Hartenbos Hair AcademyHHA

Hartenbos Hair Academy is a private training provider for the hair and beauty industry, based in Hartenbos, Mossel Bay, in the Western Cape. It refers to itself by the short form HHA and publishes a skills development provider number, SDP251124223549, as its accreditation reference.

Its main qualification is the Occupational Certificate: Hairdresser, registered on the National Qualifications Framework at NQF Level 4 under SAQA ID 94333. This is a full occupational qualification for people who want to work as qualified hairdressers. Alongside it, the academy runs shorter hair skills programmes in areas such as blow-drying and styling, shampoo and scalp treatments, hair cutting, colour and lightening, chemical texturising and barbering. It also offers further hair courses, including hair extensions, advanced cutting and colour workshops, and blow-dry and styling masterclasses, plus practical beauty short courses covering eyelash extensions, manicure and pedicure, facials and skincare, and gel and acrylic nails.

Teaching is in person and hands-on. The academy shares a building with a working hair salon: the salon operates on the first floor and the training hub sits on the second floor. Students practise on real clients through a student model programme, in which members of the public book reduced-rate hair services that students carry out under the supervision of qualified instructors. There is no distance or online study option on the site.

The academy also works with existing salons, offering business consulting, staff upskilling, in-salon training and mentorship for salon teams.

The website does not publish entry requirements, intake dates or a fee schedule. Prospective students apply through an enquiry form on the contact page, and details about starting dates, admission and costs come directly from the academy. For help with paying for study, the academy names a partnership with Student Hero, an education funding service, and links to a funding enquiry tool from its home page.

The academy has a single campus, at its Kaap De Goede Hoop Avenue premises in Hartenbos. Contact is by phone, by email and through its social media accounts.