Barbering Apprenticeship (L2)

Possible start date: 4th February 2019

Working week: 40 hours per week

Do you have a genuine interest in becoming a junior barber? Are you creative, enthusiastic and driven to undertake a barbering apprenticeship? If you feel this is you please express your interest and apply!

• To carry out consultations with clients, with exceptional client care skills
• Provide barbering services, such as cutting, trimming, shampooing, and styling hair, trimming beards, or giving shaves.
• Clean and sterilize scissors, combs, clippers, and other instruments.
• To demonstrate the professionalism, values, behaviours, communication skills and safe working practices associated with the role
• Meeting and greeting clients
• Making refreshments
• Making sure towels and supplies are ready for use
• Keeping the salon clean and tidy and maintaining hygiene
• Working as a team, assisting barbers

Entry requirements

Desirable - Grade C and above in both Maths and English or equivalent

Skills Required

• Good communication skills
• Good customer service skills
• Good organisational skills
• Good timekeeping skills
• Good creativity skills
• Good teamwork skills

Personal Qualities

• Friendly nature
• Good sense of humour
• Passion and enthusiasm to become a barber
• Good personal appearance

Qualifications taken

• Barbering Professional Apprenticeship Standard
• You will be trained and supported by both your employer and Milton Keynes College to demonstrate professionalism, values, behaviours, communication skills and safe working practices associated with your role
• Barbers will be trained to shampoo and condition hair, cut hair using barbering techniques, style and finish hair, cut facial hair into shape and provide shaving services for men
• Required college attendance (Bletchley Campus) 
• Functional skills in both Maths and English if required
• End point assessment

What Next?

To become a professional barber