Hairdressing Professional Apprentice

Summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic apprentice to work in the salon. Applicants should be reliable, punctual, flexible, interested in style and fashion and willing to learn or update skills (including Maths & English). We will offer off-the-job training with Collinge & Co Training and practical training with experienced staff in-salon.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours

Monday – Saturday, with two days off confirmed by rota; one day each week for off-the-job training. Start and finish times to be confirmed by rota.

38 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 12 August 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

Greeting Clients & Offering Hospitality
Assisting with salon services e.g. shampooing, application of colour, application of treatments
Assisting with reception duties e.g. answering the phone, booking client appointments
Cleaning - e.g. brushing hair from the floor

Offering own services to clients under supervision as part of in-salon training

Where you'll work

33/35 Underwood Drive
Whitby
Ellesmere Port
CH65 9BH

Training

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

College or training organisation

COLLINGE & CO TRAINING 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

This vacancy is for an apprentice who will work towards the Hairdressing Professional Standard
Off-the-job training will take place either at Collinge & Co Training in Liverpool or online, on one designated day each week
On the job training will take place within the employer's salon
Further training specific to products used within the salon may also be provided by the manufacturers

More training information

Collinge & Co Training are rated as an Outstanding Provider by Ofsted with more than 40 years experience in training hairdressers. We are very pleased to continue working and training with The Boutique Atelier.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English Language (grade 3 (or above / or equivalent))
Mathematics (grade 3 (or above / or equivalent))

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Number skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative

Other requirements

The vacancy will involve working with colourants and other chemical products. PPE will be provided.

About this company

The entire Boutique Atelier team offer excellent advice on what’s best for hair. The Boutique Atelier is proud to be a LGBTQ+ inclusive salon and a Transgender safe space. This has been recognised and highlighted by our inclusion to the "Strands for Trans" network, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to fostering a safe and affirming space for transgender individuals within the hairdressing industry. As pioneers in our commitment to inclusivity, we're honored to be recognized as the first transgender safe space salon in Cheshire by this incredible charity. If required we offer a private room at the salon which allows for our trans and gender non conforming clients to talk about their hair in a discrete and nonjudgmental environment away from the main salon floor. This space can be used for consultations, colour services, hair cuts or for wigs and hair pieces to be sized and fitted in private. From the very beginning, we have dedicated The Boutique Atelier to breaking barriers and challenging norms. We were the first salon in the area to embrace a gender-neutral approach, and our membership in the Strands for Trans network is a powerful validation of that decision. At The Boutique Atelier we don’t believe in standard hairdressing, all our team have continuous training keeping them at the very forefront of their craft. Continuous education enables the team to always offer you the newest and most technically advanced hairdressing. If you have heard of a new innovation in hairdressing? You can guarantee we are offering it here! We constantly strive to give you the best possible creative service combined with the very highest level of technical skill. All the team have strong training in classic hairdressing and use this as their foundation to create contemporary, stylish and chic hairstyles blending classic cutting techniques with modern ideas and finishes. The team at The Boutique Atelier are some of the North West’s most sought after stylists, working on fashion shows and photo shoots, launching collections for L’Oreal Professional, being flown across Europe for weddings and shows, styling hair backstage at London fashion week, as well as educating hairdressers all over the country. We truly have our finger on the pulse of what’s hot in the hairdressing world.

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After this apprenticeship

Possible Progression to Advanced & Creative Hair Professional program
Professional Hair Stylist

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

COLLINGE & CO TRAINING LIMITED

Vanessa Williamson

office@theboutiqueatelier.co.uk

0151 339 1800

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324266.

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Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025

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