SHBHTLS003 — Work as a session stylist
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What an assessment for SHBHTLS003 must cover
31 assessable components: 4 elements (14 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 8 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Interpret the creative brief.
- 1.1Analyse objectives of the session to determine overall design concepts.
- 1.2Participate in preliminary concept meetings to discuss hair design requirements for the type of production.
- 1.3Identify relevant factors that may determine and affect the finished designs.
2 Conduct and evaluate research and planning.
- 2.1Complete research and analyse findings to develop hair design concepts.
- 2.2Organise and update research materials, findings and documentation for use during design development process.
- 2.3Generate initial concepts according to research findings and discuss with relevant personnel.
3 Consult and discuss finished design.
- 3.1Establish specific requirements by physical and visual examination of individual models or performers.
- 3.2Consult on and confirm finished hair designs appropriate to the character, performance, production or event.
4 Create current, creative and period hair designs.
- 4.1Maintain operator and model or performer comfort and safety during each stage of the process according to organisational procedures.
- 4.2Select and use products, materials, tools and techniques to achieve established design results.
- 4.3Reflect a predetermined era accurately in finished hair designs, where relevant to the production or event.
- 4.4Complete finished hair designs within required timeframes.
- 4.5Confirm session director and model or performer satisfaction with finished hair design.
- 4.6Document finished hair designs to assist with future performances, events or continuity.
Performance evidence
- respond to two different client briefs for different sessions and for each:
- complete required research to develop appropriate hair design concepts
- develop and present documented design concepts which must include: description of overall design concepts, folio of illustrative material with sketches of designs, lists of resources required to achieve designs, any special garments, props and materials
- work as a session stylist to achieve confirmed finished hair designs appropriate to the character, performance, production or event for at least two different sessions.
Knowledge evidence
- key characteristics and interrelationships of the elements and principles of hair design and use in achieving a wide range of finished hair designs
- sources of reliable information on period hair design
- the history of contemporary and period hair design, eras and the popular designs and colours
- selection, safe application and effects on the hair of: colour and lightening products; chemical reformation products
- the care and maintenance of, and techniques for attaching, human and synthetic hairpieces
- hair product range available for the session: product purpose; action on the hair; mixing and application instructions; processing and developing times
- role and basic content of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) or plain English workplace documents or diagrams that interpret SDS content
- industry practices and organisational procedures for: model or performer comfort and safety with particular emphasis on: using gown and towels to protect clothes; avoiding product contact with eyes; monitoring scalp comfort and condition; work health and safety when working as a session stylist at external venues.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret and analyse complex briefs and unfamiliar and complex research information.
- Oral communication skills: ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to discuss and negotiate hair design requirements.
- Numeracy skills: calculate quantities of resources required for session.
- Planning and organising skills: efficiently manage operational logistics for delivery of hair design services prior to and during event staging and according to agreed timeframes.
- Technology skills: use computers and the Internet to research information.
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Questions about assessing SHBHTLS003
What does an assessment tool for SHBHTLS003 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SHBHTLS003 needs to address all 31 unit components: 4 elements with 14 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 8 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for SHBHTLS003?
Auditori pulls the current release of SHBHTLS003 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.
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