Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 3 - STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
STUDY IN BARBER SHOPS
Section 3.71 - Curriculum
Universal Citation: 49 PA Code ยง 3.71
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Schedule. Every student shall be instructed in accordance with the following schedule:
| Subject | Approximate Hours |
| Honing and stropping | 25 |
| Shaving and various uses of the straight razor | 240 |
| Haircutting, hairstyling and hairpieces | 535 |
| Shampoo and scalp massages | 25 |
| Haircoloring | 25 |
| Massaging (facials) | 25 |
| Hairwaving or curling (perms), straightening | 25 |
| Scalp and skin disease | 50 |
| State barber law and rules and regulations | 50 |
| Physiology | 50 |
| Sterilization and sanitation | 50 |
| Hygiene | 25 |
| Bacteriology | 25 |
| Electricity (ultraviolet, high frequency, infrared, curling irons) | 25 |
| Professional ethics and barbershop demeanor | 25 |
| Manager-barber instructions, instruments, shop management, examination orientation and preparation for related | 50 |
| Total minimum hours of credit required | 1,250 |
(b) Practical work.
(1) Each student shall perform the following
amount of practical work during his training:
| Subject | Approximate Number |
| Permanent waves | 50 |
| Colors | 50 |
| Haircuts | 200 |
| Shaves | 150 |
| Massages (facial) | 50 |
| Shampoos | 50 |
| Total operations | 550 |
(2) The shop owner shall display, in front of
the student performing the practical work, a sign in display letters at least 1
inch in height as follows:
WORK DONE BY STUDENT
(c) Exception. A student who has commenced training under the previous curriculum before January 25, 1992, is not affected by subsection (a).
(d) Examination.
(1) If a licensed cosmetologist wishes to
take the barber examination, the cosmetologist shall have successfully
completed the following subjects:
| Subject | Approximate Hours |
| State barber laws, rules and regulations | 50 |
| Haircutting, hairstyling and hairpieces | 330 |
| Shaving and various uses of the straight razor | 240 |
| Honing and stropping | 50 |
| Manager-barber instructions, instruments, shop management, orientation and preparation for related examination | 25 |
| Total hours of credit | 695 |
(2) Upon application to the Board, the
cosmetologist will be given 555 hours of credit for subjects previously covered
in the cosmetology training courses, to be applied to the 1,250 hour training
requirement.
The provisions of this §3.71 amended under section 15-A.4(b) of the act of June 19, 1931 (P. L. 589, No. 202) (63 P. S. § 566.4(b)).
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