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APPLICATION FOR APPRENTICESHIP
INSTRUCTION SHEET
Selecting a Shop/Salon and Supervisor
Before applying for an apprenticeship, you must find a sponsor to supervise your apprenticeship. The supervisor must
hold a current Delaware license as a Cosmetologist, Master Barber, Barber, Nail Technician, Electrologist or Aesthetician.
In addition, the supervisor must be qualified to supervise an apprentice as follows:
• A Cosmetologist, Master Barber, Barber, Nail Technician, Electrologist or Aesthetician may supervise an
apprenticeship in their own type of licensure. For example, a Cosmetologist may supervise a Cosmetologist
Apprentice.
• A Master Barber may also supervise a Barber Apprentice.
• A Cosmetologist may also supervise a Nail Technician Apprentice or Aesthetician Apprentice.
• A Cosmetology Instructor may supervise a Barber or Master Barber Apprentice only if the Cosmetology Instructor
has completed 35 hours of training in shaving.
A supervisor is permitted to supervise no more than two apprentices at a time.
The shop/salon selected must hold a current professional Cosmetology/Barbering Establishment license
. It must employ at
least one person licensed in the profession in which the apprentice is being trained. A shop owner cannot work as an
apprentice in his/her own shop (
24 Del. C. §5121 (d)).
Choosing Master Barber vs. Barber
The application asks you to choose Master Barber or Barber. In Delaware, a Master Barber is allowed to perform
chemical processing but a Barber is not.
Filing the Application
Submit completed, signed and notarized Application for Apprenticeship.
• The apprentice applicant, shop/salon owner and person who will be supervising the apprentice’s training
must all sign the application form.
Enclose the processing fee by check or money order made payable to “State of Delaware.”
Submit proof that you have a high school education equivalent to completing at least the 10
th
grade. Arrange for the
Board office to receive one of the following as proof of your high school education:
• If you went to high school in the U.S. or a U.S. territory, arrange for the Board office to receive your GED certificate
or an official high school transcript.
o The high school must send the transcripts directly to the Board office.
o If your document is not in English, you must arrange for the Board office to receive a translation.
• If you went to school outside the U.S. or its territories, arrange for the Board office to receive a credential
evaluation to determine if your education is equivalent to Delaware’s requirement.
• Agencies that provide credentialing and translation services are listed on www.naces.org
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CANNON BUILDING
861
SILVER LAKE BLVD., SUITE 203
D
OVER, DELAWARE 19904-2467
STATE OF DELAWARE
BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING
TELEPHONE:
(302)
744-4500
FAX: (302) 739-2711
WEBSITE: DPR.DELAWARE.GOV
EMAIL: customerservice.dpr@state.de.us