Public service Career Research

Barbering is a current popular career and it is pretty fun as well. With this career, barbers also get to meet new people and socialize.

To get this career you must have an active Texas cosmetology operator license from barber school, complete the 300 hour barbering course in a TDLR-licensed barber school, and finally pass the required Class A Barber written and practical exams, but this is not all, to become a barber you'll need a bit of training, and one is to complete a certificate III in barbering which it will teach you to use a full range of well-developed sales and consultation skills as well as technical and operational skills.

Barbering is very flexible, so if you work for yourself you can work when you want and for how long you want. The majority of barbers work full time and some work overtime while others work as little as 10-20 hours a week. Barbering will get you around 16k-61k dollars per year with a paid vacation of around 2-4 weeks off.This career also takes a bit of other extra skills which are; knowing how to treat customers, active listening, time management, hair knowledge, and finally creativity. Barbering doesn't really give you any extra benefits but you do get a lot of positive things which are; job security, can work anywhere, socializing. With these you also get a bit of negatives, and those are; no room for error, work quick, finally, building up a client list.

Barbers usually work in clean, pleasant surroundings with good lighting and ventilation.

Most of the time barbers also work on their feet for every haircut they give.In a normal day as a barber you'll have to clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and all of your things. Cut and trim hair according to clients’ instructions or current hairstyles, using clippers, combs, blow dryers, and scissors. Clean work stations and sweep floors.

In the future there would still be a need for this career because people will always need a haircut and there would be more popular hairstyles that people would want. This career choice would be a good fit for me because i am good with treating customers. A good skill that I have and would help me with this career would be learning fast, this would help me learn to cut hair in a style customers may like.