Master Barber

Exam

Third-party exam

Education

Specific course

Experience

Experience

Background check

Not reported

MASTER BARBER <br><br>A barber performs one or any combination of practices listed for payment, directly or indirectly, or without payment for the public generally: shaving or trimming beards, cutting or styling the hair, giving facial and scalp massages or treatments with oils, creams, lotions or other preparations either by hand or mechanical appliances; singeing, curling, shampooing, coloring, bleaching or straightening the hair, or applying hair tonics; cutting, fitting, measuring and forming head caps for wigs or hair pieces; hair weaving (excluding medical or surgical procedures); applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays or lotions to scalp, face, neck or other parts of the body; or manicuring and nail care. (A technician's license is available that permits a limited number of the above practices.) <br><br>REQUIREMENTS: <br>Be at least seventeen years of age, not owing any money to the barbering school, and satisfying education and examination requirements. <br><br>EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: <br>Tenth-grade education or equivalent and satisfactory completion of fifteen hundred (1,500) hours in a registered barber school. 750 hours of approved training in a registered school of cosmetology can count towards the 1,500 required hours in the registered barber school. <br><br>RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS: <br>Renewal required every two years.