Hairdressing Apprentice

MIRA MIRA TANNING AND BEAUTY LIMITED

SAWBRIDGEWORTH, CM21 9JJ

Closes in 8 days (Monday 7 October at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 September 2024

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Summary

The Apprentice will carry out their duties under supervision which will include customer care, reception duties, preparing clients for stylists, and general tidying of salon and laundry.

Annual wage
£11,648 a year

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Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours
Monday (College): 9am - 4.30pm Tuesday: 9am - 5pm Wednesday: 12pm - 8pm Thursday: 9am - 5pm Friday: 9am - 5pm

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 14 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 the ‘GET TIMELY’ system, dealing with enquiries
  • Preparing clients for stylists - shampooing, scalp massage, conditioning treatments, removing, colour/foils, rough drying, neutralising perms/straightening/smoothing treatments
  • Cutting hair
  • Hair ups
  • Dealing with all hair textures
  • General tidying of salon & laundry

Where you’ll work

111A LONDON ROAD

SAWBRIDGEWORTH

CM21 9JJ

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 at Hertford Regional College, Ware Campus, one day per week to achieve VTCT - Level 2 Diploma for Hair Professionals (Hairdressing).

    Training schedule has yet to be agreed upon, further details will be made available at a later date.

    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
    • Initiative
    • Patience

    Other requirements

    • Working Weekends • Standing long periods

    About this company

    Mira Mira is a unisex hair, beauty and tanning salon located in the heart of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Along with hair, beauty and tanning service. Owner Jo and the Mira Mira team are committed to bringing you quality service in the fully equipped salon, using only the top hair and beauty products including Wella, La Brasiliana, Bed Head, Cinderella Hair Extensions and Schwartzkopf, to name a few. We expanded in 2014 into the shop next door and now offer an array of additional services.

    https://miramira-hairandbeauty.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

    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 VAC1000277504.

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    Closes in 8 days (Monday 7 October at 11:59pm)

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