Start your hairdressing career with Fine to Fabulous Salon as a Level 2 Hairdressing Apprentice!

Learn from our experienced team, gain hands-on salon experience and develop your skills in cutting, colouring, styling and client care. If you’re creative, passionate about hair and eager to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Wage:

£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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2 x Branded Fine to Fabulous Black Tunic will be provided.

Training course:

Hairdressing professional (level 2)

Hours:

Monday, Thursday and Saturday, 9.00am - 6.00pm (Possibly adding Friday). 30 hours a week

Start date:

Monday 7 September 2026

Duration:

2 years

Positions available:

1

What you'll do at work

• Welcoming clients and providing excellent customer service
• Preparing the salon and work areas before appointments
• Shampooing and conditioning clients’ hair
• Assisting stylists with cutting, colouring and styling services
• Learning and practising blow-drying and styling techniques
• Helping with colour preparation and application under supervision
• Carrying out consultations and developing communication skills
• Maintaining a clean, tidy and professional salon environment
• Washing towels, restocking products and keeping the salon organised
• Learning about haircare products and recommending them to clients
• Supporting the team with day-to-day salon tasks
• Attending college training and completing apprenticeship coursework
• Building confidence and developing practical hairdressing skills

Where you'll work

11 RICHARDSON ROAD
HOVE
BN3 5RB

Training provider

ACHIEVEMENT TRAINING & SKILLS LTD

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 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.