Barber. A barber is a person whose occupation is to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's and boy's hair and beard. A barber's place of work is known as a barbershop. Barbershops are also places of social interaction.- In history, barbers also performed surgery and dentistry. Barbers are required to be licensed.- The history of barbering. The first barbering services were performed by Egyptians with instruments they made from oyster shells or sharpened flint.- The art of barbering played a significant role across continents. Mayan, Aztec, Iroquois, Viking and Mongolian civilizations used shave art as a way to distinguish roles in society and wartime.- Barbering was introduced to Rome by Greek colonies in Sicily in 29BC.- During the Middle Ages, barbers often served as surgeons and dentists. The jobs ranged from haircutting, hairdressing, and shaving to surgery, bloodletting and leeching, fire cupping, enemas, and the extraction of teeth giving them the name barber-surgeons. Barber-surgeons formed the Worshipful Company of Barbers in London. During this time, barbers received higher pay than surgeons until surgeons were entered into British warships during naval wars. Some of the jobs of the barber were neck manipulation, cleansing of ears and scalp, draining of boils, fistula and lancing of cysts with wicks.- In America barbershops were influential at the turn of the 19th century as African American businesses helped to develop African American culture.- The average shop cost $20 to equip in 1880. It was about ten by twelve feet. A hair cut in 1880 cost 5c or 10c and shaving cost 3c.- The modern barbershop has special barber chairs, and special equipment for rinsing and washing hair.- In 2018, Arthur Robinoff opened a museum with barber's poles and antique barber equipment in Manhattan. Barber Schools. In 1893, A.B. Moler of Chicago, established a school for barbers. This was the first institution of its kind in the world.- Training. Training to be a barber is achieved through various means around the world. In the U.S., barber training is carried out at Barber Schools.- Tuition. Most barber schools tuition is between $6,500 and $10,000 to complete.- The length of school time. Most states requires the same amount of training hours for barbers as they do for cosmetologists. The number of hours required ranges from 800 to 2,000 training hours, depending on the state's licensing requirements. Most programs can be completed in 15 months or less.- The barber school curriculum consists of hair cutting, coloring and styling for men's hair and women's short hair. Chemical processes such as bleaching, dyeing, lightening and relaxing hair may also be taught. All cosmetology disciplines learn safety and sanitation best practices. Barber students can expect to learn some anatomy, physiology, bacteriology and some information of pharmacology. The curriculum teaches facial hair techniques, including traditional and modern shaves. Generally barber programs touch on scalp massage and treatments. Advanced barber training may include custom shave designs. It is helpful for you to have some knowledge of business and ethics education. Since entrepreneurship is much common in the barbering trade with many professionals who choose to open their own barbershops. All the skills learned in barber school will be tested at the board exams, which typically features a written and practical exam.- The barber pole features red and white spiraling stripes in which to symbolize the different aspects of the craft. It is a symbol from its history when barbers used to perform medical procedures. The white and red stripes represent blood. In the U.S., the blue stripe is also sometimes used to match the flag.- The equipment found in the barber shop is: barber chair, hair clippers, Barber cloth or wrap, Barber powder(talcum powder or baby powder), hairbrush, co