Barbering

Program Details

Program Description
Date, Times, & Location
Admission Process
Tuition, Labs, & Fees
Financial Aid
Links to Career Resources

Short Description:

This program is to prepare students for employment as barbers. Instruction is designed to qualify students for employment upon successfully passing the Florida Barber License examination. Students will learn Florida barber law and rules, knowledge of barbering and its related chemistry, bacteriology, anatomy, and physiology; development of skill in performing the manipulative technique required in the practice of barbering.

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.

The purpose of this program is to prepare students for employment as barbers. Instruction is designed to qualify students for employment upon successfully passing the Florida Barber License Examination.

The content includes but is not limited to communication skills, leadership skills, human relations skills and employability skills, safe and efficient work practices; Florida barber law and rules, knowledge of barbering and its related chemistry, bacteriology, anatomy and physiology; development of skill in performing the manipulative technique required in the practice of barbering.

Licensure: Barber

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.
Speak with a Career Counselor for more information.

Start Date:

August, January

Times:

Day Class Start Time: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Evening Class Start Time: Monday-Thursday, 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Program Length:

Full-time 900 hours – approximately 8 months full-time to complete.
Part-time 900 hours – approximately 15 months part-time to complete.

Program’s OCP (Occupational Completion Points)

OCP A1

Course Number: COS0160

Course: Barber 1A

320 hours

OCP A2

Course Number: COS0161

Course: Barber 2A

150 hours

OCP A3

Course Number: COS0162

Course: Barber 3A

300 hours

OCP A4

Course Number: COS0163

Course: Barber 4A

130 hours

Location:

MTC Main Campus, 6305 State Road 70 East, Bradenton, FL 34203

1. Apply to MTC at https://www.manateetech.edu/apply-now/. Submit your application to access your “To-Do List.” You are not accepted into the program after applying, you must complete your do list.

2. Complete your “To-Do List” at https://www.MTCdashboard.net.

Note: The Basic Skills Assessment must be taken within 6 weeks of your admit date unless exemption criteria have been documented per State Statute. For exemption information, see the Student Handbook located here: https://www.manateetech.edu/students/quick-docs/

Program #I120403 CIP #0612040202

Estimated Tuition, Lab, and Fees (includes $60.00 administrative fee)

$4,232.00

Additional Fees Due Prior to Pre-Admittance

Application Fee

$45.00

Bookstore

Textbook(s)*

$237.00

Additional Required Items (Outside Vendor)

Solid color under jacket shirts (white, gray, blue or black) or MTC shirts/collared shirts – estimate

$15.00

MTC approved barber jacket – estimate

$20.00

Properly fitting pants (no rips, tears, or holes) – estimate

$40.00

Casual, dress or tennis shoes (completely closed) – estimate

$50.00

Exit Requirement

HIV Training

$20.00

Estimated Total Cost of Program

$4,659.00

*Uniforms may be covered, for Pell eligible students once aid has been applied to all tuition & fee charges. *Prices are subject to change

Financial aid available depending on student’s eligibility
All pre-admission fees are non-refundable and not covered by Financial Aid.

Prices are subject to change.
Annual fees (charged each academic year from July 1—June 30).
Textbook estimate. Current book list and prices: https://manateetech.edu/current-students/bookstore/
Tuition is $2.92 per hour for Florida residents. Tuition is $11.71 per hour for Non-Florida residents.

Visit MTC Financial Aid page for more information.

Florida Department of Education: Frameworks

Possible Careers and Outlook:
39-5011.00 Barbers

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