Apprentice Hairdresser

Summary

The ideal candidate will be creative, ambitious, reliable and a team player with excellent customer service skills. Applicants must have a genuine interest in the industry and be willing to learn. We will support you with all your training whilst training once a week at Leicester College.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours: Sunday – Monday – Closed Tuesday – Friday – 9am – 9pm Saturday – 9am – 5pm
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 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

The main duties and responsibilities of the role will be to:

Preparing clients for the stylist by shampooing, conditioning and
rinsing hair, ensuring the salon environment is clean and tidy and
conforming to health and safety requirements.
You will also be able to conduct consultations with clients to
establish their needs
Assisting the stylist with clients’ requirements such as colouring,
cutting and styling hair
Reception duties
Making client bookings
Welcoming clients and making them feel comfortable
Taking payments for services and product sales
Presenting a professional image of yourself and the salon

Where you’ll work

7 Market Place

Uppingham

Oakham

LE15 9QH

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

LEICESTER 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

Day release at Leicester College Freemen’s Park Campus

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 2/D)
Maths (grade 2/D)

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
Initiative
Time keeping skills
Professional Manner
Can work under pressure
Willingness to learn
Good Personal Hygiene
Confident
Assertive

Other requirements

Ability to work under pressure is a must. Applicants must be prepared to be on their feet all day.

About this company

With salons in Oakham, Melton Mowbray, Stamford and Uppingham Thomas proudly boasts a 95% return rate, in an industry known for its high client turn over THOMAS salons offer clients a relaxing atmosphere with experienced stylists on hand to create and help you re-create hair personally designed for you.

https://www.thomashairdressing.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There is a possibility the apprentice can progress onto the Advanced Creative Hair Apprenticeship upon completion.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LEICESTER COLLEGE

Devina Fergus

defergus@leicestercollege.ac.uk

07795331688

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000276164.

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Closes in 5 days (Wednesday 25 September at 11:59pm)

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