DalbyOnline beauty & hair training

Hair · Foundation → salon-ready

Precision Cutting & Blow-Dry: Sectioning to Finish

Recorded
6.8 hours
Modules
9
Kit items
4
A stylist in a white shirt holds a section of dark hair between comb and scissors
The problem this course starts from

Most first cuts go wrong in the first five minutes: no consultation, loose sectioning, tension that changes from one section to the next. The shape then looks different dry than wet and the client does not rebook.

The modules

9 modules, 6.8 hours of recorded lessons

Each bar is scaled to the longest module (1 h 2 min), not to the whole course. The running total adds the modules up as you go. Your own practice time is on top.

  1. Consultation, head shape and growth patterns

    42 min

    Running total 42 min

  2. Tools: scissors, clippers, combs and how to hold them

    36 min

    Running total 1 h 18 min

  3. Sectioning, tension and elevation

    48 min

    Running total 2 h 6 min

  4. One-length and graduated bobs

    1 h 2 min

    Running total 3 h 8 min

  5. Layers: increasing and uniform

    58 min

    Running total 4 h 6 min

  6. Fringes and face-framing pieces

    40 min

    Running total 4 h 46 min

  7. Dry cutting and corrective checks

    44 min

    Running total 5 h 30 min

  8. Blow-dry: round brush, finishing iron and heat protection

    52 min

    Running total 6 h 22 min

  9. Aftercare, rebooking and pricing a cut

    24 min

    Running total 6 h 46 min

Kit before you pay4 items
  • Cutting scissors and a cutting comb
  • Sectioning clips and a spray bottle
  • A mannequin head with human hair
  • A hairdryer, round brushes and a heat protectant

You supply the kit yourself: the course does not include any physical kit. The kit-list PDF is yours to keep.

What this course does not do

  • Mannequin practice only. You practise on a mannequin head. Nobody watches you cut a live client, so take your first real cuts slowly, with a model who knows you are learning.
  • No live tutor. The lessons are recorded. Questions about the content go to the team by chat or email and are answered in working hours.
  • No marking. Nobody reviews your practice work or signs it off.
  • Not a regulated qualification. You receive a certificate of completion from Dalby Online. It is not an Ofqual or RQF qualification.
  • Ask your insurer first. Many insurers want a recognised qualification, a hands-on assessment, or both. Find out what yours accepts before you buy.

What you can do afterwards

What you can do afterwards

You can consult, section and cut a bob and a layered shape on a mannequin, finish it with a blow-dry and explain the aftercare to a client.

A hairdresser in a brown shirt and denim apron sections and cuts a client’s wet dark bob in a salon.
Back view of a client with a grey bob as the stylist cuts the nape line with comb and scissors.
Hands trim the ends of long copper-red hair with scissors and a wooden comb against a sage wall.

Photographs show the kind of work this course covers. They are not footage from the lessons.

Career routes

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