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James Bushall Salons are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to begin their journey in the hair industry. You will work towards a nationally recognised qualification while gaining valuable experience in a professional salon environment.
About the Role
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
Tasks may include:
- Shampooing clients’ hair and applying treatments
- Blow-drying and basic styling
- Assisting senior stylists and other team members
- Providing front-of-house support, including greeting clients and managing bookings
- Carrying out general salon duties to maintain cleanliness and organisation
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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 the 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.
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All training is work-based and delivered within a reputable commercial salon, where you will work as part of the salon team. You will also benefit from dedicated training sessions at the Francesco Hair state-of-the-art academy located in Birmingham City Centre, 10 minutes walk from New Street Station.
Course Content Includes:
- Client care and consultation
- Shampooing, conditioning, and treating hair
- Ladies’ cutting techniques
- Hair colouring
- Styling and finishing hair
You will also complete one optional unit from the following:
- Perming hair
- Relaxing hair
Academy Training:
- Fully equipped training salons
- Interactive lecture rooms and digital presentation tools
- Laptops and internet access for independent learning
- One-to-one support sessions to guide your progress
To ensure you stay on track, progress reviews will take place every twelve weeks at your salon with your employer and an academy representative.
Requirements
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
- Working as an apprentice in the hairdressing industry is not always glamorous - there are everyday tasks that everyone, at every level, is expected to do.
- While you will have dedicated time to learn and develop your hairdressing skills, a large part of your role will involve supporting and assisting other team members to ensure the salon runs smoothly.
- As an apprentice, you will often be the first person clients meet, so taking pride in your appearance is essential. While individuality and personal style are encouraged, maintaining a smart and professional appearance is important.
- You should also be prepared to work Saturdays and late evenings, as these are key working times within the hairdressing industry.
- The salon environment is fast-paced and ever-changing, so staying alert, enthusiastic, and proactive is vital.
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About the Company
Having trained with the best, and with over 15 years’ experience in hairdressing, James Bushell is one of Birmingham’s most talented within the industry, both in Birmingham and across the UK.
Since opening the flagship James Bushell Hairdressing Salon, Edgbaston, Birmingham, in 2006, his career and the brand have gone from strength to strength, becoming the premium name in expert, luxury hairdressing.
After 8 years, and a high customer demand, James expanded The James Bushell Hairdressing salon brand with a second salon location in Solihull, quickly followed by a third in Harvey Nichols, The Mailbox, Birmingham.
Each salon offers the most up-to-date techniques and their teams of expert and talented hairdressers offer the best in colouring and styling, and work with all the best, major brands and product ranges at all 3 salon locations.
Progression Opportunities
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Upon successful completion of the Hair Professional Apprenticeship, there are several progression opportunities available to support your continued growth in the hairdressing industry, including:
- Progression onto the Advanced and Creative Hair Professional Apprenticeship
- Specialising in areas such as barbering or becoming a colour expert
- Pursuing qualifications such as the Assessor’s Award or TAQA (Training, Assessment, and Quality Assurance) to move into training and assessing roles
These pathways provide opportunities to expand your expertise, enhance your career options, and potentially progress into salon management or education.
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