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Sunday 13th May, Swalec Stadium, Cardiff
Door open at 10:00 am

See you there …

ISA’s MD, Shirley Davis-Fox, is undergoing a campaign tour of Wales to encourage qualified hairdressers to become state registered.

Shirley Davis-Fox, WorldSkills Ambassador for Hairdressing in Wales, plans to press the Welsh Government to lead the way by making state registration of qualified hairdressers compulsory.  She describes state registration as a crucial step on the road to gaining universal recognition and respect for the profession.

The campaign will take her to: Pembrokeshire, Carmarthen, Swansea, Bridgend, Cardiff, Newport, RCT, Blaenau Gwent, Mid Wales and North Wales to visit salons as well as colleges to gain support for State Registration.

“We encourage all our learners to understand and accept the importance of state registration as a way of showing that they are proud to belong to a respected profession … state registration is the only way we are going to get recognition and respect for the profession from the public and politicians.  I have a mission to do whatever I can to change the perception of this vibrant and professional industry.”

A motion in Parliament by her Hairdressing Council colleague, David Morris, MP, to introduce mandatory state registration was recently defeated by just four votes.

“Hairdressers are expected to use potentially dangerous chemicals to achieve a desired look, yet the industry remains completely unregulated,” she added. “Hairdressers should be brought into line with other professions, which have a register of qualified practitioners. Consumers would then be assured that the person doing their hair has been trained to a required standard and it would bring hairdressing in line with other countries worldwide, which already have regulations.”

On 5th September Berni Tyler joined ISA Training as Director of Operations. Working for the last five years at ColegauCymru as Head of Quality and Standards Berni actually trained as an apprentice hairdresser when she left school, she is looking forward to returning to the industry, which launched her career.

“I did all my training as a hairdresser on the job and I have always thought that the best way to train people is in the workplace,” she said. “It’s an exciting opportunity to join the leading provider of hair and beauty training in Wales with the Welsh Government’s new work-based learning contracts rolling out.

ISA MD Shirley Davis-Fox is delighted with Berni’s appointment: “With Berni’s knowledge and experience, her appointment to ISA Training is a marriage made in heaven. She will strengthen the board of directors and I am looking forward to working closely with her. I expect Berni to do great things with the company in terms of working more collaboratively with Further Education Institutions and introducing the Welsh Baccalaureate into the hair and beauty sector of work based learning.”

Berni is looking forward to getting out and about over the next few months to visit salons and is also keen to set up networking events for the sector such as breakfast meetings to enhance communication between salons and ISA Training.