Cape Tech Cosmetology Students Are Career, College Ready

CREST HAVEN – After spending the past three years in the Cape Tech Cosmetology Career and Technical Education program of study, Holly Snow, senior, shared she is looking forward to graduating and moving on to the next part of her journey. Some students plan to continue their career in this industry while other students plan to go to college to add to their credentials. The students explained that they chose cosmetology because it provided a skill that they can take with them after graduation, leading to career and college success.
Jackie Holland, cosmetology teacher, spent the past three years preparing these students for the N.J. State Cosmetology/Hairstyling License. This includes a timetable of completing at least 1,000 hours of prescribed cosmetology training along with the teaching of related sciences so the students pass the written and practical portions of the state board licensing exam.
Topics of study include safety issues and practices, professional image, sanitation, hair and scalp care, hair shaping and barbering skills, wet hairstyling, thermal styling, chemical applications, manicuring, nail tech services, skin care, facials and make-up application, superfluous hair removal, salon business and related sciences. The related sciences include bacteriology, cosmetic chemistry, basic anatomy and physiology, and studies of the structure, diseases and disorders associated with the hair, skin and nails.