Beauty and Barbering Apprenticeships consultations taking place in May

Two consultation events are set to take place in May, following the announcement that Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board has been given approval to begin development work on a Beauty Apprenticeship Programme and a Barbering Apprenticeship Programme.

Programme development will be facilitated by a Consortium Steering Group in each discipline. These groups may include a combination of beauty and barbering industry experts and professionals, representatives of industry employer organisations, representatives of small, medium and large industry employers, and education and administration professionals.

Initial work on the programmes will involve gathering the opinions of beauty and barbering experts and professionals on an occupational profile for each apprenticeship. The occupational profile is a description of the knowledge, skills, competencies and professional qualities that beauty and barbering apprentices will have at the end of the apprenticeship.

To that end, beauty and barbering industry professionals are being asked to give their opinions on the areas that should be included in the apprenticeship occupational profiles.

Those interested are being invited to two consultation events in May, where both the Beauty and Barbering Apprenticeships will be covered, and there will be opportunities to give suggestions, ask questions and to network with other industry professionals.

The Dublin event takes place on 8 May in The Plaza Hotel in Tallaght, while the Limerick event will take place in the Radisson Blu on 15 May. More information on tickets is available on Imageskillnet.ie.