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Feb. 8th, 2025 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackQuestion on Reddit, "Can you take your hairdresser/barber license to another country?"
Answer, "No, other countries than the US don't require hairdressers/barbers to be licensed."
UK does often require the shop to get a licence from the local council, so it can be inspected for health safety. There's probably other details I don't know.
But it's a reminder to look at what other countries do and see if it's better or worse. Sometimes it's better -- I like British plugs for preventing accidental electrocution. But if you say "we have to do X else Y" and no-one else does X and don't have any more difficulty with Y then maybe you can just not bother and it will be ok.
Sometimes I'm seized with doubt. Can people just do this without needing any permission? But often, yes, there's been no need to regulate it so you just can unless it's banned.
Answer, "No, other countries than the US don't require hairdressers/barbers to be licensed."
UK does often require the shop to get a licence from the local council, so it can be inspected for health safety. There's probably other details I don't know.
But it's a reminder to look at what other countries do and see if it's better or worse. Sometimes it's better -- I like British plugs for preventing accidental electrocution. But if you say "we have to do X else Y" and no-one else does X and don't have any more difficulty with Y then maybe you can just not bother and it will be ok.
Sometimes I'm seized with doubt. Can people just do this without needing any permission? But often, yes, there's been no need to regulate it so you just can unless it's banned.