Hairdressing level 2 apprenticeship
Fine to Fabulous Hair Salon
HOVE (BN3 5RB)
Closes in 18 days (Monday 31 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 August 2026
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Summary
Start your hairdressing career with Fine to Fabulous Salon as a Level 2 Hairdressing Apprentice! Learn from our experienced team, gain hands-on salon experience and develop your skills in cutting, colouring, styling and client care. If you’re creative, passionate about hair and eager to learn, we’d love to hear from you.
- Wage
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£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
2 x Branded Fine to Fabulous Black Tunic will be provided.
- Training course
- Hairdressing professional (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday, Thursday and Saturday, 9.00am - 6.00pm (Possibly adding Friday).
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- 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
- Welcoming clients and providing excellent customer service
- Preparing the salon and work areas before appointments
- Shampooing and conditioning clients’ hair
- Assisting stylists with cutting, colouring and styling services
- Learning and practising blow-drying and styling techniques
- Helping with colour preparation and application under supervision
- Carrying out consultations and developing communication skills
- Maintaining a clean, tidy and professional salon environment
- Washing towels, restocking products and keeping the salon organised
- Learning about haircare products and recommending them to clients
- Supporting the team with day-to-day salon tasks
- Attending college training and completing apprenticeship coursework
- Building confidence and developing practical hairdressing skills
Where you'll work
11 RICHARDSON ROAD
HOVE
BN3 5RB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ACHIEVEMENT TRAINING & SKILLS LTD
Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Training will take place at designated college provider either one day a week or once a fortnight.
The salon placement will be at the Fine to Fabulous Salon, 11 Richardson Road, Hove, BN3 5RB for a minimum of 30 hours on a Monday, Thursday and Saturday (possibly Friday aswell).
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4 and above)
- Maths (grade Grade 4 and above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Established hair and beauty salon since 2016. Salon floor for hair clients and separate beauty room. We offer hair extensions and hair up for weddings and vintage styling. We work with all professional products such as YUV Beauty, NXT, Goldwell, Schwarzphof. Great, friendly team in a busy working environment.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
A full or part time employed position at Fine to Fabulous Salon.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Fine to Fabulous Hair Salon
Ingrid Wood
ingrid@finetofabulous.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045171.
Apply now
Closes in 18 days (Monday 31 August 2026 at 11:59pm)