Level 2 Hair Professional Apprenticeship
Gingers Hair Salon
SIDCUP (DA15 7AB)
Closes in 10 days (Saturday 8 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 14 October 2025
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Summary
As a Hairdressing Apprentice, you will work in a professional salon environment, supporting experienced stylists while learning all aspects of hairdressing. This is a hands-on role where you will gain valuable experience, attend training, and work towards becoming a qualified hairdresser.
- Wage
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£11,778 to £19,047.60, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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£7.55 an hour
- Training course
- Hairdressing professional (level 2)
- Hours
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Tuesday to Saturday
Shifts to be confirmed
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 12 November 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
- Greeting clients and making them feel welcome in the salon
- Shampooing, conditioning, and treating hair under supervision
- Assisting stylists during hair cutting, colouring, and styling services
- Learning and practising blow-drying and finishing techniques
- Maintaining cleanliness and organisation in the salon (sweeping floors, sanitising tools, setting up stations)
- Preparing colour mixes and salon equipment for stylists
- Booking appointments, handling calls, and supporting with reception duties
- Recommending and promoting salon products and services
- Shadowing experienced stylists to observe advanced techniques
- Attending Apprenticeship training sessions and practising skills to develop your knowledge and confidence
Where you'll work
140 STATION ROAD
SIDCUP
DA15 7AB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
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.
Training schedule
Apprentices will complete most of their training in the salon, gaining practical, hands-on experience alongside experienced stylists. In addition, they will attend weekly off-the-job training sessions delivered by London South East Colleges (LSEC) at the Plumstead Campus, 95 Plumstead Road, London, SE18 7DQ.
More training information
Training Frequency:
Apprentices will attend college one day per week at LSEC Plumstead Campus. The remaining days will be spent working in the salon, applying skills in a real working environment.
Support:
Apprentices will receive mentoring and guidance from salon stylists, along with regular progress reviews and training from LSEC tutors to ensure steady development towards their qualification.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Applicants should consider that hairdressing can involve long periods of standing, working with scissors and heat tools, and some heavy lifting (e.g., shampoo chairs, product stock). They should also be comfortable working closely with clients, have good communication and customer service skills, and be able to follow health and safety regulations in a salon environment.
About this employer
Gingers is a a friendly, professional unisex hair salon known for its welcoming atmosphere and expert styling services.
After this apprenticeship
After completing the Level 2 Hairdressing Professional apprenticeship, apprentices can progress to a Level 3 Hairdressing Advanced Apprenticeship or take on roles such as Junior Stylist, Salon Assistant, or Hairdresser in a professional salon environment. With further experience and training, they may advance to Senior Stylist, Salon Supervisor/Manager, or Specialist Roles such as colourist or stylist trainer. Some may also choose to start their own salon business or specialise in creative hair services
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
LONDON SOUTH EAST COLLEGES
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346541.
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Closes in 10 days (Saturday 8 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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