Hairdressing Apprentice

Rush Hair Salon

London, E20 1EJ

Closes on Wednesday 18 December

Posted on 22 October 2024

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Summary

RUSH Hair & Beauty is currently offering exciting opportunities for Apprentices to join our team we are committed to providing our Apprentices with comprehensive training and development. You will have the opportunity to attend training sessions and you will be supported by a dedicated mentor who will guide you throughout your apprenticeship.

Annual wage
£12,480 a year

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Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours
Working on a rota based schedule with the occasional weekend or late night shift, consisting of 4 shifts per week. Shift TBC.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 20 December

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

  • Managing telephone 
  • Sweeping and basic cleaning
  • Shadowing
  • Shampooing, cutting and colouring
  • Supporting stylists

Where you’ll work

1 Stratford Place, Westfield Stratford City

Montfichet Road

London

E20 1EJ

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

THE LONDON HAIRDRESSING APPRENTICESHIP ACADEMY LIMITED

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 have the opportunity to attend training sessions and workshops at our RUSH Academy, and you will be supported by a dedicated mentor who will guide you throughout your apprenticeship.

    For this apprenticeship training will Take place at the closest LHAA for the formal side of the qualification taking place once per week.

    Requirements

    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
    • Organisation skills
    • Customer care skills
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative

    About this company

    RUSH hair Salon is a award winning highly commended business located throughout London with many locations and branches all offering their top notch hair care and services.

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

    After this apprenticeship

    Following the apprenticeship learners can expscte to be kept on within RUSH itself as a full time stylsit/ Hair dresser. 

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    THE LONDON HAIRDRESSING APPRENTICESHIP ACADEMY LIMITED

    kayleigh.cunningham@learningcurvegroup.co.uk

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000283424.

    Apply now

    Closes on Wednesday 18 December

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