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Apprentice Hairdresser BILLI CURRIE LIMITED
We are looking for exceptional apprentice hairdressers, who have a passion for wanting to become a hairdresser. The Intermediate Hairdressing Apprenticeship training programme will last 12 - 15 months with the opportunity to progress to Level 3.
Closing date: 26 Dec 2023
Apprenticeship summary
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Weekly wage
£144.30
Wages explained
Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).
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Working week
30 hours per week, shifts TBC. Total hours per week: 30.00
Total hours per week: 30.00
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Expected duration
15 months
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Possible start date
27 Dec 2023
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Date posted
18 Feb 2019
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Apprenticeship level
Intermediate
Level 2 (GCSE) -
Reference number
VAC001503329
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Positions
1 available
Duties include:
- Meet and greet customers
- Shampoo and conditioner customers’ hair
- Maintain a clean salon
- Provide refreshments to the customers
- Reception duties
- Prepare customers for the stylists to cut, tint hair etc
- As you develop skills you may be given the opportunity to style hair and apply tint and colour
Your training will require you to demonstrate your competence in:
- Shampooing and conditioning
- Cutting hair
- Tinting hair
- Styling hair, setting and dressing hair
- Reception duties
Your skills and competence will be assessed on paying customers, either in our training salon or in your workplace.
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
- Hairdressing is a fast moving, fashion orientated business, so you will need to be creative, enjoy meeting people and have loads of energy
- Be a good communicator with excellent social skills
Personal qualities
- Be well presented in all aspects including: clothing, hair and personal hygiene
- Be practical and well organised
- Have attention to detail and cleanliness
- Have a good sense of humour and amicable nature skills whether dealing face-to-face with clients or speaking on the telephone
- Be willing to work flexible hours/days as agreed in the employment contract
- Have a high degree of dexterity and coordination
Desired qualifications
You won't need qualifications to apply but you will need the motivation and commitment to want to become a hairdresser or barber.
You don’t have to be the academic type and there are no set entry criteria for the Hairdressing Apprenticeship.
Future prospects
Many apprentices are given jobs with the employers they trained with as Junior Stylists, others go onto further studies. Apprentices are often fast-tracked by their employers for promotion to more senior positions.
Things to consider
The apprenticeship programme will take up to 15 months to complete. During this time you will be expected to attend the academy one day a week and three to four days a week in the salon - you earn while you learn. It is often a fast paced environment. You may be expected to work Saturdays.
About the employer
Billi Currie at Forty Seven Chiltern Street, W1 opened in 2007 with a promise to create a soothing and timeless environment with unparalleled excellence in hairdressing and service. Founder Billi and the team continue to deliver on that promise and excel at ensuring that every client feels comfortable, cared for, listened to and ultimately valued.
Training
Training provider
LHAA
Applications for this apprenticeship are being processed by The London Hairdressing Apprenticeship Academy Limited
Contact
Holly 02089539344 holly@lhaa.co.uk
Apprenticeships combine on-the-job and off-the-job training. This means you'll spend time in a hairdressing salon working and learning the hairdressing skills to develop your competence in hairdressing.
You will attend one day a week at our state of the art London Hairdressing Academy training centre and salon, learning the underpinning knowledge and practical skills associated with hairdressing as well as important skills such as customer service, teamwork and retail skills including Maths and English.
You will gain skills, insight and experience with real clients, real work, real hairdressers and real products. Apprenticeships are not qualifications in their own right.
Instead they are a framework made up of many elements. An intermediate NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing which is a work-based qualification that is designed to ensure the apprentice is job ready. This will include the following:
- How to engage with customers
- Shampoo and conditioning
- Reception duties
- Cutting techniques
- Appointment making
- Styling techniques
- Preparation of client
- Colouring techniques
- Product promotion services
- An intermediate Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Hairdressing
- Functional Skills qualifications such as Communication and Maths
Apprenticeship standard
Hair professional
Level 2 (GCSE)
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