Hairdressing Apprenticeship

Summary

Kleek have an outstanding opportunity to start an exciting career as a hairdresser to provide hair services for men and women.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours

Working days and times will be discussed with successful applicant.

40 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 2 August 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

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

Duties include:

Assisting stylists - Learn firsthand from seasoned professionals
Reception and answering telephone enquiries - Be the welcoming face and voice of the salon
Greeting customers - Spread smiles and warmth to everyone who walks through the doors
General salon duties - Dive into the heartbeat of a bustling salon

Where you'll work

29 MARKET STREET
KETTERING
NN16 0AH

Training

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

College or training organisation

KLEEK APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

Your training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

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What you'll learn

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

You will be training towards a Hair Professional Level 2 qualification, supported by Kleek Apprenticeships and the team at your home salon
The level 2 qualification in hairdressing includes consultation, shampoo/condition and treating the hair, cutting hair using a range of techniques, style and finish and colouring and lightening hair
You do not need any formal qualifications to start the apprenticeship however you will need to have passed English and maths to complete it. Kleek Apprenticeships will help you gain these functional skills alongside the apprenticeship with our bespoke learning modules

You will receive training towards modules including:

Consultations - Understand the client's vision and bring it to life
Shampooing & Conditioning - Lay the foundation for gorgeous styles
Colouring - Unleash your creativity
Cutting - Craft precision

This programme is ideal for those with no experience in the industry and wanting a successful and exciting career in hairdressing.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

None (grade N/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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

Once you have successfully completed the program you will be submitted for your End Point Assessment. The EPA is an assessment of all the knowledge, skills and behaviours you have learned throughout your apprenticeship, it confirms you are ready and competent in the career path you have chosen. These assessments have been designed and developed by employers in the hairdressing industry to reflect the daily work of a hairdresser. This makes them very sought after by employers across the industry.

About this company

After his university course failed to live up to his expectations, Paul made a complete career change to fulfil his creativity and decided to attend night school at Tresham college where he completed his NVQ in hairdressing. Paul loved hairdressing and loved learning, attending many courses and undertaking online education to hone and develop his skills. Once he had found his direction, he was unstoppable, initially working from home and then as a manager of a local salon. Paul's passion for colour, backed up by his technical ability made him the go to stylist in the salon for colour. he is ambitious and when the opportunity arose he bought the salon he was working in and the Paul Watts Salon Group was born. Paul has opened 6 salons over an 8 year period, which saw 4 operating at once and relocate 2 of them to much bigger premisses. This was down to the demand from clients wanting to visit the salons, but with the size, Paul and the team were unable to fit everyone in. The model changed from 4 small boutique salons to 2 big salons in the heart of Kettering and Oundle. This has been a complete game changer to the PWH group giving Paul much more time to develop his team and work more internationally, while keeping the quality of work at its highest. Paul looks at colour in a very unique way, taking inspiration from the make up industry, nature, and art to name a few, transitioning their techniques and colours into hair. Paul loves to create bespoke colour, with a lot of freehand colour melting and blending to suit the salons clients lifestyle. Paul has won numerous awards in the industry from local community awards, UK and international awards boosting his profile in the industry. One of his biggest achievements was holding the National Hairdressing Federation colourist of the year award from 2012 to 2015 with the awards no longer running. Check out the awards section on the website by CLICKING HERE for all of our awards from 2009 to present day. Paul is currently exploring the world of vlogging all things hair and life on the salons YOUTUBE channel (THE LIFE OF PAUL WATTS HAIR) Subscribe to help the channel grow and comment to say what you want to see us to do next. In addition to running his successful salon group, Paul has travelled extensively throughout the UK, sharing his colour and cutting knowledge and techniques with others. Paul is one of the members of JOICO’s European Color Design Team where he is working alongside the members of the JOICO team at shows, seminars, demonstrations and presentations both in the UK and Europe. “I really am the luckiest person in the world, I get to do what i love everyday, with people around me who inspire and motivate me. I work with a team of incredibly talented people and their love for the industry is what makes it all possible” Paul Watts

https://www.paulwattshair.co.uk/about (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

After you have completed your Hair Professional Level 2 you will be a fully qualified hair stylist and will be able to work independently within your salon
You will be able to develop your skills further by advancing onto a Diploma in Advanced and Creative Hairdressing or choose any of the other apprenticeships available at Kleek Apprenticeships, each of which will allow you to increase your knowledge, add to your skill set and become ever more valuable to your salon

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

KLEEK APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

Lisa

lisa@kleek.ac.uk

07761840492

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000321627.

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Closes on Friday 1 August 2025

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