Hair Perming

Course details

This course is endorsed by ITE and catered to participants with the necessary skills to perform hair perming and rebonding and are interested in joining the hairdressing industry as a Hairstylist that could carry out hair perm.

What will I learn?

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

• Perming
• Perming Faults
• Hair Rebonding (Hair straightening)

Course Outline

The hair perming (modular course) comprise of the following:

Perming

Students are trained to understand the impact of a good hair perm and the physical and chemical action of perming, the factors to be considered in selecting perm rods and lotions, the properties of hair, and the methods of performing porosity, elasticity, and incompatibility tests on hair, the purpose, composition and effects of pre-softening application and neutralizer on the hair, the methods of perming hair and the technique of performing haircurling (cold wave, hot wave).

Perming Faults

Students are trained to identify the characteristics and causes of over-processed and under-processed hair and the corrective measures that can be taken and to rectify perming faults.

Hair Rebonding (Hair straightening)

Students are trained to understand the types of products used for hair straightening and their chemical action, the guidelines and techniques of hair straightening, the function of neutralizer, types of conditioners and their methods of use and the technique of performing hair rebonding.

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.