................................................................40 hours
Hair straightening and relaxing.......................................40 hours
Massaging........................................................................35 hours
Scalp and skin diseases.................................................20 hours
Physiology and antomy of the head, face and neck....100 hours
Sterilization and sanitation..............................................40 hours
Hygiene.............................................................................10 hours
Bacteriology......................................................................20 hours
Electricity...........................................................................10 hours
Pharmacology...................................................................20 hours
History, Professional ethics and other information.......10 hours
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Total
Hours 1500
The study and mastery of the above curriculum, coupled with the desire to combine professional skill with
modern scientific knowledge, plus a desire to maintain high standards of servive, should assure a successful career in Barber-Styling.
