Hair Professional Apprenticeship (Level 2)

Summary

Mavericks are offering the successful candidate opportunity to qualify as a Level 2 Hair Professional and gain additional work-based training, including that from colour experts. You will start with customer service, hair washing, booking appointments etc and then work towards all knowledge, skills and behaviours in the apprenticeship standard.

Wage

£15,311.40 to £24,761.88, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Minimum apprenticeship wage for first year and minimum wage for age after that.

Training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours

Hours will be within salon opening times below with one late night only a week and college every Monday: Tuesday and Thursday, 09:00 - 20:00. Wednesday, 09:00 - 17:00. Friday, 09:00 - 18:00. Saturday, 08:30 - 16:45.

39 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 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

Shampoo / hair conditioning
Customer Service including making clients drinks / booking appointments
Keeping the salon clean and tidy
Training to cut, style and finish, colour and perm hair

Where you'll work

MAVERICKS HAIR LIMITED
CROSS ROAD
ALCESTER
WARWICKSHIRE
B49 5EX

Training

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

College or training organisation

HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

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

Weekly day release to Redditch or Worcester campus (every Monday) to work towards knowledge, skills and behaviours in the Level 2 Hairdressing professional Apprenticeship Standard
Additional work based in-salon training
Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)

More training information

Heart of Worcestershire College deliver day release for Level 2 Hair Professional on a Monday at Redditch or Worcester campus.

All apprencitces also have an allocated Learning Skills Development Officer (LSDO) to support them throughout their apprenticeshiop programme.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 2)
Maths (grade 2)

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Good work ethic

Other requirements

If GCSE grades lower than a 4 apprentice will have to do functional skills in maths and / or english as relevant during their apprenticeship.

About this company

Mavericks is a 5 star salon with over 20 years of trading. We are also a training salon, with salon work based NVQ assessors to train our apprentices, we take pride in growing our team. We work alongside HOW college to provide the training and skills for apprentices to achieve their VTCT hairdressing NVQ Level 2&3

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Company benefits

Mavericks is a well established salon with vast experience in training apprentices and good staff retention.

After this apprenticeship

On successful completion of the apprenticeship, there may be an opportunity for the apprentice to become a full-time stylist within the salon

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MAVERICKS HAIR LTD

Sarah Charlton

Sarah@maverickshair.Co.uk

07921727383

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318256.

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Closes on Friday 8 August 2025

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