Hairdressing Apprenticeship

NuTress Hair Extensions

Manchester (M1 1FY)

Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 12 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 29 July 2025

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Summary

NuTress Hair Extensions is recruiting for a Hairdressing Apprentice to join their small, friendly team based in Manchester City Centre. Apprentices will receive training in all aspects of hairdressing and become a fully qualified stylists in a supportive, professional, and successful salon.

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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You will work and train for a minimum of 30 hours per week, and be paid per hour not per day.

Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Hours
Your working hours will be Tuesday-Saturday from 9.00am - 5.00pm. You may also be required to work later on Thursdays.

30 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 14 August 2025

Duration

2 years

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

  • Assist qualified stylists with shampooing, cutting, colouring, styling and hair extension application
  • Greet our guests in a friendly, warm and professional manner.
  • Keep the salon clean, tidy and safe
  • Reception duties - booking appointments, answering phone calls and dealing with queries, reply to emails
  • Help our guests to feel comfortable and welcome throughout their visit, offer refreshments
  • As your skills develop, you will progress to cutting, colouring, and styling

Where you'll work

26 Dale Street
Manchester
M1 1FY

Training

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

Training provider

EVOLVE ACADEMY LTD

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 attend Evolve Academy one day per week for practical and theory based lessons

Requirements

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
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

Other requirements

This role will involve working with chemicals, heated equipment, and sharp scissors – we will train you to work safely and practically.

About this employer

NuTress Hair Extensions have been Manchester's leading hair extensions salon for over 20 years. In addition to our bespoke hair extensions, we offer all aspects of colour, cutting and styling to our guests.

Company benefits

Additional training opportunities with L'Oreal Academy. Free colour and cut in salon.

After this apprenticeship

  • At the end of your apprenticeship, you will be a confident and competant junior stylist
  • At this point you could progress futher to level 3, and possibly secure a permanent position in the salon

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NuTress Hair Extensions

Lorraine

Lorraine@nutress.co.uk

01612582015

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000185632.

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Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 12 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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