Advanced Hair Professional Apprentice

Calmante Hair, Health and Beauty

TRURO (TR1 3BX)

Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 August 2025

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Summary

Calmante Hair, Health and Beauty are offering an exciting opportunity to join their dynamic team as a Advanced Hair Professional Apprentice! Gain the knowledge, skills and behaviours to kickstart your career in this exciting and creative industry.

Wage

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

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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After a trial, pay will be reviewed. Free hair and beauty treatment. Drinks provided on shift.

Training course
Advanced and creative hair professional (level 3)
Hours
Various shifts to be negotiated. Tuesday - Saturday for the following opening hours: Tuesday, 10.00am - 4.00pm. Wednesday, 9.00am - 5.00pm. Thursday, 10.00am - 7.00pm. Friday, 9.30am - 6.30pm. Saturday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

  • Assisting with the upkeep of the salon
  • Learning how to carry out a full range of hairdressing services including shampooing, colouring, assisting stylists, greeting and preparing clients and promoting services and products
  • You will develop valuable practical experience by working in a salon environment being exposed to a high standard of professional hairdressing on a daily basis
  • Some reception work will also be required including taking payments and making appointments
  • Ensuring the salon is kept clean and hygienic at all times
  • Making sure the needs of clients are met to ensure they have an enjoyable experience

Where you'll work

86-87 KENWYN STREET
TRURO
TR1 3BX

Training

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

Training provider

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Training course

Advanced and creative hair professional (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Research fashion trends using the results to plan, design, create, produce and present a fashion forward hairstyle collection, identifying the purpose and message of the given collection. Analyse factors influencing the design and creation of the collection of hairstyle looks including the target audience.
  • Carry out in-depth consultation and complex analysis of the client hair to plan, create and style the collection of hairstyle looks. Maintain effective and safe methods of working and effective communication whilst creating the collection of hair looks. Use and adapt a range of technical skills to create a collection of hairstyle looks using: 1. sectioning and cutting guidelines to achieve the required look. 2. precision and personalised cutting techniques tailored to suit individual characteristics . 3. creative finishing and dressing techniques. 4. advanced creative colouring Use a range of products, tools and equipment in accordance with legal requirements, manufacturers' instructions and salon policy.
  • Present and promote the collection internally using a visual medium. Evaluate the results of the collection against the research results to improve further practice.
  • Maintain effective and safe methods of working and effective communication whilst completing smoothing and strengthening services. Carry out in-depth complex analysis of the client hair and scalp to plan and agree the smoothing and strengthening services.
  • Use and apply products, tools and equipment, to smooth and strengthen clients’ hair to the degree of straightness required. Resolve problems that may occur during and after the hair smoothing and strengthening process. Use a range of products, tools and equipment in accordance with legal requirements, manufacturers' instructions and salon policy.   Evaluate the results of the service and provide advice on future services and products.
  • Maintain effective and safe methods of working and effective communication whilst completing Creative colour conversion services. Carry out tests and an in-depth complex consultation of the client hair and scalp to plan and agree the creative colour conversion service. Analyse factors influencing the selection of the colour conversion technique used.
  • Provide an creative colour conversion service to change the depth and tone of the hair in accordance with legal requirements and manufacturer’s instructions. Creative Colour conversion services to include: 1. Using creative sectioning techniques to personalise the colour result and enhance the finished look. 2. toning through bespoke creative formulation, colour blending/shading. Resolve problems that may occur during creative colour conversion service
  • Removing artificial colour. Removing bands of colour. Recolouring hair treated with lightener. Using pre-pigmentation and colour. Recolouring hair that has had artificial colour removed. Correcting highlights and lowlights. Uses and applies the products, tools and equipment, in accordance with legal requirements, manufacturers' instructions and salon policy.
  • Semi- permanent, quasi (mildly oxidising), permanent colour, pre-lighteners, colour removers for artificial colour. Complete and evaluate the results of the service and provide advice on future services, aftercare and products.

Training schedule

  • You will be working towards a Level 3 Advanced Hair Professional Apprenticeship Standard
  • You will receive on and off-the-job training and support from an assessor and an apprenticeship advisor
  • You will be required to attend Cornwall College Camborne on a weekly basis as part of the apprenticeship training

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 3/D)
  • Maths (grade 3/D)

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C)
  • Maths (grade 4/C)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Reliable
  • Honest

Other requirements

Car parks and bus stop nearby. Need to be able to travel to work and Cornwall College Camborne/St Austell.

About this employer

Calmante Hair, Health and Beauty offer a variety of Hair and Beauty treatments. They are a small and friendly team who offer a personal and professional service to their clients.

http://www.calmante.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There may be a possible permanent position for the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL COLLEGE

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01209 616 452

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336778.

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Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 2 September 2025 at 11:59pm)

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