Apprentice Hairdresser

Summary

At Envie Hair, we are excited to offer a great opportunity for someone to join our friendly team. This apprenticeship, where you will be in the salon with us 4 days a week and at college for 1. We are excited to start passing our knowledge onto a third apprentice, and helping you to achieve your goal of becoming a hairdresser.

Annual wage: £11,481.60 a year
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Training course: Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours: Tuesday & Friday, 9:15am to 5.00pm. Thursday, 10.00am to 7.00pm. Saturday, 8.00am to 4.00pm. 1 hour lunch break on all days. Wednesday apprentice day off (unless you don’t attend college, you come to the salon 9:15am to 5.00pm).
34 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 12 November
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

In this role you will have hands on experience with clients, initially meeting and greeting, leading onto developing the skills you need to get more involved with the clients hair.

Day to day roles will include:

Keeping the salon clean and tidy (including staff areas)
Making clients feel welcome with drinks
Answering the phone to make bookings
Washing up and laundry
Washing hair
Assisting stylists by mixing colours

Where you’ll work

28B HIGH STREET

BUNTINGFORD

SG9 9AQ

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

CAMBRIDGE 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

You will achieve a Level 2 Hairdressing professsional qualification via work mentor and Cambridge Regional College.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 3 or D)
Maths (grade 3 or 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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness

About this company

Hair salon based in Buntingford run by two sisters, who have had a career in the industry for 20 years. We have had this salon for nearly 8 years and are lucky to be in a growing town that provides much opportunity for new clients.

After this apprenticeship

Once completed there will be the opportunity to talk about future plans.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE

Camilla

01223 418778

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000281580.

Apply now

Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 6 November at 11:59pm)

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