y. February

arson Graham's voca-

tional hairdressing pro-

gram shows just how
much one business’ success
can depend on good fortune
and another business’ bad
fortune.

When Woodward's closed its
doors for good last year,
Raymond Salons lost the premis-
es for its hairdressing program.

However, instead of looking
to start up anather schaol,
Raymond wanted to get out of
training and so asked North
Shore Continuing Education
(NSCE) to do it for them, saic
NSCE administrator Judy Turner.

As it happened, Carson
Graham is designated as a trade
school on the North Shore and
had some under-used feclerally-
funded, vocational shop space.

These two factors contributed
to a partnership between
Raymond and NSCE that is work-
ing out well for both parties.

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By Greg Felton

“Everything (do is done with
partnerships because | don’t have
the money,” said Turner,
“(Raymond) donated all of their
equipment ... and would endorse
our propram in exchange for first
dibs on hiring (graduates),”

The program is divided into
separate day classes for Carson
Graham students and evening
classes for NSCE’s adult stucents,
The high school program is the
first of its kind in B.C.

The first evening course began
on Feb. 15 and the students vary
in age from 18 to 55. The cost for
the two-year, part-time program
is $2,800 for tour semesters.

The two classes may be taught
separately, said Beck, but stu-
dents in each class receive the
same 1,500 hours of instruction
necessary to write the provincial
exams.

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“North Shore Credit Union is committed to
helping young people prepare for their
future and ours. Tomorrow's employees

are today’s students!”

“When they leave here,
they’re ready tor work; it’s truly a
Career preparation course.”

Before the program could ga
ahead, Turner said NSCE had lo
have the apprenticeship board
approve the facilities, the instruc-
tors and the curriculum,

As for the facilities, Beck said
last year Raymond donated
$30,000 worth of equipment to
the program. Beck herself has
been in the hairdressing business
all her life.

For the evening courses she
will share the teaching duties
with Vancouver Community
College instructor Harry Bullen.

But Beck said it is her expand-
ed curriculum, which includes
salon psychology, that gives the
Carson program its decided edge.

Salon psychology teaches the
hairdresser Now te-be a posilive
person, how to treat clients and
lo promote their self-esteem.

“| like the people fat VOC) but
I just feel this is a more updated
program and the industry agrees
-~- they want our students for
work experience. They believe
when students come out of here

they know how to werk ina
salon”

Upon graduation, each of
Beck's students loaves with a
B.C. hairdressers’ ticense and a
salon psychology certificate, a
Wella Color certificate and a
L'Oreal color certificate.

Part of Raymond's endorse-
ment consists of taking students
on work experience one day per
week to introduce them to saton
work, The students do shampoo-
ing and cleaning up, but no cut-
ting.

When Beck took her day stu-
dents to Los Angeles last year, the
students hac the chance to meet
Vidal Sassoon and Beck saw how
advanced her program is.

“We are at least 20 years
ahead of California. They don't
have any apprenticeships,
they've never heard of work
experience — they actually want
to get in touch with us to find out
what we're cloing here.”

This April, both classes will
attend the International Beauty
Show in Seattle.

Beck feels that trade schools
will gradually move into the high

job market

schaols,

One person wha is glad of the
Carson program is Chiris
Callaghan, a drop-out who was
lowed te return to take the free
full-time day Course for high
school students,

Beck said that when they first
met, Callaghan was a street per-
son wilh “Ronald McDonale
hair” who had no real ambition.

“Twas working part-time ata
gas station,” he said, “| worked
about one day a week. A lot of
my lime was spent skateboarding
and just bumming around the
streets of downtown Vancouver.”

When Callaghan mentioned to
her that he always had an interest
in becoming a haitdresser, Beck
suggested he come back to
school te take her course,

Now a graduate, Callaghan
works at The Hair Company on
Lonsdale.

When asked what he’d be
doing now if he hadn’t gone back
to school, he said, “I'd probably
he somewhere right now drinking
coffee with somebody saying:
‘Yeah, y’know, I'd like to bea
hairdresser.’ ”

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