HAIRDRESSING & BARBERING
Why take on an Apprentice?
As a salon owner, you need to make sure your clients are happy when they leave your salon so that they come back time and time again.
You need talented staff; trained and qualified in Hairdressing, with the right skills to suit your particular business requirements and the inspiration to provide a real and relevant contribution.
That’s where the Apprenticeship programme can help.
Apprentices learn on the job, working alongside experienced staff to gain job-specific skills. Off the job Apprentices receive training to work towards nationally recognised qualifications.
Apprentices make a contribution to a business by assisting and supporting senior members of staff in their job role from the start.
Employers are able to train Apprentices in their preferred house style throughout the training period. This means employers have a ready-made professional at the end of the Apprenticeship who can make a valuable and immediate contribution to the business.
Apprenticeships can give your staff skills and techniques that help your business go a cut above the competition.
The Apprenticeship Programme
Hairdressing Apprenticeships are flexible to suit your business needs and at City of Wolverhampton College, our dedicated Account Managers will tailor a programme to suit you. The bespoke programmes are a roll-on roll-off, while learning and assessments can take place on and off the job dependent on demand and employer resources.
Some examples of current delivery models are:
- Day release for both theory and practical on a weekly basis.
- Day release for theory fortnightly, with practical skills assessed in the salon by either a member of the college’s team or by an accredited member of the salon’s staff (A1 assessor).
- All training provided in salon, with a college member of staff delivering theory and salon staff assessing practical skills.
- All training provided by the salon, with delivery being monitored and quality Assured/monitored/reviewed by the college.
These options for training are discussed on a one-to-one basis with an Account Manager.
We are focused on raising the standard of training and development within the Hairdressing industry.
Why Choose Us?
- GREAT RESULTS! 81% success rate in Advanced Apprenticeships and 77% success rate in Level 2 Hairdressing Apprenticeship - more than 10% above the national average.
- All of our Trainers and Assessors are highly qualified and have relevant occupational experience.
- We train over 250 Hairdressing Apprentices every year in state-of-the-art facilities at our salons in Telford and Wolverhampton
- We can access a wide range of workplace funding to make your training budget go further.
- We pride ourselves on providing a high level of customer service – you will be allocated an Account Manager who can help you with all of your training and recruitment needs.
- The college has been awarded the Training Quality Standard which recognises our commitment to delivering quality training and development solutions for employers.
- We provide independent specialist advice to help identify the training issues you want to address.
- Our training can be delivered at a time and place to suit you.
- We can help you to improve your competitive advantage and business performance within your industry.
Employer feedback
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How Much Will it Cost?
The National Apprenticeship Service covers all of the training costs for Apprentices aged 16 to 18 and up to 50% for those aged 19+. The Apprentice would be employed by you earning a salary that reflects their skills, experience and age. The National Minimum Wage for Apprentices is £2.50 per hour and applies to Apprentices under 19 and Apprentices aged 19 and over, but in the first year of their Apprenticeship.
Interested?
Join more than 130,000 other businesses who are already reaping the benefits of employing Apprentices, call College Direct now on 01902 317691 or email employerenquiries@wolvcoll.ac.uk
An Account Manager will contact you within 24 hours of receiving your enquiry.