Hairdressing Apprentice

Hairways is recruiting for a Hairdressing Apprentice to join their successful team based in Droylsden. Apprentices will receive training in all aspects of hairdressing and become a fully qualified stylist in a vibrant, exciting, and successful salon.

Wage: £12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age. National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices. Minimum wage rates

Training course: Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours: One 7-hour day in college, with 2 days off (the role includes weekend work). Days and times to be confirmed. 30 hours a week

Start date: Thursday 1 October 2026

Duration: 2 years

Positions available: 1

What you'll do at work

The duties and responsibilities within the salon include:

• Meeting and greeting clients in a friendly and helpful manner
• Assisting qualified Hairdressers with shampooing, providing treatments, blow-drying, etc.
• After relevant training, some basic cutting and styling will be involved in this role. This will become more complex as your skills develop
• Working on the reception desk and booking client appointments
• Keeping the salon clean and tidy
• Offering clients refreshments

Where you'll work

80 MARKET STREET
DROYLSDEN
MANCHESTER
M43 6DE

Training

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

Training provider: MICHAEL MCCORMACK

Training course: Hairdressing professional (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels

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.