Trades - Apprenticeship in Hairstylist Apprenticeship is a trades - apprenticeship in Trades programme taught at Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada. The programme runs for 15 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,700 per total for local students.
This apprenticeship delivers the technical-training component for registered apprentices working toward a Red Seal Endorsement as a hairstylist. The technical training spans two levels, Level 1 requiring 300 hours and Level 2 requiring 150 hours of classroom instruction, typically completed over about two years alongside 3,150 hours of workplace training, with no maximum time limit for completion. All in-person instruction is delivered at VCC's Downtown Vancouver campus. Coursework covers cutting, styling, colouring, shaving, and chemical treatments, including customizing haircuts across diverse hair textures, colour correction, perming, and hair extension application, along with scalp analysis and salon business and marketing skills. Successful completion of the technical training and required workplace hours leads toward a Red Seal Endorsement, the interprovincially recognized hairstylist credential. The programme suits individuals already working under a sponsoring employer in a salon setting who hold a valid SkilledTradesBC apprenticeship number, are Canadian citizens or permanent residents, and are at least sixteen years old or a secondary school graduate. Because the work involves extended standing, repetitive hand and wrist movements, and exposure to chemical products and salon noise, candidates should also have good colour discrimination and physical stamina for a full working day on their feet.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is a SkilledTradesBC apprenticeship: applicants need a valid SkilledTradesBC ID and must obtain an official apprenticeship number through SkilledTradesBC before applying to VCC. The programme page names no specific course, grade or standardized English-test requirement beyond VCC's general entry bar. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, at least 16 years old or a secondary-school graduate, and submit official transcripts and any other required documents; those missing prerequisites can use VCC's tuition-free academic upgrading or ESL courses before applying, and self-identified Indigenous applicants are encouraged to contact VCC's Indigenous Education and Community Engagement team for support with their application.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through EducationPlannerBC. VCC publishes each programme's own application window, term by term, on its When to Apply page rather than one college-wide date: windows open roughly six to twenty months before the term starts and close on a stated date, though popular programmes can close earlier once seats fill, since places generally go to eligible applicants in the order their application is completed. International applicants use the International Applicant option on EducationPlannerBC; VCC opens international applications on 1 February of the previous year for Winter entry, 1 June for Spring/Summer, and 1 October for Fall, with no fixed closing date — applications continue until roughly three to four months before the term begins or until it fills, so admission is effectively rolling for international applicants. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
