UV20483 Follow health and safety practice in the salon

UV20483 Follow health and safety practice in the salon

This unit aims to increase your understanding of health and safety and its importance in the salon in which you work.

You will develop the ability to carry out a simple risk analysis, recognise a hazard, responsibly deal with the hazards you have found and follow safe and hygienic working practices.

You will also need to be able to locate fire fighting equipment, first aid resources and have an awareness of fire, emergency and evacuation procedures.

This unit applies to hairdressing, beauty therapy, nail and barbering salons and spas.

Learning outcomes ( On completion of this unit you will):

1. Be able to maintain health, safety and security practices
2. Be able to follow emergency procedures

Achieving the external paper

Knowledge and understanding in this unit will be assessed by an external paper. The criteria that make up this paper are highlighted in white throughout this unit. There is one external paper that must be achieved.
The external paper will test your knowledge of the criteria highlighted in white. A pass mark of 70% must be achieved. Criteria not achieved will be identified to your tutor/assessor. You will then be orally questioned or asked to produce other forms of evidence as all unit criteria must be achieved.

Observation outcomes
Competent performance of ‘Observation’ outcomes must be demonstrated to your assessor on at least three occasions.