Course Code: WH00027 Advanced Creative Hair Professionals - Advanced Apprenticeship Next course dates Start dateLocationDuration Anytime Employer's Premises Apply now Overview Is this course for me? What will I learn? How will I be assessed? Key information Where could this course take me? Course SummaryFollowing a successful completion of the level 2 apprenticeship standard, apprentices have the opportunity to progress to an advanced level 3 apprenticeship standard in hairdressing. During the level 3 standard learners will also study advanced functional skills. 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. In the UK, Hair & Beauty is a £4 billion industry employing over 200,000 people, and its growing all the time. There are currently over 36,000 salons in the UK, but our students skills take them into all sorts of different career paths including media industry, cruise ships and luxury high-end salons. Working in the salon you will learn job specific creative skills, earn a wage and attend college once a week to gain your qualification. Working in the service industry, you will meet new people and build up regular clients providing services such as creative colouring, creative cutting, smoothing and strengthening and fashion forward trends. Entry RequirementsIdeally applicants will hold five GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 3 (D) or higher. If you do not hold the relevant Mathematics and English qualifications, you will be expected to undertake functional skills in both subjects. Apprenticeships are open to anyone over the age of 16, whether they have just left school or have been working for years. In order to enrol onto an Apprenticeship, you need to be employed in a relevant job role and already have a Hair Professional qualification at level 2. Course Detail In the UK, Hair & Beauty is a £4 billion industry employing over 200,000 people, and its growing all the time. There are currently over 36,000 salons in the UK, but our students skills take them into all sorts of different career paths including media industry, cruise ships and luxury high-end salons. Working in the salon you will learn job specific creative skills, earn a wage and attend college once a week to gain your qualification. Working in the service industry, you will meet new people and build up regular clients providing services such as creative colouring, creative cutting, smoothing and strengthening and fashion forward trends. Entry Requirements Following a successful completion of the level 2 apprenticeship standard, apprentices have the opportunity to progress to an advanced level 3 apprenticeship standard in hairdressing. During the level 3 standard learners will also study advanced functional skills. Ideally applicants will hold five GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 3 (D) or higher. If you do not hold the relevant Mathematics and English qualifications, you will be expected to undertake functional skills in both subjects. Apprenticeships are open to anyone over the age of 16, whether they have just left school or have been working for years. In order to enrol onto an Apprenticeship, you need to be employed in a relevant job role and already have a Hair Professional qualification at level 2. Learning and Teaching Methods Training and assessments of both Practical and Theory are delivered in the workplace and in college. Apprentices will be required to attend college-based sessions as part of their training, whilst also completing off-the-job training in the workplace. You will also complete assessments and observations in the workplace. You will need to complete Level 2 functional Skills Maths and English before End Point Assessment. At the end of the Apprenticeship you will complete an End Point Assessment which will comprise of: Practical Skills Observation Professional discussion Learning and Teaching Methods Training and assessments of both Practical and Theory are delivered in the workplace and in college. Apprentices will be required to attend college-based sessions as part of their training, whilst also completing off-the-job training in the workplace. Industry Placement and Field Trips You will work at least 30 hours per week in a Hairdressing sector. Expert Tutors All staff involved in the delivery of adult education courses within the College are approved to teach the subjects and modules they deliver. The approval process ensures that staff delivering a given programme are appropriately qualified and, where appropriate, possess relevant technical and industrial experience and professional practice. Assessment Methods You will complete assessments and observations in the workplace. You will also need to complete Level 2 functional Skills Maths and English before End Point Assessment. At the end of the Apprenticeship you will complete an End Point Assessment which will comprise of: Practical Skills Observation Professional discussion An Advanced and Creative Hair Professional: demonstrates professionalism by maintaining confidentiality and discretion researches fashion forward trends, using the results to create, plan and promote a collection of hairstyle looks that reflects their own individuality analyses the factors that influence the design and creation of the collection of hairstyle looks, including the target audience designs a range of looks to create a fashion forward collection of hairstyle looks maintains effective and safe methods of working uses and adapt a range of sectioning and cutting guidelines, creative and precision techniques and technical skills to create and enhance the collection of hairstyle looks carries out precision and personalised cutting tailored to individual client characteristics formulates imaginative creative advanced colour conversion services to change the depth and tone of the hair uses a range of creative finishing and dressing techniques, advanced creative colouring techniques to enhance the collection of hairstyle looks presents, showcases and promotes their skills though their collection of hairstyle looks via a variety of media types and platforms provides a smoothing strengthening service to clients carries out in-depth consultation and complex analysis of the hair uses and applies the products, tools and equipment, in accordance with legal requirements, manufacturers' instructions and salon policy provides advice on future services and products evaluates the results of the service to improve further practice Other Costs and Equipment Needed 16-18 Government funded . 19 + A 5% contribution is covered by employer. 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