Pivot Point International - Beyond A Beauty School

SkillsUSA Championship offers students of career and technical and education the opportunity to demonstrate their leadership and hands-on occupational skills and receive recognition for their achievement. Winners advance from local competitions to district and /or state championships and finally to the national Skills USA Championship in Kansas City at the end of June each year.

12:00 pm	Committee Meeting
1:00 pm	Registration for contestants, hand in résumés
1:15 pm	Welcome, introduction of conference team, sponsors and judges, WorldSkills update
1:30 pm	Orientation and review of contest rules
2:30 pm	Written Test - Secondary Oral Test - Post Secondary Fill out sketch sheets for long hair color
3:00 pm	Written Test - Post Secondary Oral Test -Secondary
4:00 pm	On-site visit

8:30 am	Registration (kit check)
9:00 am	Orientation/Introduction
9:15 am	Long Hair Overview
9:30 am	Long Hair (1 hour)
10:30 am	Judge Long Hair Design
11:00 am	Women’s Cut and Design Overview
11:15 am	Women’s Cut and Design (45 minutes)
12:00 pm	Judge Women’s Cut and Design
	LUNCH
1:00 pm	Women’s 90-Degree Cut and Design Overview – Post Secondary Men’s Cut and Design Overview - Secondary
1:15 pm	Women’s 90-Degree Cut and Design (45 minutes) – Post Secondary Men’s Cut and Design (45 minutes) - Secondary
2:00 pm	Judge Men’s Cut and Design – Secondary
2:30 pm	Women’s 90-Degree Cut and Design Overview – Secondary Men’s Cut and Design Overview – Post Secondary
2:45 pm	Women’s 90-Degree Cut and Design (45 minutes) Men’s Cut and Design (45 minutes)
3:30 pm	Judge Men’s Cut and Design – Post Secondary
4:00 pm	Grand finale parade
4:15 pm	Final introduction of judges, committee members and sponsors

Contest Instructions
Mannequins
The technical committee will supply mannequins and holders for all areas of this contest. The long hair mannequin will be sent before the competition from Burmax as soon as your state director forwards the student’s name to SkillsUSA. The long hair mannequin should be pre-colored prior to the competition and brought to Kansas City. If you have any questions on the long hair mannequin, please contact Burmax at (800) 645-5118.
If this changes in any given year, contestants will be told in advance to bring their own mannequins and holders.
Orientation Meeting:
Orientation meeting is conducted the day before the contest. Please submit your résumé in a simple manila file folder. The contest rules are reviewed as well as clothing requirements. Contestants will be escorted to contest site once the written test and oral communications test have been administered. Once contestants are familiar with the site and receive final instructions they will receive their gifts from the sponsors of the contest and will be free to leave for the day.
SkillsUSA Test: Used as a tie-breaker only. Subject matter-SkillsUSA Championships.
Parade Finale
Once the contest has been completed, contestants will be asked to provide some information to the commentator on a sheet of paper. Please type using 14-point typeface and print out the following information before arriving to SkillsUSA. Below is a sample:

Contestant will be asked to select from their completed mannequins and present them to the audience and judges during the parade finale.

Announcement of Winners
1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners for Secondary and Post Secondary winners will not be announced until the Awards Ceremony. Sponsor prizes for these winners will be shipped to their home addresses compliments from the Technical Committee.

Contestants must be able to duplicate a uniform layer (90 degree) haircut and design selected by the National Tech Committee. Contestant will style the hair with blow dryer and fingers only.
Please also refer to the April 15th SkillsUSA Standards Update
a. Time allotted – 45 minutes
b. 200 possible points – cut and blow dry will be scored
c. Tools assembled and station prepared
d. Create a four section parting
e. Establish the design length around the back perimeter
f. Establish the design length around the front perimeter
g. Establish the interior guide at the top of the head (apex, crown)
h. Continue cutting guideline to front hairline
i. Continue cutting guideline from crown to nape
j. Use vertical partings to blend top guide to design line
k. Maintain a constant 90 degree elevation throughout the procedure
l. Follow a traveling guide to maintain uniformly layered lengths
m. Perform a cross check of procedure for accuracy
n. Check perimeter guideline and finish as necessary
o. Finished cut is uniformly blended
p. Blow hair dry to frame face
q. Clean and organize station

1. Women’s Cut and Design and Uniform Layers (90 degree) Haircut: Bridgette Marie - MMMSCLML