Charlotte Technical College

Please see the Basic Skills Requirement table by clicking here and find your program.

If required, take the Basic Skills Test at our Testing Center. Call 941-255-7500 Ext. 1745 to schedule to take the test.

Standards

After successfully completing this program, the student will be able to perform the following:

1. Identify career opportunities.
2. Demonstrate the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to organizational performance and regulatory compliance.
3. Employ safe, sanitary and efficient work practices.
4. Demonstrate language arts knowledge and skills.
5. Demonstrate mathematics knowledge and skills.
6. Demonstrate science knowledge and skills.
7. Explain the importance of employability skills and entrepreneurship skills.
8. Demonstrate leadership and teamwork skills needed to accomplish team goals and objectives.
9. Demonstrate personal money-management concepts, procedures, and strategies. 
10. Describe the importance of professional ethics and legal responsibilities.
11. Describe the roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment.
12. Use information technology tools.
13. Solve problems using critical thinking skills, creativity and innovation.
14. Use oral and written communication skills in creating, expressing and interpreting information and ideas.
15. Demonstrate the practice of performing manicures, pedicures, and apply artificial nails/nail wraps identifying the proper procedure and application of chemicals.
16. Perform facials, manipulation and related massage, make-up, hair removal, and artificial lash application.  Identify the proper chemical to be prescribed using an understanding of the chemistry that affects the nails and skin that can be described, measured and predicted.  Demonstrate proper procedure and application of chemicals.
17. Identify shampoo/hair conditioners and scalp treatments.  Evaluate scalp and hair needs by analysis, demonstrating an awareness of diseases and disorders.  Communicate an understanding of the chemical compositions and reactions of shampoos, conditioners, and rinses with water and each other.  Demonstrate an understanding of electrical current, transfer of energy and how it affects the skin.  Demonstrate application of shampoo, manipulations and rinsing.
18. Identify and perform hair shaping (cutting).  Identify and analyze spheres and dimensional shapes using visualization.  Illustrate ways in which geometric shapes can be combined, subdivided and changed in performing haircuts on a manikin or client.  Communicate an understanding of factors that influence the determination of strategies necessary to meet individual client needs.
19. Identify and perform hairstyles.  Identify and analyze spheres and dimensional shapes using visualization.  Illustrate ways in which geometric shapes can be combined, subdivided and changed in performing haircuts on a manikin or client.  Communicate an understanding of factors that influence the determination of strategies necessary to meet individual client needs.
20. Identify and prepare hairpieces, wigs and hair attachments.  Identify and analyze spheres and dimensional shapes using visualization.  Illustrate ways in which geometric shapes can be combined, subdivided and changed in performing haircuts on a manikin or client.  Communicate an understanding of factors that influence the determination of strategies necessary to meet individual client needs.
21. Identify and perform permanent waving/reconstruction and curl/ chemical relaxing.  Identify the proper chemical to be prescribed and understand the way chemicals affect the hair shaft and skin.  Be able to demonstrate proper procedure and application of chemicals.
22. Identify and apply temporary/semi-permanent and permanent color/bleach and specialty color techniques.  Identify the proper chemical to be prescribed.  Understand the chemicals that affect the hair shaft and skin and be able to describe, measure, and predict chemical reactions.  Demonstrate proper procedures including the measurement, mixing and application of chemicals.

Cosmetology industry certification is the Florida Board of Health Licensed Cosmetologist.

• Hairdresser
• Hairstylists
• Cosmetologists

To find out more about these opportunities, please visit O*Net OnLine.

Cosmetology Program has no prerequisites.

• Information Sheet
• Selection Matrix
• Essay Prompt
• Essay Rubric