Biba Academy of Hair and Beauty

Biba Academy of Hair and Beauty operates as RTO 6035, listed as current on the national register at training.gov.au, and holds CRICOS provider code 01709K. SHB30516 Certificate III in Barbering is recorded on its scope of registration for delivery and assessment, alongside Certificate III in Hairdressing, so the academy is able to issue the nationally recognised barbering qualification. Training is delivered from two Melbourne campuses, in Fitzroy and Melbourne CBD.

The barbering program is listed at 800 nominal hours and can be completed over about twelve months at three days per week, nine months at four days, or seven months at five days, with classes running from 9.45am to 5pm. Teaching takes place in a simulated barbershop where students work on clients. Skills First funding may be available to eligible Victorian applicants, and the academy also enrols international students under CRICOS arrangements.