Profesionālā Skaistuma Skola – Vīriešu Frizieris, Riga

Profesionālā Skaistuma Skola on Avotu iela in Riga is the strongest Baltic entry in this directory on credentials. It is a registered Latvian professional development and further education institution, appears in Latvia’s national education database, and runs three separately accredited men’s programmes, graduates receive a state-recognised apliecība par profesionālās pilnveides izglītību rather than an in-house certificate.

The men’s hairdressing programme costs 720 euros in total and runs in two formats to suit different schedules: four months at 180 euros a month on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 16:00, or six months at 120 euros a month on Tuesday evenings from 17:00 to 21:00. Around 80 per cent of the time is practical work with models in the school’s training salon. Content covers occupational and environmental safety, hair and skin anatomy, sanitisation, classic and progressive barbering technique, fades, beard work, styling for different face shapes and men’s colouring. A free seminar on minimum hygiene requirements for beauty salons is included, carrying a five-year certificate. A minimum of four registrations is needed to start a group. The school has branches in seven other Latvian cities.