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Course Overview
Intakes
2025 Intake
| Intake Date | Campus | Attendance Days |
|---|---|---|
| 21/07/2025 | Traralgon | Monday, Tuesday 9:00am-4:00pm |
| 21/07/2025 | Bairnsdale | Monday, Tuesday 9:00am-4:00pm |
| 21/07/2025 | Leongatha | Monday, Tuesday 9:00am-4:00pm |
| 23/07/2025 | Bairnsdale | Wednesday, Thursday 9:00am-4:00pm |
| Intake Date | Campus | Attendance Days |
|---|---|---|
| 21/07/2025 | Port of Sale | Tuesday 9:00am-4:00pm |
About this course
Unlock your potential in hairdressing!
Delivered two days per week over a 20-week period, this course will teach you essential salon skills, give you confidence interacting with clients and pave the way for exciting career opportunities in the hairdressing industry.
If you’re ready to hack into hairdressing, come and study with us and be taught by some of the best in the industry.
With a focus on high-quality customer service skills and basic hairdressing tasks including shampoo services, hair braiding, blow waving and basic hair colour application, this course is designed to give you hands-on experience working with real clients in our simulated training salons.
Gain confidence and experience in a salon environment, learning how to interact with customers professionally and communicate in the workplace, while increasing your career opportunities for the future.
Did you know: The Victorian Government has now made Free TAFE courses even more accessible for new students enrolling for study in 2024. All Free TAFE courses at TAFE Gippsland are now available to people with higher-level qualifications and those who have completed a previous Free TAFE course and are looking to continue in their selected training pathway. Conditions and eligibility rules apply. Check out our Free TAFE information page for further details.
Career Opportunities
This qualification is designed to equip learners with the skills required to enter the hairdressing industry as a salon assistant.
Salon Assistants assist senior hairdressers with applying hair colour product, performing basic blow waves, shampooing clients, setting up workspaces, carrying out reception duties, scheduling clients, communicating and interacting with staff and clients to ensure a positive and safe salon environment.
This course sets students up well to progress to Certificate III in Hairdressing or to secure an apprenticeship leading to qualification as a hairdresser.
Opportunities for Further Study
TAFE Gippsland offers higher level qualifications from the SHB Training Package including Certificate III’s in both Hair and Beauty streams.
SHB30416 Certificate III in Hairdressing
SHB30121 Certificate III in Beauty Services
Skills or Knowledge gained
You will gain skills and knowledge to work as a salon assistant including but not limited to:
- Salon communication
- Basic blow waving and drying of hair
- Braiding of hair
- Shampoo and basin services for clients
- Reception duties
- Interacting with and providing service to clients
- Product and service knowledge within the hairdressing industry.
Entry Requirements
Are there specified requirements for entry into the course/qualification?: Yes
Mandatory entry requirements:
If aged between 16 and 17 applicants must have a part-time job with a minimum of 12 hours per week to obtain their school exit form.
Minimum Industry Requirement
Not applicable.
Licensing/Regulatory Requirements
Will this course/qualification or a constituent unit provide a pathway to an industry licence or regulated outcome: No
Qualifications and Recognition - 2025
Upon successful completion of this course students will be eligible to receive the Certificate II in Salon Assistant.
Work Placement - 2025
Does this course require placement?: No
Further Information - 2025
Fees
| Fees and charges | Government subsidised concession | Government subsidised | Full-fee paying student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum full course tuition fee* (GST exempt) | $311.55 | $1,557.75 | $5,075.25 |
| Materials fee* (GST exempt) | $1,028.00 | $1,028.00 | $1,028.00 |
| Total | $1,339.55 | $2,585.75 | $6,103.25 |
VET Student Loans
Not Applicable for this course
Important information
Sample course units
Assessment
The assessment for each course varies. It may include knowledge questions, practical skills tasks, projects, research work, on the job assessment, etc. Your assessor or educator will provide specific information on the requirements for your course.
You can expect that:
- assessment methods are clear
- assessment tasks are relevant and meet the requirements of your course
- assessor or educator demonstrate fairness and lack of bias when assessing your work
- educators will provide open and honest feedback about assessment tasks.