Apprentice Hairdresser

Start your career in hairdressing with hands-on salon experience. Learn cutting, colouring, styling, and customer care while training with industry professionals. Perfect for creative, people-focused individuals looking to grow their skills.

Wage
£15,600 a year

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Annual Salary

Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 8.45am - 6.00pm. Wednesday, 10.00am - 9.00pm and Saturday, 8.00am - 2.45pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date
Monday 12 October 2026

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
As a Hairdressing Apprentice, you will support the smooth running of the salon while developing your skills in a professional environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Salon Floor Support:
  Sweeping, cleaning, and maintaining a tidy and organised workspace
• Client Greeting:
  Welcoming clients warmly and ensuring they feel comfortable on arrival
• Refreshments:
  Preparing and serving drinks such as tea, coffee, and other non-alcoholic refreshments as requested
• Telephone Duties:
  Answering calls and taking accurate messages or detailed information when the receptionist is unavailable
• General Cleaning:
  Carrying out all required cleaning tasks across salon, staff, and storage areas to maintain high hygiene standards

This role is ideal for someone enthusiastic, reliable, and eager to begin their career in hairdressing with hands-on experience in a busy salon.

Where you'll work
61 High Steet
Olney
Buckinghamshire
MK46 4EF

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

Training provider
MILTON KEYNES COLLEGE

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 haircut, 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.