Hair Apprentice

Summary

Great opportunity to progress your career as a professional hair stylist in an experienced training salon with Mavericks Hair in Alcester. The successful candidate will go to weekly day release at HoW College in Redditch and also received in-depth work based training in salon over course of the apprenticeship programme.

Wage

£15,311.40 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours

Hours will be within salon opening times below (one late night only a week and college every other Monday): Monday and Wednesday, 09:00 - 17:00. Tuesday and Thursday, 09:00 - 20:00. 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 / conditioning hair
Customer Service including making clients drinks / booking appointments
Keeping salon clean and tidy
Training to cut, style and finish, colour and perm hair
Developing to cover full range of knowledge, skills and behaviors in line with the apprenticeship standard

Where you'll work

Priory Road
Alcester
B49 5DY

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

Hairdressing Professional Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
Weekly day release every Monday to HoW College in Redditch alongside support from a Learning Skills Development Officer (LSDO) and additional salon based training

More training information

Heart of Worcestershire College is the largest further education college in Worcestershire County offering a wide range of vocational and technical courses in specialist subject areas alongside a vast array of apprenticeships and higher education courses
From courses for school leavers to affordable higher education and professional qualifications, we pride ourselves in delivering job related qualifications in high quality environments to enable our students to achieve a positive and bright future

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
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

The salon is in Alcester and day release is in Redditch - please make sure you can get to both locations independently before applying. 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 was started in Feb 1999 by Sarah Charlton, who was previously managing the Kevin John salon in Stratford upon Avon. In November 2013 we decided to move location, after 13 years, we decided to move to larger premises that would give us a salon with more space and light. The salon was set up with one thing in mind, and that was to do everything differently from other salons in the area. So we adopted the strap line “Doing Things Differently”. The salon believes in now just looking after the customer in the salon, but also ensuring that they can recreate the styles at home, we this the 720 theory. We create this by ensuring our team are highly trained, we have a training session every week. These training sessions make us stronger and stronger but also allow us to generate new ideas and styles. We believe in the client totally, in fact we call all our clients guests, because that’s what they are to us. Each guests gets a personal consultation before hairdressing work is to start. Plus each appointment is 45mins long for a cut and blow dry, allowing us not to rush the haircut and after care advise. We strive to best the best hairdressers in the area, through training and more training.

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After this apprenticeship

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

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