VCSE Hair and Beauty
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg VTCT Skills.
VCSE Hair and Beauty from VTCT Skills is a practical qualification in which learners plan a creative design concept and then carry out plaiting or twisting, basic make-up and nail art on a model. Unit 1 is a 60 minute on-screen multiple choice examination on the industry, health and safety, hair, skin and nails and sustainability, and Unit 2 is a 12 hour supervised NEA marked by the centre. Digital work is light and mostly optional: researching trends, keeping a design journal, blog or portfolio in digital or physical form, photographing work in progress and final looks, and knowing how online booking, social media marketing and digital consultations are changing the industry, which the examination can test.
- Corff dyfarnu
- VTCT Skills
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith digidol
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
- Y cam cyn hyn
- Foundation Hair and Beauty, Entry Level and Level 1
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1 (UWCO1): Introduction to the Hair and Beauty industry: MCQ External theory examination, 60 minutes, 28 marks, 30% of the qualification grade, set and marked by VTCT Skills, taken on screen with a paper option, sat by the whole cohort in the April/May series at the end of Year 10 with one resit in Year 11 (best result counts); 40 GLH
- Unit 2 (UWCO2): Bringing basic Hair and Beauty concepts to life: Non-Examined Assessment, maximum 12 hours under supervision, 70% of the qualification grade, 48 raw marks across four tasks (8, 12, 16 and 12 marks), set by VTCT Skills with a new brief each year, marked and internally quality assured by the centre with a level-based mark scheme, externally moderated by VTCT Skills; brief released to learners in December of Year 11 and submitted in April, no resit; 100 GLH
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Hawliau digidol, trwyddedu a pherchenogaeth
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Recording client information securely
Unit 1 teaches that client information from consultations must be recorded securely in line with data protection (GDPR), which the examination can test, and in Unit 2 learners keep consultation records for reference and compliance during their NEA services. The specification does not say whether records are paper or digital.
DCF: Hunaniaeth, delwedd ac enw da, Llythrennedd gwybodaeth a data, Hawliau digidol, trwyddedu a pherchenogaeth
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils sort a list of personal details, such as name, allergies and phone number, into those that are safe to share and those that must be kept private.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils design a short digital consultation form for a pretend salon client in a form tool, choosing drop down options for hair type and a tick box for allergies.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils compare how two businesses describe what they do with customer data, then write three rules for keeping their own salon consultation records secure under GDPR.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1 (UWCO1), LO2, criteria 2.1 and 2.2, pages 39 and 41; Unit 2 (UWCO2), LO2, criterion 2.2 Provide consultation techniques, page 62
“Record client information securely in compliance with Data Protection (GDPR)”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu nodi manteision a risgiau rhoi gwybodaeth bersonol a rhoi mynediad i wahanol feddalwedd i ddyfeisiau.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu creu ffurflen casglu data, casglu data, chwilio data a chreu cronfa ddata a thaenlen gan ddefnyddio dull mewnbynnu data priodol.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu nodi'r pwyntiau allweddol sydd eu hangen i ddefnydd o waith creadigol gael ei ystyried yn ddefnydd teg ac i gydymffurfio â deddfau diogelu data drwy archwilio'r ystyriaethau cyfreithiol a moesegol sydd ynghlwm wrth ddefnyddio gwaith creadigol pobl eraill.
Rwy'n gallu pennu a disgrifio polisïau diogelu data amrywiaeth o sefydliadau o wahanol wledydd, a sut y mae hyn yn effeithio ar eu ffordd o weithio.
Da gwybod
- Use the codes when dealing with VTCT Skills: the qualification is "Product code CO2W1" with "Qualification number C00/5368/8" (Qualification at a glance, page 5), and the units are UWCO1 (40 GLH) and UWCO2 (100 GLH) (Section 4, page 13), giving 140 GLH and a TQT of 175.
- The examination is on screen: "The MCQ External theory examination will be undertaken online using VTCT Skills on-screen assessment solution." A paper version is available, for example for reasonable adjustments (Section 5.3.1, page 17).
- Assessment is staged, "with UWCO1 (Unit 1) assessed in Year 10 and UWCO2 (Unit 2) assessed in Year 11" (Section 3.8, page 12). The examination has one resit and the best result counts, but "There is no resit opportunity for the Non-Examined Assessment (NEA)." (Section 5.4.8, page 21).
- The design record can be digital or paper: learners "Use digital or physical formats that are professional and accessible" (Unit 2, criterion 1.4, page 59). Centres submit NEA evidence and marks "using VTCT Skills e-testing platform" (Section 8.2.1, page 28).
- Practical work needs a model and salon resources. Learners plan "Model requirements" (Unit 2, criterion 1.3, page 57), and Unit 2 may be taught in a classroom or training salon with model chairs, mirrors, hair, make-up and nail products and PPE (Section 7.2, pages 24 and 25).
- Once the NEA starts, teachers "must not provide specific feedback on the evidence the learner is producing" (Section 5.4.6, page 21), and each learner signs a "Declaration of Authenticity Form" (Section 5.4.7, page 21). The specification does not mention artificial intelligence; it refers only to plagiarism, collusion and the VTCT Skills Sanctions Policy (pages 20 and 28).
- Grades are compensatory: "stronger performance in one component can offset weaker performance in the other" (Section 4, page 13). In the worked examples, learner B gets NYA in the examination but a Level 1 Merit overall (Section 6.1.2, page 23).
- The qualification "is not designed to award occupational competence" (Section 3.2, page 8), and teachers "are not required to hold specific occupational qualifications" in hair and beauty (Section 7.3, page 25).
- The document contradicts itself in places. Section 5.1 calls NEA task marking "high control" (page 16), but Appendix 1 heads it "medium control" (page 78). Unit 2 skin analysis gives "Classification (types I-V)" (page 61), but Unit 1 teaches six Fitzpatrick types up to "Type 6" (page 46). There are also typos: the heading "Uniformed Mark Scale (UMS)" (page 18) and "may compliment" (page 10).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
WJEC does not offer a VCSE in Hair and Beauty, so teachers have no WJEC version to choose instead. The closest qualification on the page is VTCT Skills Foundation Hair and Beauty, from the same awarding body, for learners working towards Level 1. The digital work in the Unit 2 design record, such as online research, mood boards and annotated photographs, matches the design portfolios in GCSE Art and Design and GCSE Design and Technology, both of which the specification lists as complementary subjects. The Unit 1 content on social media marketing and online booking links with GCSE Business. The specification names the WJEC Skills Suite units Customer Service and Working in Wales as complementary, and they share the customer consultation and Welsh labour market themes.
Ffynhonnell: VTCT Skills Level 1/2 VCSE Hair and Beauty Qualification Specification (product code CO2W1, qualification number C00/5368/8), version P2, 18/09/2026, approved by Qualifications Wales for first teaching September 2027 and first award summer 2029.