Creative Styling

Course details

This course is endorsed by ITE and catered to participants with the necessary skills to style various length of hair ranging from short to long with the use of finishing styling products and equipment such as blowdryers, flat irons and curling tongs. They are also trained to do simple updo hairstyles (hair buns and hair knots) for functions and events.

What will I learn?

At the end of the training programme, the student will be able to perform the technique of:

• Preparation for Styling
• Short-hair Styling
• Long-hair Styling
• Create upstyles

Course Outline

The basic hair colouring (modular course) comprise of the following:

Preparation for Styling

Students are trained to differentiate the combs/brushes, tools and equipment and standard accessories used for styling hair and the safety precautions to be observed in using them and the preparation of hair for different type of styling.

Short-hair Styling

Students are trained to understand the factors that may affect hair and scalp and to perform hair styling for short/medium hair length.

Long-hair Styling

Students are trained to perform long-hair styling.

Create upstyles

Students are trained to create simple upstyles using hair knots and hair buns for events and functions with use of ornamental hair accessories.

Certificate Conferring Body

Upon completion of the course, students will be awarded the NITEC in Services Module Certificate by Institute of Technical Education (ITE).

Opportunities for Further Education/Career Pathway

Students can look forward to servicing in these industries:

• Hotels/Resorts
• Service Industry
• Hair Salons

Entry Requirements

Local course participants must possess any one of the following entry requirements in order to be eligible for Nitec Examinations.

• Complete GCE ‘N’ level or any equivalent qualifications approved by ITE.
• Entry Test by ITE (Test fees are paid to ITE). Applies to course participants that do not have the above qualifications.

Other than the mentioned pre-requisites, the students should also have the following:

• Students must be able to read and write in English or Chinese. Other cases will be considered on a case-to-case basis.
• Students should be of a minimum of 18 years of age to be eligible for the courses.
• For foreign students, relevant passes are required.

Graduation Requirement

Students are required to meet the following criteria in order to graduate and obtain their relevant certificates:

• For each module, the score obtained from end-of-module assessment contributes to the final score.
• For the overall practical assessments, they must cover at least 75% of the competencies in each module.
• The pass mark of a module is 50%. Candidates are also required to pass all critical skills/criteria in the Skills Standard.

Examination

At the end of the course, you can register to sit for Nitec Examination. Upon passing both the practical and theory examinations, you will receive the NITEC in Services Module Certificate by Institute of Technical Education (ITE).

There are only 2 series of Nitec examinations – June and December. Students can only sit for June or December examination regardless of their course completion date (For example, students that complete their course in March, will have to wait till June to sit for their examinations).

International students, upon completion of their course and expiration of their student pass, will have to return to their home country and make arrangement to come to Singapore for their scheduled examination.