Advanced & Creative Hair Professional

Level 3 Apprenticeship

ADVANCE & CREATIVE HAIR PROFESSIONAL: THE ROLE

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, they aim for excellence by taking exceptional pride in their work and industry. 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.

ABOUT THIS APPRENTICESHIP

  • Qualification Topics

    • Fashion forward trends, using the results to create, plan and promote a collection of hairstyle looks that reflects their own individuality
    • Factors that influence the design and creation of the collection of hairstyle looks, including the target audience 
    • Effective and safe methods of working 
    • Principles of professionalism by maintaining confidentiality and discretion 
    • Range of sectioning and cutting guidelines, creative and precision techniques and technical skills to create and enhance the collection of hairstyle looks 
    • Range of creative finishing and dressing techniques, advanced creative colouring techniques to enhance the collection of hairstyle looks 
    • Smoothing strengthening service 
    •  Promoting skills though a variety of media types and platforms 

  • What's Involved

    • On the job skills training 
    • Off the job skills training 
    • Level 3 Diploma in Hairdressing
    • Level 2  Functional Skills in English & Maths.
    • Collection of hairstyle looks support and preparation
    • Planning, Target Setting and Feedback 
    • Mock End Point Assessments

    • End Point Assessment (after at least 12 months and successful completion of the above)
    • 80 min Knowledge test
    • 5  hour Observation with questioning 
    • 45 min Professional discussion supported by collection of hairstyle looks
    • The overall grade is based on the combination of performance in all assessment activities.

  • Knowledge and Skills

    This apprenticeship is for you if you work in varied environment size, style and ambiance, from a bespoke salon, the media industry, cruise ships, product houses and manufacturers to luxury high-end hair salon to create, plan and promote a collection of hairstyles and looks that reflects their own individuality. 

Duration

This apprenticeship is typically completed in 18 months.

Delivery

Delivered in-salon support from Rewards Training throughout the apprenticeship.

Progression

This Apprenticeship provides routes into employment as a hairdresser or stylist or other job roles in the hairdressing related industries or into higher education such as a Foundation degree in Hairdressing and Salon Management or other programmes.