Hairdressing Apprentice

Summary

The apprentice will cover reception duties, taking care of clients and preparing them for the stylists. There will be general tidying of the salon and laundry.

Annual wage: £12,313.60 a year
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Training course: Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours: Monday – College 9am - 5pm Tuesday – 9am - 5.30pm Wednesday - 9am - 5.30pm Thursday - 0 Friday - 9am - 7pm Saturday - 8.30am -3.30pm Sunday -0
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 7 October
Duration: 2 Years
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Customer care - offering refreshments and magazines, dealing with enquiries.
Reception duties - meeting and greeting, answering the phone, booking appointments on slick systems, dealing with enquiries.
Preparing clients for stylists - shampooing, scalp massage, conditioning treatments, removing, colour/foils, rough drying, neutralising, perms/straightening/smoothing treatments.
Blow dry/styling.
Cutting hair.
All aspects of colouring.
Perming.
Hair ups.
Dealing with all hair textures.
General tidying of salon & laundry.

Where you’ll work

208 GREEN STREET

ENFIELD

EN3 7NB

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE

Your training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Adhere to legal and organisational requirements for the safe use of products, tools, materials and equipment.

Apply safe, hygienic, and effective methods of working and infection control, while completing hairdressing services.

Use communication and etiquette that meets industry requirements, suits and is appropriate to the organisation.

Maintain the client’s confidentiality and comfort (modesty, privacy) at the start and during the service.

Advise clients (new and regular) pre, during and after service on the maintenance of the look, complementary services and retail products available in the salon.

Promote yourself, your organisation, products and services via a variety of social channels.

Carry out wider salon duties to support the salon business (e.g. services, bookings, payments, retail, upselling and sales).

Use a range of products, tools, equipment used in Hairdressing services in accordance with legal organisational requirements.

Complete and maintain client records in accordance with legal and organisational requirements.

Work as part of a team to support the salon businesses.

Use working methods that promote environmental and sustainable working practices.

Carry out a consultation, examine and analyse the hair, skin and scalp and complete relevant industry tests (e.g. hair classification type and characteristics tests).

Identify (question/observation) any contraindications or limiting factors that are likely to affect or influence the service.

Shampoo, condition and treat the hair and scalp.

Dry and finish hair using a range of techniques to create a range of looks, that meets the intended shape, direction, balance and volume agreed with the client.

Use current setting and dressing techniques to create a range of looks that meets the intended shape, direction, balance, and volume agreed with the client.

Cut hair using a range of technical skills and cutting techniques to create a range of looks, considering weight distribution, cutting angles, balance and degree of graduation, and the natural growth patterns of the hair, length of the hair ( club cutting, scissor over comb, clipper over comb, texturising, freehand, thinning, layering and razor cutting).

Restyle hair to create a personalised short or medium (above the shoulder) length hair cut, changing the shape, length and style hair using a range of cutting techniques.

Complete a range of hair colouring and lightening services to change the depth and tone using current colouring techniques (e.g. freehand techniques, woven highlights or lowlights, root re-touch, half head and full head application, temporary, semi-permanent, demi- permanent, quasi-permanent, permanent colour and lighteners).

Evaluate the results of the service.

Your training plan

Working towards completing Level 2 Hairdressing Professional Apprenticeship Standard. Work based learning with attendance one day per week at Hertford Regional College Ware campus to achieved VTCT - Level 2 Diploma for Hair Professionals (Hairdressing).

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 3-9)
Maths (grade 3-9)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Team working
Patience
Professionalism
Adaptability

Other requirements

Working evenings and weekends.

About this company

A family run business, based in Green street, Enfield. Lemel Hair Boutique offers knowledge and training to apprentices.

After this apprenticeship

There will be opportunities for progression and a permanent position subject to performance.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE

The Apprenticeship Team

apprenticeship@hrc.ac.uk

01992411572

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000275284.

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Closes in 6 days (Tuesday 1 October at 11:59pm)

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