Hairdressers and Barbers
About this career
£13,870
Median salary
New workers start around £7,635.40. Normal pay is £13,870 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £24,448.68.
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Jobs
Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.
About this career
- Demonstrates, sells and recommends hair care products to clients and advises them on hair care.
- Ensures hair products are stored and used appropriately and observes relevant health and safety factors.
- Maintains client records and keeps up-to-date with new products, styles and techniques.
- Collects payment, arranges appointments and cleans and tidies salon.
- Shaves and trims beards and moustaches.
- Combs, brushes, blow-dries or sets wet hair in rollers to style or straighten.
- Cuts and trims hair using scissors, clippers, razor and comb.
- Washes, conditions, bleaches, tints or dyes hair and provides any necessary basic scalp treatments.
- Discusses customer requirements, analyses hair condition and other relevant features to define and advise on hair style.
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Courses
Women’s Hairdressing
- Course code: DHCF
- Level: 3
- Qualification: Diploma
- Awarding body: City & Guilds (C&G)
- Duration: One year
- Course type: Full-time
Skin Tanning Techniques
- Course code: TAN
- Level: 2
- Qualification: Award
- Awarding body: Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)
- Duration: Six weeks
- Course type: Part-time
Pedicure Services
- Course code: PEDI
- Level: 2
- Qualification: Award
- Awarding body: Vocational Training Charitable Trust (VTCT)
- Duration: Five weeks
- Course type: Part-time