Here you will find all the relevant documentation that is specific to this standard. To access the Standard and Assessment plan for the Hair Professional please download from the Institute for Apprenticeships here
Below are the documents related to the on-programme: On-programme Record for Hairdressing On-programme Record for Barbering On-programme Achievement Record for Hairdressing On-programme Achievement Record for Barbering Below are the documents related to the gateway: Template detailing evidence required for gateway (coming soon) A guide of acceptable evidence for English and Maths Below are the documents related to the End-point Assessment (EPA): End-point Assessment Guide (For Apprenticeship Assessors) for Hairdressing End-point Assessment Guide (For Apprenticeship Assessors) for Barbering Apprentice EPA plan (coming soon)
Application contact Please provide details of the person who will act as the main point of contact for this application.
*If you have been visited by, or been in contact with, a VTCT representative, please state the name of the representative in this box.
3.1 Business information Please indicate the business type of the centre and provide the required information for that type. This will indicate who is accountable and owns the centre account, including responsibility for any learners registered and the training that they receive.
3.3 Registration with other organisations Please provide the following information, hwere registered as a training provider:
Once approved, your centre will be advertised on the VTCT website with some or all of above details (upon approval you will be provided with details of how your logo can be added to the VTCT website).
3.5 Details of additional sites Approval of your centre will include your first training and assessment site. To be able to assess learners at more locations (different to the address given in 3.4) you will need to complete a site approval application per additional site.
NB: A mandatory purchase order number must be supplied by a centre (usually its finance department) to VTCT before an invoice can be raised. Purchase order numbers are commonly used by large colleges or businesses to control, track and authorise payments. If "Yes" is selected VTCT will be unable to progress your application or future registrations until a purchase order number is received from your centre in each instance. If you select "No" you will still be able to supply purchase order numbers, but these are optional and will not slow down your application or future registrations. After approval, if you wish to start or stop using mandatory purchase order numbers, please contact VTCT to make this request.
3.7 Certification address Please provide an address for certificates to be sent to (this could be the same as the training address or could be a head office address). Please note all certificates sent within the UK are dispatched using the Royal Mail "Signed For" service which requires a signatory on delivery, therefore please supply an address that is staffed during standard office hours.
3.8 Key contacts Please provide details of the people who fulfil the following roles, VTCT will need to contact these people from time to time. (Please note that one person can fulfil more than one role.)
Head of quality - person responsible for centre's quality assurance (usually lead IQA or centre coordinator)
Examinations officer - person responsible for submitting registrations and certification claims to VTCT
4.1 Requested qualifications to offer Please state the qualifications, with VTCT product codes (e.g. AM20530, BU2A1), that the centre would like to offer once approved. (VTCT product codes can be found using the Qualification Finder)
If you wish to offer Skillsfirst Functional Skills, you will also need to complete a Functional Skills application.
If yes, please name the awarding organisation(s) and list the evidence of approval which has been sent with this application form.
4.4 Delivery staff Please give details of key/lead staff, their role (e.g. Assessor, IQA) and areas or qualifications that they are responsible for: The staff requirements for a qualification are given in one of the following documents: The qualification specification The assessment strategy Section 10 of VTCT's approval criteria (where there is no qualification specification or assessment strategy for the qualification) Qualification specifications and assessment strategies for VTCT qualifications are available to view via the Qualification Finder. The approval criteria document is available to via the Become a Centre page. NB: Staff certificates will usually be checked during the approval visit or during your first EQA visit.