Hairdressing Apprentice
The Strand
HULL (HU5 5JR)
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
Posted on 30 May 2025
Contents
Summary
This exciting apprenticeship is your opportunity to train alongside skilled professionals and build real salon experience from day one. If you're passionate about hair, love working with people, and are ready to learn, The Strand could be the perfect place to begin your career. No experience needed—just energy, creativity, and a positive attitude!
- Wage
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£11,778 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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The salon is open:
Tuesday 10:00 – 20:00
Wednesday 09:00 – 17:00
Thursday 09:00 – 20:00
Friday 09:00 – 17:00
Saturday 08:30 – 16:30
Your hours will be completed within these times - agreed times to be confirmed with the successful applicant.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 11 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- 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
Ready to launch your career in hairdressing?
The Strand is looking for a motivated, passionate individual who’s excited to take their first step into the hair industry. If you’re full of energy, love meeting new people, and want to be part of a fun, creative salon team, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!
What you'll be doing:
- Welcoming clients with a smile, answering phones, and helping manage appointments
- Shampooing and learning essential colour removal techniques
- Delivering great customer service by communicating confidently with clients and the team
- Watching and learning how to cut, style, and blow-dry using a variety of techniques
- Keeping the salon clean, tidy, and looking its best
- Supporting stylists and being a valuable part of the team every day
If you're ready to learn, grow, and bring your energy to a friendly salon team, we want to hear from you!
Where you'll work
226 WILLERBY ROAD
HULL
HU5 5JR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
AVANT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Your 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.
Your training plan
On and ‘off the job’ training, with one-to-one tutor/assessor support in working towards achieving a Level 2 Hair Professional Standard, along with Functional skills English and maths (if needed).
On completion of this qualification, you will be able to shampoo and condition hair, cut hair using a range of techniques, style and finish hair to create a variety of looks and colour and lighten hair for ladies and men. You will be able to carry out consultations with clients, demonstrate the professionalism, values, behaviours, communication skills and safe working practices associated with your role and be able to work without supervision to a high level of precision, with exceptional client care skills.
You will undertake an End-point assessment of the mandatory skills, knowledge and behaviours specified in the standards via:
- A practical assessment
- Oral questioning
The practical assessment and oral questioning will assess the learner's professionalism, values, behaviours, communication, safe working practices and consultation skills.
More training information
Avant Skills Academy
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this company
At our spacious, luxury salon, we’re passionate about delivering exceptional hair experiences. Our expert team uses top professional products and the latest techniques to ensure your hair is healthy, shiny, and perfectly styled to suit you. From personalised cuts and colours to relaxing treatments, every visit is tailored to make you feel confident and valued. Enjoy expert advice, a warm welcome, and exclusive rewards through our loyalty programme.
After this apprenticeship
- With experience, you could become a senior stylist or salon manager. With further qualifications, you could also move into training or assessing student hairdressers
- You could become self-employed or open your own salon
- You may be able to use your skills as a hair professional in the theatre, film or television industry
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
AVANT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Paul Robinson
apprenticeships@avant.ac.uk
01482253300
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323434.
Apply now
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
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