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Work Ethics And Practices

Cosmetology · Level 5  ·  6 Chapters

Compiled by: John Kiprono

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What Work Ethics And Practices covers

Integrity, teamwork and customer care are tested every working day in a salon, and Work Ethics And Practices at Cosmetology Level 5 trains them. You start with self-management: self-awareness, personal vision and goals, emotional intelligence, coping with work stress, assertiveness, self-esteem, time management and performance targets. Ethical practices cover integrity, patriotism, professionalism and codes of conduct. Teamwork includes team building, conflicts, gender and diversity mainstreaming and mentoring. Professional development covers training needs and licences. The unit ends with problem solving and decision making, and with customer care: needs, feedback, concerns and retention.

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Careers after Work Ethics And Practices

Employers in beauty care hire people they can rely on, and this unit builds the habits behind that reliability: personal discipline, ethical conduct, teamwork and a service attitude towards every client who walks in.

  • Salon employers in Nyeri - you show integrity, follow codes of conduct and observe punctuality and professionalism as set by the organization.
  • Multi-chair hair studios in Kitale - you build teams, handle conflicts, respect gender and diversity and take part in coaching and mentoring.
  • Customer care counters in Embu - you identify customer needs, gather feedback, resolve concerns and work on customer retention.
  • Self-employed stylists in Kericho - you manage your own time, set performance targets and use your personal vision, mission and goals to run the business.
  • Salon supervisors in Nanyuki - you apply the problem-solving process and decision making when a service goes wrong.

Professional growth through training and licences is the thread that links these roles.

Chapters

1
Apply self-management skills
12 topics
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2
Promote Ethical Practices and Values
6 topics
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3
Promote Teamwork
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4
Maintain professional and personal development
10 topics
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5
Apply Problem-solving skills
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6
Promote Customer care
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What Work Ethics And Practices covers: 50 main topics in 6 chapters

1. Apply self-management skills

  1. 1.1 Self-awareness
  2. 1.2 Formulating personal vision, mission, and goals
  3. 1.3 Healthy lifestyle practices
  4. 1.4 Strategies for overcoming work challenges
  5. 1.5 Emotional intelligence
  6. 1.6 Coping with Work Stress
  7. 1.7 Assertiveness versus aggressiveness and passiveness
  8. 1.8 Developing and maintaining high self-esteem
  9. 1.9 Developing and maintaining positive self-image
  10. 1.10 Time management
  11. 1.11 Setting performance targets
  12. 1.12 Monitoring and evaluating performance targets

2. Promote Ethical Practices and Values

  1. 2.1 Integrity
  2. 2.2 Core Values, ethics and beliefs
  3. 2.3 Patriotism
  4. 2.4 Professionalism
  5. 2.5 Organizational codes of conduct
  6. 2.6 Industry policies and procedures

3. Promote Teamwork

  1. 3.1 Types of teams
  2. 3.2 Team building
  3. 3.3 Individual responsibilities in a team
  4. 3.4 Benefits of teamwork
  5. 3.5 Qualities of a team player Leading a team
  6. 3.6 Team performance and evaluation
  7. 3.7 Conflicts and conflict resolution
  8. 3.8 Gender and diversity mainstreaming
  9. 3.9 Developing Healthy workplace relationships
  10. 3.10 Adaptability and flexibility
  11. 3.11 Coaching and mentoring skills

4. Maintain professional and personal development

  1. 4.1 Personal vs professional development and growth
  2. 4.2 Avenues for professional growth
  3. 4.3 Recognizing career advancement
  4. 4.4 Training and career opportunities
  5. 4.5 Assessing training needs
  6. 4.6 Mobilizing training resources
  7. 4.7 Licenses and certifications for professional growth and development
  8. 4.8 Pursuing personal and organizational goals
  9. 4.9 Managing work priorities and commitments
  10. 4.10 Dynamism and on-the-job learning

5. Apply Problem-solving skills

  1. 5.1 Causes of problems
  2. 5.2 Methods of solving problems
  3. 5.3 Problem-solving process
  4. 5.4 Decision making
  5. 5.5 Creative thinking and critical thinking process in development of innovative and practical solutions

6. Promote Customer care

  1. 6.1 Identifying customer needs
  2. 6.2 Qualities of good customer service
  3. 6.3 Customer feedback methods
  4. 6.4 Resolving customer concerns
  5. 6.5 Customer outreach programs
  6. 6.6 Customer retention

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 84 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 238 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 118 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 57 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 20 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 1,188 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 6 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 61 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 24 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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