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Describe the fundamentals of wet shaving
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
This is a theory-based unit standard for people in the barbering industry who
wish to gain basic knowledge of wet shaving.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the history of wet
shaving; describe the preparation required for wet shaving a client; describe
shaving positions and strokes; and describe follow-up details of a wet shave.
Subfield
Beauty Services
Domain
Barbering
Status
Registered
Status date
20 February 2009
Date version published
20 February 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation Inc
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0020
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Definition
legislative requirements refer to the obligations of the employer and/or employee under the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Health (Hairdresser’s) Regulations 1980.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the history of wet shaving.
Performance criteria
1.1
Description outlines the effect of influences on wet shaving in the barbering
profession.
Range
cultural, religious, military.
1.2
The development of wet shaving is described in terms of the influences from its
first recorded occurrence through to present day.
1.3
Description outlines the origin of tools and products used in wet shaving.
Element 2
Describe the preparation required for wet shaving a client.
Performance criteria
2.1
The description outlines the different types of wet shave outcomes.
Range
full shave, shave leaving the moustache, shave leaving part of the
beard.
2.2
The description outlines the different types of skin irregularities in terms of how
they could affect the shaving process.
2.3
The description identifies the legislative requirements that must be adhered to
when wet shaving a client.
Range
2.4
The description outlines how and why the skin is prepared for a wet shave and
the reason why products are selected in terms of ensuring optimum hair and
skin condition and maximum client comfort at all times.
Range
2.5
client protection, equipment sterility.
cleansing, softening, lathering.
The description outlines the client’s comfort requirements throughout the
shaving process in terms of ensuring maximum client comfort at all times.
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Element 3
Describe shaving positions and strokes.
Range
freehand, backhand, reverse freehand, reverse backhand.
Performance criteria
3.1
The description outlines the four standard shaving positions and strokes in
terms of technique.
3.2
The description outlines the principles of holding and using a cutthroat razor.
3.3
The description identifies the fourteen shaving areas in terms of the strokes to
be used in each area.
3.4
The description outlines the different types of shaves.
Range
once over, second time over, close shave.
Element 4
Describe follow-up details of a wet shave.
Performance criteria
4.1
The description outlines the final actions that must be performed to complete a
wet shave in terms of ensuring optimum hair and skin condition and maximum
client comfort at all times.
4.2
The description identifies after-shave products and their use in terms of
ensuring optimum hair and skin condition and maximum client comfort at all
times.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation Inc
enquiries@hito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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