Level 2 Hairdressing Apprenticeship

HOUSE OF HAIR ZL LTD

ST ALBANS, AL1 4JE

Closes in 17 days (Thursday 7 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 15 October 2024


Summary

​Join our dynamic salon team and kickstart your career in hairdressing! As an apprentice, you'll gain hands-on experience in cutting, styling, and colouring while learning from expert stylists. Develop your creativity in a fast-paced, supportive environment with opportunities for growth and professional development! ​

Annual wage
£10,649.60 a year

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Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours
Monday college day Four other days to be confirmed upon requirement but will include a Saturday, will include some evenings. Shifts TBC.

32 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

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

  • ​Observe senior stylists with hair cutting, colouring, and styling services for clients. 
  • ​Provide excellent customer service, ensuring a welcoming and professional salon experience. 
  • ​Learn and develop skills in the latest hair trends, techniques, and products. 
  • ​Maintain a clean and organised salon, including preparing stations and tools and maintaining a clean working environment this will including general cleaning duties.  
  • ​Attend in-salon training and  to enhance your skills and progress in your apprenticeship. 
  • ​Shampoo, condition, and treat hair, preparing clients for styling sessions. 
  • ​Support the salon team with reception duties, greeting clients including booking appointments and handling customer queries. 

Where you’ll work

43 HATFIELD ROAD

ST ALBANS

AL1 4JE

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

OAKLANDS 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

    • Monday training at Oaklands college, Welwyn Garden City
    • Weekly in salon training to be scheduled upon recruitment

    More training information

    • L2 Hairdressing professional Apprenticeship Standard

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 2-9)
    • Maths (grade 2-9)

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • Any (grade 2-9)
    • Any (grade 2-9)

    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
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience
    • Physical fitness

    Other requirements

    Weekend and evening work Standing for long periods As its a customer facing role, you should be friendly and happy

    About this company

    Small independent salon, one staff member who is also the salon owner.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Junior stylist 
    • Level 3 Hairdressing
    • Babering qualifictaion

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    OAKLANDS COLLEGE

    Zenepe (Neta)

    info@houseofhairzl.co.uk

    01727 568745

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000282251.

    Apply now

    Closes in 17 days (Thursday 7 November at 11:59pm)

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