According to recent statistics, there are thousands of trade, career, and postsecondary technical schools in the United States. They employ well over 120,000 people. Of those schools, more than 1300 of them train barbers. Barbering today is different from 50 years ago. Haircuts are not the only service offered. The current trend is for schools to offer a wide range of training programs, products, and services.
Although there are nearly 20,000 barbers in the United States. 25.1% of all barbers are women, while 74.9% are men. As of 2017 there were 18 times more cosmetologists than barbers. This is in part because barbering requires more skills! However, it also enables a barber to earn a greater income. There is a growing demand for people specializing in men’s hair and facial care. In fact, the demand for barbers is expected to grow by 19% as we move toward 2030. That is a much faster growth rate than for the average occupation.
Starting a barber school requires a considerable familiarity with the trade and technical school industry. This is because of requirements regarding certifications, accreditations, and licenses needed to meet governmental standards.
Barbering is the fourth most heavily regulated occupation among moderate-income occupations when compared to other types of occupational licenses. If you want to be a barber, you MUST go to school to earn a license. A comprehensive education from an approved program is the first step toward earning a state license. This is usually followed by an apprenticeship, then applying for the license, and finally passing a written and/or practical examination. Most states require both types of exams.
Starting and running a barber school can be much more manageable when incorporating the use of a comprehensive and well-designed career school management system. There are a variety of such systems available, and they are labeled in a variety of ways including student information systems, career school software programs, campus information systems, and school management software programs, among others.
The most desirable systems are very secure and are so comprehensive that no other third-party software is needed to meet the needs of a school. The STARS School Management System is such a product. It is a cloud-based system that runs on an enterprise grade IBMi Power 9 server that provides the HIGHEST level of security available. It is a dependable system that is up and running 99.99% of the time, so you never need to worry about its availability. STARS includes a comprehensive collection of features and tools which eliminate the need to use other software products to run your school.
Regarding the particular needs of barber schools, STARS includes customized features. These include checklists of physical skills that students need to master. Both instructors and students indicate their achievement with signature verification. STARS also provides custom transcripts that denote the achievement of those skills. The special features, reports, and communication tools included in the STARS school management system make it an ideal choice for barber schools.
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*STARS is an acronym for Student Tracking and Accounting Records System. This type of software is also referred to as a student management system, career college management system, student information management system, campus management software, school information management system, college management system, student record management system, campus management system, student information system software, online student management software, vocational school management system, etc.
