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Fundamentals: Barbering – Pivot Point International
BARBERING SENSE: CUT & SHAVE SYSTEM
With 13 areas of study in the Fundamentals: Barbering library, all the basics and life skills a future barber needs to excel in high-demand services are covered. From Foundational Cuts to Tapered Cuts & Fades to Shaving & Beard Design, you'll experience a complete system built on our unique approach to barbering disciplines in cutting, dressing, grooming, trimming, styling and shaving—all with an appreciation of a culture that strives for perfection, artistry, individualism and technique.
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Central to all things Pivot Point is empowering professionals to be their best, and that starts with ensuring schools and educators have all the resources, tools and flexibility they need. We bring our same high standards in educator training to Fundamentals: Barbering. With dedicated curriculum support, customizable lesson plans and presentations, assessments, rubrics and a teacher's study guide, we are always in class or online with you, helping mentor and guide your delivery to learners.
101B Life Skills
101B Life Skills features 6 lessons on the skills that will create a personal foundation for career success.
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102B Science
102B Science presents 17 lessons focused on infection control, anatomy, electricity, chemistry and trichology.
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103B Business
103B Business offers 11 lessons that cover goal setting, the job search, barbershop ownership, retailing and history.
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Lessons include theory lessons on:
- Healthy Body and Mind
- Ergonomics
- Basic Communication
- Communicate With Confidence
- Human Relations and Resilience
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Lessons include:
- Microbiology
- Infection Control
- First Aid, Building Blocks of the Human Body
- The Skeletal System
- The Muscular System
- The Circulatory System
- The Nervous System
- Principles of Electricity
- Electricity in Barbering
- Matter
- pH
- Hair Care Product Knowledge
- Hair Theory
- Hair Care
- Shampoo and Scalp Massage Theory
- Shampoo and Condition Guest Experience
- Shampoo and Condition Workshop
- Scalp Massage Workshop
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Lessons include:
- Goal Setting
- Job Search
- Finding a Barbershop That Fits
- Professional Relationships
- Know Your Client Market
- Build Your Clientele
- The Barbershop Experience
- Barbershop Ownership
- Barbershop Operations
- Retail Products and Barbering History
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104B Client-Centered Design
104B Client-Centered Design consists of 6 lessons focused on using 4 Service Essentials.
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105B Foundational Cuts
105B Foundational Cuts consists of 12 theory and workshop lessons on foundational haircutting.
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106B Tapered Cuts & Fades
106B Tapered Cuts and Fades contains 17 theory and workshop lessons.
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Lessons include:
- Design Connection
- Client Considerations
- Connect Service Essential
- Consult Service Essential
- Create Service Essential
- Complete Service Essential
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Lessons include
- Cutting Theory
- Cutting Tools and Essentials
- Foundational Cutting Skills
- Foundational Forms Overview
- Cutting Tools and Essentials
- Foundational Cutting Skills
- Foundational Forms Overview
- Cutting Guest Experience
- Cutting Service
- Solid Form
- Graduated Form
- Increase-Layered Form
- Square Form
- Uniformly Layered Form
- Uniformly Layered Form
- Freehand Cutting
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Lessons include:
- Tapered Cut and Fade Theory
- Tapered Cut and Fade Tools and Essentials
- Tapered Cut and Fade Skills
- Short Combination Form Overview
- Texturizing Techniques
- Tapered Cut and Fade Service
- Graduation/Layers/Low Gradation
- Square/Medium-High Gradation
- Uniform/High Gradation
- Graduation/Layers/Low Fade
- Freehand/Drop Fade
- Square Medium-High Fade
- Flat Top/Medium Fade
- Flat Top/High Fade
- Uniform/High Bald Fade
- Uniform/Low Taper
- Razor Haircut
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107B Style
107B Style introduces 7 lessons emphasizing men’s hairstyling theory and 12 barbershop-related styling workshop lessons.
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108B Shaving & Beard Design
108B Shaving & Beard Design presents 15 lessons that spotlight shaving and beard design skills in theory and workshops.
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109B Hair Replacement
109B Hair Replacement has 4 theory lessons on barber-shop related wig and hair replacement services.
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Lessons include:
- Styling Theory
- Styling Tools and Essentials
- Thermal Styling
- Wet Styling
- Natural Texture Styling
- Styling Guest Experience
- Styling Service
- Fingerstyling
- Round Brush Blow Dry
- Side Part Blow Dry
- Flat Iron
- Vent Brush Quiff Blow Dry
- Coiled Twists
- Wet Look Molding
- Circle Wrap
- Press and Curl
- On-the-Scalp 3-Strand Braids
- Single-Strand Coiled Twists and Locks
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Lessons include:
- Shaving and Beard Design Theory
- Shaving and Beard Design Tools and Essentials
- Shaving and Beard Design Skills
- Shaving and Beard Design Guest Experience
- Shaving and Beard Design Service
- Full-Face Shave
- Symmetrical Sequence
- Full-Face Shave
- Alternative Sequence
- Full-Head Shave
- Elongated Beard
- Square Beard
- Short Beard With Outline
- Partial Beard
- Shadow Beard
- Goatee and Mustache With Soul Patch
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Lessons include:
- Wig Theory
- Wig Services
- Hair Replacement Systems
- Wig and Hair Replacement Essentials
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110B Color
110B Color brings to focus 9 color theory lessons with 9 barbershop-related workshops.
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111B Perm & Relax
111B Perm & Relax is composed of 7 perm theory and workshop lessons and 11 relaxer theory and workshop lessons.
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112 Skin and 113 Nails
112B Skin has 5 skin and 3 hair removal lessons. 113 Nails offers 7 theory and workshop lessons on nails.
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Lessons include:
- Color Theory
- Color Design
- Identifying Existing Hair Color
- Nonoxidative Color Products
- Oxidative Color Products
- Color Tools and Essentials
- Color Skills
- Color Guest Experience
- Color Service
- Semi-Permanent
- Virgin Darker
- Retouch/Refresh
- Partial Highlights
- Zones
- Virgin Lighter
- Gray Reduction
- Gray Coverage and End Lights
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Lessons include:
- Perm Theory
- Perm Products and Essentials
- Perm Skills
- Perm Guest Experience,
- Perm Service,
- Rectangle Perm Pattern
- Partial Perm Pattern
- Relaxer Theory
- Relaxer Products and Essentials
- Relaxer Skills
- Relaxer Guest Experience
- Relaxer Service
- Curl Diffusion
- Virgin Thio Relaxer
- Virgin Sodium Hydroxide Relaxer
- Retouch Sodium Hydroxide Relaxer
- Curl Reformation Theory
- Virgin Curl Reformation
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112 Skin Lessons include
- Skin Theory
- Skin Diseases and Disorders
- Skin Care
- Skin Care Guest Experiences
- Basic Facial
- Hair Removal Theory
- Hair Removal Guest Experience
- Eyebrow Waxing
113 Nails includes lessons on:
- Nail Theory
- Natural Nails
- Natural Nail Products and Essentials
- Nails Guest Experience
- Natural Nail Service
- Basic Manicure
- Basic Pedicure
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