Hairdressing apprentice

Summary

A hairdressing apprenticeship, prepares you for a career in hairdressing. It combines real salon experience with theoretical learning, typically over 2 years. Daily t asks: Greeting clients, shampooing and conditioning clients’ hair, assisting senior stylists, cleaning and tidying the salon, preparing tools and products, booking appointments.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 9.30am - 5.30pm. Thursday and Friday, alternate weeks, 9.30am - 6.00pm and 10.30am - 8.00pm. Sunday, 8.00am - 4.30pm. Day off and training day included.

40 hours a week

Start date

Friday 1 August 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

Daily Tasks of a Hairdressing Apprentice:

Greeting clients and helping them feel comfortable
Shampooing and conditioning clients’ hair
Assisting senior stylists with cutting, coloring, and styling
Cleaning and tidying the salon throughout the day
Preparing tools, products, and workstations
Booking appointments and managing schedules
Learning and practicing techniques under supervision
Attending training sessions once a week of site witb trainning provider

Where you’ll work

Essence Hair
25 The Orchards
Haywards Heath
RH16 3TH

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

CHEYNES TRAINING 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.
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

What You Learn:

Hair cutting and styling techniques for men and women
Hair coloring and chemical treatments
Shampooing, conditioning, and scalp treatments
Client consultation and aftercare advice
Health, safety, and hygiene procedures
Salon reception and booking systems
Product knowledge and sales
Basic business and teamwork skills

Daily Tasks of a Hairdressing Apprentice:

Greeting clients and helping them feel comfortable
Shampooing and conditioning clients’ hair
Assisting senior stylists with cutting, coloring, and styling
Cleaning and tidying the salon throughout the day
Preparing tools, products, and workstations
Booking appointments and managing schedules
Learning and practicing techniques under supervision
Attending training sessions at CHEYNES trainning (usually once a week)

Further skills learnt in salon will gradually lead to more responsibility and more hands on experience.

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
Customer care skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience

About this company

ESSENCE HAIR has traded for over 25 years and have generated numerous apprentices into a career in hairdressing. Essence Hair is a warm friendly salon that encourages staff to progress in there strengths and goals

After this apprenticeship

By completing the apprenticeship, you'll gain a recognised qualification, we would usually like to continue your trainning further to develop your skills to secure a role with in the salon and give the practical experience needed to work independently as a hairdresser, with opportunities to progress into senior stylist roles, specialise in certain areas, or even manage or own a salon.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ESSENCE HAIR LIMITED

Katy

Info@essence-hair.co.uk

01444473333

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315103.

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