Originally Posted by
JimmyHAD
Ron, I don't know about the rest of the USA but in NJ up until the early '80s the state barber licensing board had an apprenticeship system. You went to work in a shop for a barber and learned directly from him. I would wager that a large percentage of those guys never saw a barber manual let alone a school. In around 1984 they changed the license to a beautician/barber and required school. No more apprentice program as it had been and the existing barbers were 'grandfathered' in. All new guys had to have the new license. I had a shot to do an apprentice thing with a good friend who owned a barber shop but decided against it.