Hairdressing Apprentice

MATTHEW CURTIS LTD

STRATFORD UPON AVON, CV37 6QT

Closes in 18 days (Friday 8 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 October 2024

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Summary

Excellent apprenticeship opportunity to gain experience of working in an award winning salon with experienced stylists. The successful candidate will receive additional work based/in house training including that from colour experts and other additional training opportunities and team incentives.

Annual wage
£12,979.20 a year

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Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours
Between salon opening times of 09:00 - 19:00 Monday to Friday and 09:00 - 16:00 on a Saturday

39 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 18 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

  • Shampoo/conditioning hair
  • Customer Service including making clients drinks/booking appointments
  • Keeping salon clean and tidy
  • Training to cut, style and finish, colour and perm hair

Where you’ll work

1 UNION STREET

STRATFORD UPON AVON

CV37 6QT

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

HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE 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

    This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • Math and English (grade 2)

    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
    • Presentation skills
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental

    Other requirements

    Successful candidates with GCSE Grades below 4 in maths and English may be required to do Level 2 functional skills in maths and English alongside their apprenticeship

    About this company

    Matthew Curtis, the founder of our hair studio, is an established hairdresser with extensive experience in the fashion industry and
a portfolio boasting work with numerous celebrities.As one of the leading backstage stylists, Matthew Curtis and the team have led fashion shows in London, New York, Paris and Milan for the last decade. Styling hair for the likes of Jean Paul Gautier, Marc Jacobs, and Ralph Lauren to name a few. In addition, the team work both in front of and behind the camera for TV shows such as Britain’s Next Top Model and TOWIE, and look after a host of celebrities attending major international award ceremonies every year. Our goal is simple — and the same as every client that visits our salon. We love to make them shine.

    After this apprenticeship

    On successful completion of the apprenticeship there may be opportunity for the apprentice to become a full time stylist within the salon.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

    Erica Swingell

    eswingell@howcollege.ac.uk

    01527405997

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000281682.

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    Closes in 18 days (Friday 8 November at 11:59pm)

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