Regulations

Hair Cuts

In accordance with the Cadet Administration and Training Order 55-04, cadets are required to follow the following dress regulations. Refer also to the online air cadet dress regulations.

Hair style – Male Cadets

  1. Hair on the head shall be neatly groomed;
  2. taper-trimmed at the back, the sides, and above the ears to blend with the hair style (a strait cut at the nape of the neck is permissible when this tapered appearance is maintained);
  3. no more than 15 cm in length, and sufficiently short so that when the hear is groomed and head-dress is removed, no hair shall touch the ears, or fall below the top of the eyebrows;
  4. not greater than 4 cm in bulk at the top if the head , with the bulk decreasing gradually from the top and blending with the taper-trimmed sides and back. Bulk is defined as the distance that the mass of hair protrudes from the scalp, when groomed ( as opposed to the length of hair);
  5. styled so that it does not present a bizarre or exaggerated appearance, or interfere with the proper wearing of any cadet head-dress; and
  6. keep free from the neck to a distance of 2.5 cm above the shirt collar

Hair style – Female cadets

Hair shall be kept neat and groomed and shall not extend below the lower edge of the jacket collar. Varying hair styles, straight or curled, are permitted within these limits, but exaggerated or bizarre styles or colours, including those with excessive fullness or extreme heights are not authorized. In no case shall the bulk of the hair interfere with the proper wearing of the cadet head-dress. Hair ornaments shall not be worn. Every effort shall be made to ensure that bobby pins, hairpins, and similar items used to secure the hair are as unobtrusive as possible.


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