Full Hairdressing Course

The Vancouver Hairdressing Academy (VHA)’s agenda is to raise the bar in the hairdressing school industry. They do this by training students as if they are going to hire their graduates. After finishing the Vancouver Hairdressing Academy course, stylists will be fully prepared for the realities of the beauty business and ready to begin a career in hairdressing.

The curriculum is taken from the apprenticeship program, with their education team training hundreds of young hairstylists. The training system at the VHA has evolved into a fast and progressive way to train a new hairstylist. Instructors will have students cutting hair on the first day, and colouring hair by the fourth day. It is intense, fast-paced and fun, but most important, practical. There is little emphasis placed on dated areas and techniques that are rarely used.

For the first three month semester almost all work is performed on mannequins. Instructors like to have a lot fun with their students, while working very hard to cover an incredible amount of material in a short period of time, all while in a low pressure environment. The second semester is on real, live clients and supplemented with more mannequin work. Students will do a lot of hair before they finish the program, and upon successful completion will graduate with a Diploma in Hairdressing.