Cosmetology

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hi i'm miss panitera i'm the cosmetology

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teacher at ohm boces

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in cosmetology we learned the basic

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skills of hair skin and nails

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to be a licensed hairstylist you must

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complete a thousand hours

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and pass the new york state written and

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practical exam

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so what you will need for class you will

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need to purchase a kit

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that will that you use through the

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two-year of the program

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what you will learn the first year you

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will learn the basic skills on a

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mannequin

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like braiding roller sets perm winding

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hair cutting the second year you will

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learn more skills like hair coloring

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chemical relaxing and also you'll have

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an opportunity to

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perform service design clients

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also a part of our program is the summer

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program

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and internship so

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i'd like to take you on a quick tour of

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my classroom

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so this area right here is our area

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that we start off in the morning

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and do our book work here

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and then we proceed over to the hands-on

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area

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where we work on our mannequins or

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clients

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then we have over here we have

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manicure tables that we perform our

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manicure services on

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paraffin wax over here we have

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our pedicure stations we have facial

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area

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and then over here we have the shampoo

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area

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where students perform the shampoos and

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we have the washroom dryer i guess

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[Laughter]

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also we have the reception area where

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our clients would come in

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and if you know in the second year if

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you'd like more information about this

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program

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go ahead and see your guidance counselor

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thank you

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you

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i'm michelle weakley i'm a cosmetology

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instructor

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i opened my own business at 18 and ran

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the business

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full-time for 19 years i then started

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teaching but i still run my business

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part-time

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new york state requires a license to

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practice in cosmetology

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we offer a two-year program including

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the summer between their junior and

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senior year so students can

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achieve their goals they must have 1 000

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hours and then sit for an exam

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for the state there's a written and

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practical portion to the exam

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in their junior year students come in

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and work on mannequins

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they learn all aspects of the program

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from natural hair styling

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hair styling waxing pedicures

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manicures and they would be licensed to

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do all

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they would definitely want to take

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further training as we teach the basics

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once students have achieved their goals

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they can actually work in a salon

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setting

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here working on live customers

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once students are have enough hours

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they can actually work on live clients

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in this area here

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they actually do waxing they do facials

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which they would be licensed to do as

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long as they go for their exam

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over here students would be working on

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clients with pedicures

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and in the salon area students would be

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working

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on hair styling perming coloring

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we work with a lot of different clients

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doing a lot of different services

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for more information on the program

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please talk to your guidance counselor

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they can direct you in the right

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direction