Hairdressing Apprentice

HAMMOND PROPERTIES VENTURES LTD

Sidcup, DA15 7DU

Closes in 16 days (Monday 18 November at 11:59pm)

Posted on 30 October 2024


Summary

As an apprentice in a salon assisting senior team members, you will have many responsibilities. These will include booking appointments, shampooing & conditioning hair, drying and styling hair, and eventually working towards mixing & applying colour.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Saturdays days TBC, one day at college on a Wednesday Shifts TBC.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 25 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

  • Ensuring the salon is clean and to a high standard
  • Being helpful, friendly, and respectful to clients and colleagues
  • Undertaking all reasonable tasks allocated to you
  • Helping to provide refreshments to clients and visitors
  • Gowning up and preparing clients prior to treatment
  • Preparing equipment and materials for hairdressers use
  • Re-filling stocks of frequently used materials
  • Assisting hairdressers with shampooing, drying, and brushing customers’ hair
  • Styling client's hair
  • Preparing hair colour treatments for stylists
  • Mixing the colour and giving it to the stylist to apply
  • Shampooing and conditioning clients’ hair, as well as applying hair treatments and head massages

Where you’ll work

96 Station Road

Sidcup

DA15 7DU

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

LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

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

    Training Provider: BROMLEY COLLEGE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

    On programme Training:

    • Level 2 Diploma for Hair Professional Apprenticeship Standard
    • Level 1 and/or 2 Functional Skills in English and maths
    • Institute of Apprenticeship Certificate

    End point assessment:

    • A practical assessment
    • Oral questioning
    • The practical assessment and oral questioning will assess the learner’s professionalism, values, behaviours, communication, safe working practices and consultation skills

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • Maths and English (grade A*-C / 9-4)

    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
    • Problem solving skills
    • Presentation skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Creative
    • Initiative
    • Non judgemental
    • Patience
    • Physical fitness

    About this company

    Small hair salon based in Sidcup.

    After this apprenticeship

    Further progression may well be available in other areas within our sector, upon successful completion of your apprenticeship.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000284931.

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    Closes in 16 days (Monday 18 November at 11:59pm)

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