Hairdressing Professional Apprentice - Trafford Centre
COLLINGE & CO LIMITED
Manchester (M17 8DA)
Closes in 10 days (Sunday 15 November 2026)
Posted on 4 November 2026
Contents
Summary
We are seeking an apprentice to work within the Collinge & Co salon in the Trafford Centre, Manchester.
You must be keen to pursue a career in the hairdressing industry, and be willing to undertake a variety of duties within the salon.
Training will take place weekly in Liverpool and on site in Manchester.
- Wage
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£14,144 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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Shifts TBC upon start.
34 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 23 November 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
- Greeting clients and taking coats / gowning
- Shampooing
- Providing tea / coffee / refreshments for clients
- Organising stock cupboard / unpacking deliveries
- Reception duties
- Cleaning (brushing hair from floor, cleaning work areas)
Where you'll work
1 The Dome
The Trafford Centre
Manchester
M17 8DA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
COLLINGE & CO TRAINING LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
Training will take place for one full day each week either online or at our training centre in Liverpool.
There will also be some hands-on training within the salon in the Trafford Centre.
More training information
Collinge & Co Training are the only hairdressing training provider in the North West that has an Ofsted Outstanding award.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 3 or above)
- Mathematics (grade 3 or above)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Interest in hairdressing
Other requirements
This apprenticeship will involve working at weekends and evenings, applicants should be available to work these on a regular basis.
About this employer
For generations of delighted clients, the Collinge name has meant artistic perfection. A reputation we’re devoted to upholding for generations to come. But how do we measure that perfection? We measure it in how people feel. The perfect haircut and colour makes you feel great. The perfect salon experience lifts someone’s day. The perfect conditioner sparks a steady stream of compliments. The perfect training gives a sixteen-year-old a flying start. Hair is our passion. But people are why we’re here. And, like everything we do, we will always care about that. Collinge & Co is a fourth-generation family-owned hairdressing business. “Collinges” was opened by Molly & Wilfred Collinge in 1940 in West Derby, a suburb of Liverpool. Their son, Peter followed in their footsteps training to become a hairdresser in the 1940s, honing his skills on the transatlantic luxury-liner, the Mauretania, and going on to win hairdressing competitions throughout the 1950s. The first Peter Collinge salon opened in 1954, with more salons opening in Merseyside in the 1960s, plus the Peter Collinge Hair Study Centre to keep salon stylists up to date with trends and techniques. Andrew Collinge, Peter's son, started hairdressing in 1974, completing his training in London at Michaeljohn, and becoming their Artistic Director in 1980. After moving back to the North West, the first Andrew Collinge salon opened in Heswall, Wirral, in 1985. In the 1990s, Andrew twice won British Hairdresser of the year, launched a range of hair-care products, and along with his wife Liz was a fixture on “This Morning” carrying out transformational makeovers. This success and national recognition it brought, saw the company rebranded as Andrew Collinge in 1993. Throughout the years, many loyal and talented people have worked with the company, together, with our loyal clients, this has been the foundation of our longevity and family spirit. In 2023, to recognise this community within our salons and training centre, our name became Collinge & Co. Today there are four Collinge & Co Salons, a Graduates salon, a Training School and hair care range.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
After successful completion of this apprenticeship, applicants can be considered for the Advanced & Creative Hairdressing Professional apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COLLINGE & CO LIMITED
Jill Alexander
training@collingeandco.com
01519092056
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000062499.
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Closes in 10 days (Sunday 15 November 2026)
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