Restricted Barber

Training in the beginning-level skills of a restricted barber: hair cutting, shaving, shampooing, blow-drying, and applying hair tonics and hair sprays.

Length: 6 months
Hours: 600 clock hours
Credential: Diploma
Program cost: $10,950.00

360 online theory
240 lab on campus

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Barbering lab at Florida Professional Institute with a barber pole, black barber chairs and lit mirrors — Campus photo

The program

What you will learn.

The objective of this program is to prepare the student for the State licensing examination to become a Licensed Restricted Barber. Students are trained in basic manipulative skills, safety judgments, good work habits, business skills and professional ethics.

Through intensive study and hands-on practice, students cover Florida laws and rules, safety, sterilization and sanitation, hair structure, cutting and cleansing, shaving, and beard and mustache trimming. The program is taught in Spanish and English. All theory and exam hours are online; the clinical practicum is completed on campus.

Graduates will not be able to practice their career until they have passed the State licensing examination.

Upon graduation, students are required to pass the HIV/AIDS education exam.

Completing a Course or Program in a Language Other Than English May Reduce Employability Where English is Required.

Program outline

4 courses.

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RB101Florida Laws & Rules 75 hrs

The Florida Statutes on owning, operating and working in the barber field, and the requirements for a state license.

75 online0 lab

RB102Safety, Sanitation & Sterilization 325 hrs

Sanitation, sterilization, safety, rules and regulations, patron protection and the spread of disease, including basic bacteriology.

265 online60 lab

RB103Hair Structure, Cutting & Cleansing 150 hrs

Hair design technique and terminology; taper cuts (freehand, shear over comb, clipper over comb), style cuts including blow-drying, and shampooing.

10 online140 lab

RB104Shaving, Beard & Mustache Trimming 50 hrs

The elements and principles of beard and mustache shaving and trimming, in theory and technique.

10 online40 lab

360 online + 240 lab = 600 clock hours

On campus

Where you practice.

Row of barber chairs and stations in the barbering lab at Florida Professional Institute — Campus photo

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Cost

Program cost

Tuition: $9,750.00
Registration Fee: $150.00
Uniforms & Supplies: $775.00
DBPR License: $255.00
HIV Exam: $20.00
Program cost: $10,950.00

From the Florida Professional Institute catalog. The registration fee is $150.00 in every program.

Ways to pay

Payment options

Full payment when you sign the enrollment agreement
The registration fee, then a monthly or weekly payment plan based on the cost and length of the program

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