Classes start May 4 — only 10 seats available
Next class May 4, 2026

19573 Fraser Hwy, Surrey BC — 10 seats remaining

Own your chair. May 4.

Trade $18/hr for $80-$200/day. Get certified across 7 courses on real clients — keep your job while you do it.

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Uppercuts Barber Academy

Uppercuts Barber Academy

Surrey's first working
barbershop school.

This isn't a classroom. It's a live floor — 3 working Uppercuts shops, real clients, and instructors who cut hair for a living. See what you're walking into.

Claim your seat — May 4

What makes this different

Most programs
waste your time.

25 weeks full-time. Quit your job. Spend a year getting there. Or do it in 7 courses, keep working, and walk out cutting real clients.

  • 01
    Keep your income while you train

    AM or PM schedule Monday to Friday. You don't have to quit your job, pull your kids from daycare, or blow your savings before you earn a dollar as a barber.

  • 02
    Real clients by Week 7

    Not mannequins. Not classmates. Real people paying for real haircuts. You'll have 22 sessions of hands-on work before you ever touch a stranger's head.

  • 03
    Walk out certified

    You earn a recognized barbering certificate at the end. The kind that opens doors to booth rental, employment, or your own chair — not just a piece of paper.

Instructor in action

Same trade. Half the time.

Why Uppercuts
wins on paper.

Uppercuts Recommended
Duration 7 courses
Schedule AM or PM
Kit included Yes, day 1
Real clients Week 7
Class size 10 max
Other schools
Duration 25 weeks
Schedule Full-time only
Kit included Extra cost
Real clients Much later
Class size Varies

First class. May 4.

The Beginner
Program.

We're running our first Beginner class starting May 4. Seven courses at 19573 Fraser Hwy, Surrey, BC. Real clients. A barbering certificate you can use the day you finish.

7 courses
Duration
Mon–Fri
Schedule
AM or PM
Session
10 seats
Class size
May 4
Start date
  • Fades, tapers, skin fades, line-ups from scratch
  • Beard trim + hot towel shave
  • Skin-to-length blending, transition control, fade sequencing
  • Real paying clients by Course 7
  • Full professional kit included
  • BC barbering certificate on completion
Apply for May 4

Beginner program — week by week

This is what
you actually learn.

Seven courses. Three sessions per week. Four hours each. By the end you're cutting real clients start to finish under 45 minutes.

01
Tools + Professional Standards
  • Tool identification — clippers, trimmers, shears, straight razor
  • Station setup, sanitation protocols, Barbicide certification
  • Client intake, consultation process, professional conduct
02
Clipper + Scissor Fundamentals
  • Guard usage, lever control, blade mechanics
  • Scissor grip, point cutting, blunt + texturizing cuts
  • Classic taper built start to finish — the foundation everything else is built on
03
Fade + Taper Technique
  • Skin-to-length blending, transition control, eliminating lines
  • High, mid, and low taper fades with clean guard transitions
  • Common fade mistakes — how to identify and correct them
04
Tapers, Contours + Razor Work
  • Natural tapers and contour cuts across head shapes
  • Straight-razor necklines, clean shape-ups, edge definition
  • Scissor over comb — quiffs, pompadour, ivy league
05
Beard + Hot Towel Service
  • Beard shaping, lineup, and detail work with trimmer + razor
  • Full hot towel shave service — prep, lather, pass, finish
  • Eyebrow, nose, and ear grooming as a full-service add-on
06
Style, Texture + Product
  • Textured cuts, quiffs, pompadours — scissors + clipper integration
  • Product knowledge: when to use pomade, clay, sea salt, wax
  • How to upsell retail naturally without feeling pushy
07
Live Floor + Certification
  • Real paying clients — full service assessed by lead instructor
  • Complete haircut, beard service, and consultation under 45 minutes
  • Practical + written final exam. BC Barbering Certificate awarded on graduation.
Apply for May 4

What most schools skip

The chair is just
where it starts.

Technical skill gets you hired. Everything else keeps clients coming back and puts money in your pocket. We teach what the industry actually runs on.

01
Social Media for Barbers

How to shoot your work, build a following, and turn your chair into a booking machine. Instagram and TikTok — built into the program, not an afterthought.

02
Working with Kids

Kids are different. Shorter attention spans, first-haircut nerves, different body language. You'll learn how to become the barber every parent requests by name.

03
Sensory Sensitivity

How to create a calm environment and adapt for clients who experience sensory sensitivities. A skillset most barbers don't have — and clients remember for life.

04
Client Consultations

Reading what a client actually wants vs. what they say. Managing expectations, upselling naturally, and handling the client who walks in with someone else's photo.

05
Shop Floor Etiquette

How to move, communicate, and carry yourself in a working shop. The unwritten rules that determine whether you get a chair offer or get passed over.

06
Building Your Brand

Pricing, repeat clients, referrals, and the habits that separate a fully booked barber from one always looking for walk-ins. Your name is your business.

Full professional barber kit included

What's included

Everything you
need to start.

Other schools sell you an education and charge you extra for everything else. This is everything you need, day one, included.

  • Hands-on barbering education88+ hrs in-class + supervised live-client sessions Included
  • BC barbering certificate on completion Included
  • Full professional barber kitClippers, razors, shears, capes — ~$1,500 retail Included
  • Supervised real-client work starting Week 7 Included
  • Online module library — re-watch every lesson Included
  • AM or PM schedule — keep your current job Included
  • Career counselor 1:1 + financing guidance Included
  • In-house financing and private lending available Available
$3,800 $4,800 Save $1,000 — first class only
Secure Your Seat — May 4
Alex Med — Lead Instructor

Lead Instructor

Alex Med

10+ Years · Lead Instructor · Willowbrook

Most barber schools pull instructors who stopped cutting five years ago. Alex still works behind the chair. He competes, he teaches, he has 100,000+ people watching his technique on YouTube. When you ask him why something works, he shows you — not from a textbook, from memory.

10+
Years behind the chair
1,000+
Students trained
100K+
YouTube subscribers

After you graduate

3 working shops.
Direct referrals. Not a cold job hunt.

Uppercuts runs three active barbershops across the Lower Mainland. Graduates get personal introductions into Uppercuts locations and partner shops — so you go from certificate in hand to chair offer, not LinkedIn applications.

Applications now open

Classes start
May 4.

10 seats total. Seats confirm after a 1:1 call with our career counselor and financing approval. Applications close about 10 days before class starts.

  • May 4, 2026 — next start date
  • 10 seats max — AM or PM class available
  • 19573 Fraser Hwy, Surrey, BC — in-person, Mon–Fri
  • Klarna + Fairstone — financing on approved credit
  • 1 business day — we'll call you back
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Beginner Program  ·  7 courses  ·  Starts May 4, 2026

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