Simulated workplaceCAQA Luxe Hair and Beauty is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Today at Luxe
36 staff
  • Appointment Book8
  • Client Records and Consultation Cards8
  • WHS and Infection Control Incident Register8
  • Stock and Product Register8
Simulated workplace
Hair salon, barbering and beauty clinic

Look good, feel better

CAQA Luxe Hair and Beauty is a multi-site personal services business offering hairdressing, barbering, beauty therapy, skin treatments, nails and make-up to clients across Melbourne and Geelong.

Founded 200736 staff across three sitesFlagship salon and beauty clinic, South Yarra, VictoriaBarbershop and express salon, Geelong, Victoria
36
Staff
stylists, barbers, therapists and support
3
Sites
South Yarra, Geelong and Richmond
19
Years operating
founded 2007
1,900
Client visits
average per month across sites
Who we are

CAQA Luxe Hair and Beauty, hair salon, barbering and beauty clinic

CAQA Luxe Hair and Beauty is a multi-site personal services business offering hairdressing, barbering, beauty therapy, skin treatments, nails and make-up to clients across Melbourne and Geelong. The flagship South Yarra site combines a twelve-chair salon with a six-room beauty and skin clinic. The Geelong site runs a traditional barbershop alongside an express cut and colour salon aimed at commuters and students. Luxe serves walk-in clients, regular colour clients, bridal and event parties, corporate grooming accounts and referral clients from a partnering dermatology practice. Its retail counters carry professional haircare, skincare and cosmetic ranges that sit behind every service the team delivers.

The business is organised into six departments: the hair salon, the barbershop, the beauty and skin clinic, reception and client services, retail and stock, and salon operations and compliance. Sites open six days a week from 8:30 am, with late trading on Thursday and Friday evenings until 8:00 pm. Stylists and therapists work rotating rosters built around a Tuesday to Saturday core, and the Richmond training salon runs supervised apprentice and student floors on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Each site has a floor leader responsible for the daily run sheet, the appointment book, stock counts and end-of-day reconciliation.

Safety first

Every service starts with a consultation, a clean station and the right protective equipment, without exception.

Craft

Stylists, barbers and therapists keep learning, share techniques and take pride in precise, repeatable work.

Respect

Clients and colleagues are treated with courtesy, privacy and honesty, whatever the service or the price point.

Consistency

A client gets the same standard of welcome, service and aftercare at any Luxe site and from any team member.

What we do

Services and operations

To deliver safe, confident and personal hair and beauty services that leave every client looking good and feeling better.

Cutting and styling

Precision cuts, blow-dry finishes, long hair up-styles and event styling for women, men and children, planned from a full consultation and recorded on the client card.

Colour and lightening

Full and partial head foils, on-scalp bleach, toning, colour correction and chemical reformation, delivered by colour specialists under the patch test and chemical handling procedures.

Barbering and grooming

Classic and contemporary men's cuts, beard design, hot towel shaves and general grooming services in the Geelong barbershop, using sterilised or single-use blades every time.

Skin and facial treatments

Skin consultations, specialised facials, superficial peels, micro-dermabrasion, skin needling and light-based treatments delivered by qualified therapists under clinic protocols and consent forms.

Waxing, lash and brow

Face and body waxing, lash lifts, lash extensions, brow shaping and tinting, with a patch test for every new tint client and documented aftercare.

Nails and make-up

Manicure, pedicare, gel and acrylic enhancements, nail art, and make-up for events, photography and bridal parties, booked as individual or group appointments.

Clients and partners (all fictional)
Walk-in and regular salon clientsBridal and event partiesCorporate grooming accountsReferral clients from Ashgrove DermatologyAged care and mobile grooming residentsStudent and concession clientsWalk-in and regular salon clientsBridal and event partiesCorporate grooming accountsReferral clients from Ashgrove DermatologyAged care and mobile grooming residentsStudent and concession clients

Notice board All notices

  • Safety Steriliser at Richmond out of service
    8 September 2026
  • Compliance Council inspection, Geelong barbershop
    10 September 2026
  • Event Spring campaign launches 1 October
    9 September 2026

Coming up Calendar

  • 15/09South Yarra opening cover and float check
    8:00 am, South Yarra reception
  • 16/09Skin needling consultation, new client
    11:00 am, Clinic room 3, South Yarra
  • 18/09September stocktake, colour bar and dispensary
    5:30 pm, South Yarra colour bar
  • 21/09Leadership meeting, spring campaign pack
    9:30 am, Head office, Richmond
For trainers and assessors

Mapped to the Hairdressing and Beauty Services Training Package

Every scenario lists the current units of competency and qualifications it supports, with assessor notes and a printable evidence summary. Use it with your own assessment tools or ask CAQA for a matched kit.

Training packageSHB release 5.0
Qualifications listed11 of 14 current
Units mapped27
Documents14