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Hairdressing Apprentice Jo Hansford
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 15 - 18 months with the opportunity to progress to Level 3.
Closing date: 01 Sep 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
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 Sep 2023
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Date posted
07 Dec 2021
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Apprenticeship level
Intermediate
Level 2 (GCSE) -
Reference number
VAC001799387
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Positions
1 available
Duties include:
- Meet and greet customers
- Shampoo and condition 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
- Well presented in all aspects including: clothing, hair, and personal hygiene
- Practical and well organised
- Attention to detail and cleanliness
- A good sense of humour and amicable nature, whether dealing face-to-face with clients or speaking on the telephone
- Willing to work flexible hours/days as agreed in the employment contract
- A high degree of dexterity and co-ordination
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 - 18 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
Jo Hansford is the leading hair colour salon in the UK, specialising in the creation of perfect colour, colour correction and precision cuts. Jo’s knowledge and expertise as a hair colour specialist, coupled with the support and loyalty of her highly skilled team, have kept the Mayfair salon at the forefront of the industry for the past 24 years.
Training
Training provider
LHAA
Applications for this apprenticeship are being processed by The London Hairdressing Apprenticeship Academy Limited
Contact
enquiries 02089539344 enquiries@lhaa.co.uk
Hair Professional standard (Level 2)
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 English and maths.
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
Apprenticeship standard
Hair professional
Level 2 (GCSE)
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