Hairdressing Apprentice - L2 Diploma for Hairdressing Professionals
RH Hair Farnham
Farnham, GU9 7RX
Closes in 9 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 May 2024
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Summary
As an Apprentice you will need to be able to work as part of a team, provide hairdressing services to valued clientele, at the same time as achieving your Apprenticeship, Level 2 Diploma for Hairdressing Professionals to include Functional Skills if required.
- Annual wage
- £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
- Training course
- Hairdressing professional (level 2)
- Hours
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Tuesday to Saturday (working hours to be confirmed). Between 30 and 40 hours maximum, including 8 hours minimum training.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 1 November
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
Duties to include:
- Greeting clients on arrival and making them feel welcome
- Keeping a positive salon atmosphere
- Serving refreshments
- Ensuring salon floor is kept clean and tidy
- Helping out at reception
- Shampooing clients
- Assisting stylists with clients
- Learning the craft of hairdressing and client care
- Informing clients of the service being provided
Where you’ll work
5 Cambridge Place
East Street
Farnham
GU9 7RX
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
INTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
Your training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
Your training plan
Apprentices will work towards the Level 2 Diploma for Hairdressing Professionals. The Diploma consists of 5 mandatory units and 1 optional unit. Whilst achieving the qualification you will learn how to cut, colour, blow dry hair and how to deal with clients.
The Functional Skills that are required is English and maths at Level 1. If these have not been achieved at school, then you will be required to complete and online test for maths and English.
The following will also be embedded into the qualification:
- Professionalism and values
- Behaviour and communication
- Safe working practices
At the end of your Apprenticeship, you will be formally assessed by way of an End-point Assessment (EPA) consisting of the following methods.
- Knowledge test
- Practical assessment
- Professional discussion (underpinned by a portfolio of evidence)
All training will take place in the salon, with no requirement to attend day release. You will be allocated a highly skilled Trainer/Assessor who will visit you, in the salon, at least once per month. The salon, in partnership with your Trainer/Assessor will help you to acquire the skills and qualifications needed for a successful career and working life.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English & maths (grade 2 - 9 (E - A*))
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
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Passionate about hairdressing
- Ability to learn and grow
- Respectful to Educators
- Attentive to task set
- Attentive to education given
- Ability to work as a team
Other requirements
The vacancy is for between 30 and 40 hours per week. We operate a continuous ongoing recruitment process, therefore, interviews and start dates may vary to that advertised. Applications will be assessed and interviewed as soon as they are received, which may result in the vacancy closing before the advertised date, please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
About this company
RH Hair Farnham is an award winning ladies and gents salon located in Farnham. We are passionate about hair and making sure our clients leave our salon with the style they want - not the style they're given. We work to create the perfect style that will be sure to suit the clients face shape, lifestyle and most importantly – their hair type. As an environmentally sensitive hair salon, we work hard to eliminate unnecessary waste materials and pollution and reduce our carbon footprint by using disposable products wherever we can. Our vision is to raise and improve standards by enabling us to become more ethical and create sustainable environments.
After this apprenticeship
To obtain the Level 2 Diploma for Hairdressing Professionals, qualify as a hairdresser and build a successful column of clients. Progression on to Level 3 or Barbering will be possible upon successful Level 2 completion.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INTER TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
Sam Stirling
sam@cheynestraining.com
023 92591 666
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000248067.
Apply now
Closes in 9 days (Thursday 31 October at 11:59pm)
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