Level 3 interview, what to expect

[redhead]

Hi, does anyone have any insight as to what to expect from a level 3 interview. I will finish my Level 2 in June, but Im still not very confident. The tutor that interviews and does the level 3 training took us one day when our usual tutor was off sick. Long story short he ripped me to pieces in front of the whole class calling me names etc. I was advised to put in an official complaint as i'm not the only person to experience his poor teaching methods. Knowing I was hoping to do level 3 and that he was in charge of it, I decided against complaining as I didnt want to P**S him off. So as you can imagine I'm slightly apprehensive about even going for my interview knowing it will be based on his decision and he will then be the tutor taking me for the year. I don't know what to do or where to go from here, so I thought if I could get a bit of what to expect from anyone during interview it would at least give me something I could may be practice or prepare myself for. Sorry for long message really worrying me. :cry:

 

[spikeyfaerie]

If I were you I'd complain about him then apply for another college.

 

[dee]

have you tried bfd college ? i know bfd has a bit of a rep but the college used to be really good , and as its close to the uni you get a lot of clients xxx
if you are staying at the college with the horrible teacher i would deffo put a complaint in , if he starts on you tell him to back off , they cannot talk to you like dirt .. you have paid to learn so tell him to teach !!! xxx

 

[redhead]

If I were you I'd complain about him then apply for another college.

Its not that easy unfortunately. The college I'm at is very local for me and I like the way it works. Its run as a commercial salon so we get clients all the time and get to experience what its actually like working as a hairdresser. We do everything from the towels,tea making and reception to cuts and colours and perms, its fab. Not been able to find another college with those facilities. I need this to do level 3 as I dont have salon experience apart from this (2 days practical in salon).

 

[Changez]

hi,
i'm an assesser and also teach, level 3 hair and beauty, it sounds like you have a bad teacher, if you feel your knowledge isnt what it should be shurley this is the colleges fault, as they should be ensuring you fully understand your NVQ all the way, it seems to me you have been given a raw deal, and feel if i were you,i would go for the interview, and be honest with him, tell him how you feel, and please remember all NVQ's are supposed to be at the students pace, so dont be worried to ask your lecturer to go over something again, this is why you are at college, to learn, if this tutor seems to have it in for you and you have honestly tried, then report him, he has no business teaching, as his bad teaching will leave its mark on our industry, by making all his students to nervous to ask questions, and you will lack confidence in your ability, good luck :Grope:

 

[redhead]

The interview is on Wednesday, I have decided I will go. I figure he will either not accept me on the course because he doesn't like me or, hopefully he will think I must really want to do the course otherwise I wouldn't apply knowing he was interviewing. I know it's not just me with the problem with him, not one other person in my group is applying for level 3 as he teaches it. It's not that I'm struggling with the course, he just put me in a really uncomfortable position. We hadn't even started doing clients then but someone booked them in by mistake so I was just expected to do a cut and blowdry. I think he asked me as I am the oldest in the group (late 30's), maybe thinking I was the most confident, as it happens I'm the least confident, probably because of my age. I know I am there to do clients hair, but just because someone booked clients in that shouldn't have been our problem. In my opinion they should have been cancelled. I wouldn't have wanted my hair cutting by me then. It was the way the whole situation was handled, I wasn't asked why I didn't want to cut the clients hair or what my problem was. I was just repeatedly called names when I refused, then at the end of the class the same names were repeated in front of everyone else and I was told throughout the class how dissapointed I had made the tutor. The trouble is, even if I do get accepted on the course I'm not sure whether or not I would go ahead with it because of the reasons I previously mentioned. I don't think I would ever dare ask him a question. sorry for going on, but thanks for the response.

 

[dee]

i can remeber having a male tutor at college who was scary as hell !!! he shouted and bawled like a good un made you feel like a 2 yr old ... well one day he threw me head first into doing a perm .. i dont think at this stage i had even mastered blow drying .. i was nearly throwing up i was so scared ... he told me to just get on with it so i did .. expecting it to go horribly worng and end up with some sort of hair disaster but the tutor was right i did it , and it turend out fab and the lady that i did ended up beign my regular while i was at college the whole 2 yrs , lol
after i did it he came up told me he knew ui could and was just trying to either sink or swim ... luckily i swam but i was 16 ... if i had the same scenario now i would prob leave and run home and hide :lol: , lmao

 

[beverleyt]

Whic college are you going to Redhead? I'm doing it at Thomas Danby campus

 

[Changez]

hi,
well sounds to me as if 'He' thought you were cappable, but to carry this on is stupid of him, why didnt he do the clients!!! and you should never be pushed into a situation you feel your not ready for, go for his interview and if he has attitude, i would ask him what his problem is, usually lectures will interview in pairs, so go for it and be firm, this is your life dont let him win, if all else fails complain by writing a letter, they have to look in to it, you just maybe be the hundreth person to do it, good luck and let us know how it went ok xx

 

[redhead]

I will do, thanks for all your replies and support x