OJC Degrees and Certificates

Cosmetology      

Certificates

Professional Cosmetologists focus on providing hair, skin, and nail care services to the public. Personal appearance workers such as licensed Cosmetologists, Hairstylist, Nail Technicians and Estheticians provide professional beauty services that make client’s look and feel better. Offering a wide range of beauty services, such as shampooing, haircuts, hair coloring, hairstyling, manicuring, pedicuring and facial treatments. They may advise clients on how to care for their hair, skin, and nails at home. In addition, cosmetologists may be trained to provide makeup analysis, hair extensions and styling of wigs and hairpieces.

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Program Description

ASE National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation

This three semester program will meet the Colorado State Board of Barber and Cosmetology credit hour requirements. Four certificate options exist within this program: Cosmetologist 70 credits, Hairstylist 50 credits, Esthetician 24 credits and Nail Technician /Manicurist 20 credits.

The profession of Cosmetology offers many career opportunities for both men and women. Those opportunities can provide both part time and full time employment in specialty areas that include:

  • Hair designer
  • Hair color technician
  • Wig specialist
  • Skin Care expert
  • Make up artist
  • Nail Technician
  • Salon Manager & Owner
  • Sales representative
  • Research assistant
  • Trade technician
  • or technical supervisory for a specific area of the beauty manufacturing industry.

Additional Course Information

A number of workers offer specialized services. Manicurists and pedicurists, called nail technicians, work exclusively on nails and provide manicures, pedicures, polishing, and nail extensions to clients. Another group of specialists are skin care specialists, or estheticians, who cleanse and beautify the skin by giving facials, offering head and neck massages, as well as applying makeup and removal of unwanted hair by waxing or tweezing.

Advanced certifications exist in some States for licensed professional Cosmetologists, Hairstylists, Nail Technicians and Estheticians. Certifications include Electric File, Hair Removal, Chemical and Mechanical Exfoliation and Facial Cosmetic Pigment Implantation Services.

Gainful Employment: Cosmetologist as a Career.

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According to College in Colorado.org, this career is in the Human Services cluster and the Personal Care Services pathway in the Colorado Career Cluster Model ~

College in Colorado: Hairdresser/Cosmetologist

More about Cosmetology at U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics ~

Barbers, Cosmetologists, and Other Personal Appearance Workers

Find out more about Cosmetology at O Net Online ~

39-5012 - Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

39-5091 - Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance

39-5092 - Manicurists and Pedicurists

39-5094 - Skin Care Specialists

 

GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

The US Department of Education requires colleges to disclose a variety of information for any financial aid eligible program that “prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation”. The information provided here is the best available to us but represents one year’s data only, however, we hope that this information is helpful to our current students and to prospective students as they make their career and educational choices.

If you have any questions regarding the data provided and what it means to you as a student, please feel free to contact OJC Student Services.

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Monica Valdez

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