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Join Maxine Morgan Hair Salon as a Hairdressing Apprentice, learning cutting, colouring, and styling in a busy, creative salon. Train towards the Level 2 Hairdressing Professional standard with high-quality support and real client experience.
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 stylists with shampooing, conditioning, and blow drying, ensuring every client receives excellent service.
- Supporting colour and cutting services, including mixing colour, preparing clients, and learning core cutting techniques under supervision.
- Maintaining salon standards by keeping work areas clean, managing towels and equipment, and helping with reception tasks such as greeting clients and offering refreshments.
- Attending training sessions to develop skills in cutting, colouring, styling, and client consultation, building a portfolio of work in line with the apprenticeship standard.
Where you'll work
26 HIGH STREET
TETTENHALL
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV6 8QT
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON COLLEGE
Training course
Hairdressing professional (level 2)
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.
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Training schedule
Training will also involve attending day release at City of Wolverhampton College.
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English and Maths (grade 3/D and above)
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Other requirements
- Genuine interest in hairdressing and fashion, with a desire to build a long-term career in the salon industry.
- Friendly, professional manner with good communication skills and confidence talking to clients of all ages.
- Good attention to detail, able to follow instructions carefully, and maintain high standards of cleanliness and presentation.
- Positive attitude, reliable timekeeping, and willingness to learn, practise, and accept feedback.
- Ability to work in a busy environment, supporting the team and staying calm under pressure.
Hairdressing is a hands-on, physically active career that involves working on your feet, keeping the salon immaculate, and caring for clients throughout their visit. You will be expected to practise regularly, attend all training sessions, and be open to feedback, as this is how you will grow quickly into a confident stylist within our brand.
Maxine Morgan Hair Salon is built on the belief that beautiful hair and more conscious choices should go hand in hand. Based in Tettenhall, we offer contemporary hairdressing in a calm, welcoming space, with a strong focus on quality, trust, and attention to detail. Led by owner and Salon Director Maxine Morgan, the salon combines refined cutting, colour, and styling with an eco-luxe approach, using thoughtfully chosen products and a more sustainable attitude to salon care. We also believe in nurturing the next generation of hair professionals through hands-on learning, support, and real responsibility within a professional salon environment.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay [here](opens in new tab).
On successful completion of the Level 2 Hairdressing Professional apprenticeship, you will be a fully qualified stylist able to work independently within the salon. Progression may include a Level 3 Advanced and Creative Hair Professional apprenticeship, specialist colour or cutting roles, or senior stylist positions as you develop experience and build your client base.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON COLLEGE
Laura Aston
headl@wolvcoll.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000045201.
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