Level2 Hairdressing Professional Apprenticeship
Hair at Studio 36
Peterborough (PE8 4BE)
Closes in 8 days (Friday 2 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 23 September 2026
Contents
Summary
Kickstart your hairdressing career with hands-on experience at Studio 36! You’ll gain practical skills in client care, salon operations, and core styling techniques, with the exciting opportunity for advanced training at the flagship Aveda Salon in Covent Garden, London.
- Wage
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£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Hairdressing professional (level 2)
- Hours
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Various hours over 4 working days.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 7 October 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
As an Apprentice Hairdresser, you will play a vital role in daily operations while developing your technical craftsmanship.
Your duties will include:
- Delivering exceptional customer service - welcoming clients, taking bookings, and serving refreshments.
- Supporting stylists by preparing colour trollies, applying gowns, and preparing clients.
- Maintaining a clean, organised, and inviting salon environment.
- Mastering hair washing, scalp care, and client consultation skills.
- Shadowing senior stylists to build fundamental skills and experience in blow-drying, precision cutting, and modern colouring.
Where you'll work
36 Market Place
Oundle
Peterborough
PE8 4BE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
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
- You will spend 1 day a week (Wednesdays) at Peterborough College in 'Off-the-job' training, which will have to be logged on our tracking system.
- The remaining of the time you will spend with the employer - in extra training and gaining experience
- At the end of the apprenticeship, you will have to embark on an End Point Assessment, which consists of a knowledge test, practical test and a professional discussion with portfolio review
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or higher)
- Maths (grade 4 or higher)
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
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
- Time management
- Enthusiasm
- Passion for Hairdressing
- Approachability
- Friendliness
Other requirements
Comfortable access to regularly commute to the salon in Oundle and college in Peterborough.
About this employer
Studio 36 is a vibrant, busy boutique salon nestled in the heart of historic Oundle Town. Designed with a distinct setup - featuring a main salon floor, a dedicated hair washing and reception room, and an overflow beauty space - our modern environment offers the perfect setting to kickstart your career. You will work alongside a creative team of five stylists and a supportive salon manageress, gaining broad exposure across different working styles and techniques.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
The right candidate will learn all aspects of a hair salon environment. Extra training at flagship Aveda Salon in Covent Garden in London is also on offer, ranging from learning in-depth hair washing, how colours work, and eventually cutting and colour training all done by experienced hair stylist icons - all necessary for a successful progression to progress within the company.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
Kristine Vaivode
kristine.vaivode@ieg.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000054809.
Apply now
Closes in 8 days (Friday 2 October 2026 at 11:59pm)