Advanced & Creative Hair Professional Apprenticeship
Advanced and Creative Hair Professionals are creative, passionate, and driven professionals who work without supervision, managing themselves and others when required.
They provide a quality service, whilst working to the highest standards and continuously developing their personal and professional skills. An Advanced and Creative Hair Professional works in the hair industry, which is one of the largest, most trusted and fashion-forward professions. They take ownership of their work and client lists, accept responsibility, are proactive, flexible and adaptable, plan their work and time, and aim for excellence by taking exceptional pride in their work and industry. The work environment can be varied in size, style and ambience, from a bespoke salon, the media industry, cruise ships, product houses and manufacturers to luxury high-end hair salon. They are highly skilled and experienced individual professionals who deliver hair fashion-forward trends, which are innovative styles inspired by current images and their own creativity, individual flair, imagination and interpretation.
Entry Requirements
- Ideally 5 GCSEs grade 9-4 including English & maths.
Apprentices without English or maths at Level 2 must achieve this prior to taking the end-point assessment - Level 2 Hairdressing Professional Apprenticeship or equivalent plus industry experience
- Employment in the industry
What you will study
- Use fashion-forward trends in hair, creative and precision techniques to create a collection of hairstyle looks
Researches fashion forward trends
Create a collection of hairstyle looks
Sectioning and cutting guidelines
Precision and personalised cutting techniques
Present a collection of hair looks
- Smoothing and Strengthening services
Client consultation
Smoothing and Strengthening
- Advanced creative colour conversion
Client Consultation
Creative Colour conversion
Advanced colour conversion (correction)
- Facilitates safe working practices
- Problem-solving
- Flexible and adaptable
- Creativity
- Professional Development
How you will study...
- Monthly workplace visits from a Learning Development Advisor
- College attendance 1 day per week during term time
- 6 hrs per week ‘off the job training’ tracked
- Portfolio building – work-based evidence
What's Next?
Careers
- Salon Supervisor
- Salon Manager
- Barber
- Colour Technician/Specialist
- Manager
- Freelance Hair Stylist
- Senior Stylist
