Credit Programs

Cosmetology

Cosmetology Technical Standards

Students in the Cosmetology program must meet the following technical standards. Please read the standards carefully and seek clarification if necessary.

Standard
Examples
Communication
  • Communicates effectively and professionally when interacting with peers, faculty, staff and guests using the English language verbally and in written form
  • Follows verbal and written instructions
Physical strength and stamina
  • Able to lift and move stock and supplies up to 30 pounds
  • Able to stand and move about for up to eight hours
  • Able to complete cleaning responsibilities requiring stooping, bending and climbing
  • Able to use a hand-held fire extinguisher
Mobility and motor skills
  • Works with hands
  • Moves freely, quickly and safely in a close environment
  • Works in coordination with other students
  • Safely manipulates small equipment and equipment controls
  • Safely pours and measures liquids, including chemicals
  • Safely handles chemicals
  • Performs repetitive tasks required in a cosmetology salon
Sensory
  • Good close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus
  • Able to hear verbal instructions in a noisy environment
  • Able to hear equipment alarms
  • Able to read printed and written instructions and labels
  • Able to feel hair, skin and nail textures
  • No allergies to petroleum products, sodium hydroxide, ammonium thioglycolate, hydrogen peroxide and other cosmetology/esthetics products
  • Open to getting clothes and hands dirty
Interpersonal and emotional
  • Works cooperatively with other students and instructors
  • Completes equitable share of salon duties
  • Follows directions of instructors and fellow students
  • Remains calm in a stressful environment
  • Displays characteristics of emotional stability
  • Manages personal medical and emotional conditions

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, "A qualified person with a disability is one who can perform the essential function of a job with or without reasonable accommodation." If a Cosmetology student believes that he or she cannot meet one or more of the standards without accommodation or modifications, the college must determine, on an individual basis, whether or not the necessary accommodations or modifications can reasonably be made.