Courses:Youth Training (Smart Start Programme)
Youth Training (Smart Start Programme)
Smart Start is a free Hairdressing Youth Training Programme that focuses on young learners, with no or low qualifications. The Smart Start programme is designed to help these students acquire a valuable set of foundation level hairdressing skills. These foundation skills then enable them to move more effectively into sustainable employment and/or move into higher levels of tertiary education. Youth Training targets students who have left or are about to leave school with low qualifications.
The course is full time, with the hours being 9am to 4pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A rolling intake means a student can enrol at any point in the year, making it accessible to students as they meet the criteria. Upon acceptance, intakes occur weekly on a Tuesday.
Learner Eligibility
• The Learner sat School Certificate and has fewer than three passes.
• The Learner has not sat School Certificate, and has fewer than 81 credits at Level 1 and/or a combined total of fewer than 81 credits across all levels on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). This includes all credits that the learner has achieved, including those gained while at school or in other training programmes.
• The learner has fewer than 12 credits in English (literacy) and/or Mathematics (numeracy) at National Certificate of Education Achievement (NCEA) or National Qualifications Framework Level 1.
Eligibility Criteria
Learners must be one of the following:
• New Zealand, Cook Island, Niue or Tokelau Citizens. New Zealand Permanent Residents who are currently residing in New Zealand.
• Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents who have a New Zealand Permanent Residence stamp and who are currently residing in New Zealand.
• Refugees with refugee status who are directed to study as part of residence requirements.
