SHBHCLS002 - Colour and lighten hair

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

• consult with at least nine (9) clients, each with different hair colour and lightening treatment needs, and complete the following treatments consistently to achieve outcomes to client satisfaction: demi-permanent colour for two different clients; semi-permanent colour for two different clients; permanent colour for two different clients; high lift tints for three different clients;
• provide the following hair colour services cumulatively across the above suite of clients: whole head; re-growth;
• for each client, complete a pre-treatment hair analysis covering the following characteristics to recommend appropriate colouring treatments: natural hair type, texture, porosity, density and elasticity; natural base colour; artificial base colour; hair colour tone; percentage of white hair; presence of lightening agents or artificial hair colour treatments on hair; existing chemical services; skin tone; length of hair; scalp condition, and;
• record the following details of the colour service in the history for each client serviced: pre-service hair analysis; contraindications; reaction to skin tests or products; colour or lightening treatment products selected; brand and colour selection; application techniques, processing methods and times; colour and hair condition outcome; recommended home care products.