Hairdressing & Barbering Snapshot

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Training and Education

Hairdressing and Barbering training in Western Australia is delivered through nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) qualifications. Training supports apprentices and students to develop practical, job-ready skills aligned with current salon and barbershop practices. Education pathways focus on technical capability, client consultation, workplace safety, and professional standards, helping to build a skilled workforce that meets industry needs across metropolitan and regional WA.

Careers in Hairdressing and Barbering

​Hairdressing and Barbering provide important employment and workforce pathways across Western Australia, supporting small businesses, apprenticeships, and skilled trades. Careers typically commence through apprenticeships and progress into qualified hairdresser or barber roles, with opportunities to advance into senior positions, salon or barbershop management, education, and business ownership. The industry plays a key role in local employment, particularly in metropolitan and regional communities, and supports long-term workforce sustainability.

Hairdressing and Beauty Services Training Package

The Hairdressing and Beauty Training Package provides nationally recognised qualifications that equip learners with the skills and knowledge needed to work in salons, barbershops, and beauty services. Covering Certificate II through to Diploma-level qualifications, the package focuses on practical, job-ready skills such as cutting, colouring, styling, client consultation, and workplace safety. Training aligns with current industry practices, ensuring apprentices, trainees, and students are prepared to meet the workforce needs of Western Australia’s hairdressing and beauty sectors.​

• Access the current Hairdressing and Beauty Services Training package​
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Jobs and Skills Council
Service and Creative Skills Australia (SaCSA) is the Jobs and Skills Council for the  Personal Services sectors.
SaCSA will identify skills and workforce needs for the personal services sector , map career pathways across education sectors, develop contemporary VET training products, support collaboration between industry and training providers to improve training and assessment practice, and act as a source of intelligence on issues affecting the industry. SaCSA works closely with Jobs and Skills Australia, drawing on its workforce analysis and projections to plan for their industry sector and creating a consistent approach to addressing skill gaps.​

Access the SaCSA Website

Access the SaCSA Personal Services  Workforce Plan

Apprenticeships and Traineeships

​Apprenticeships and traineeships provide a pathway that combines paid employment with structured training, enabling individuals to work towards a nationally recognised qualification while earning a wage. In Hairdressing and Barbering, apprenticeships allow learners to develop practical, job-ready skills in real salon and barbershop environments while completing their formal training.

Access the current list of traineeships and apprenticeships available in Western Australia.

​VET for Secondary Students

FutureNow works with industry to provide current advice on the suitability of vocational qualifications for delivery to secondary students. This advice is collated and updated annually into the VET Delivered to Secondary Students Register by the Department of Training and Workforce Development. 

Access the current VET Qualifications Register for  Secondary Students.