Hairdresser/Cosmetician

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Education

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An applicant for Connecticut hairdresser licensure must meet the following requirements: Have successfully completed at least the 9th grade or its equivalent; Equivalency may be demonstrated by successful completion of General Educational Development Test or one of the following Ability to Benefit Examinations: Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)-Forms 5 and 6, Level A Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE)-Forms 7 and 8, Level A Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (WSBT) - Verbal Forms VS-1 & 2, Quantitative Forms Qs-1 &QS-2; Successful completion of a course of not less than 1,500 hours of study in a school approved by the Connecticut State Board for Barbers and Hairdressers or in a school teaching hairdressing, cosmetology or barbering under the supervision of the Connecticut State Board of Education. Education completed outside of Connecticut is acceptable provided the school was approved by the appropriate regulatory body of the state in which the school was located;