Overview
Languages
English or French
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
- Odours
Work setting
- Urban area
- Barbershop or hairstyling salon/studio
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Book appointments
- Cut and trim hair according to client's instructions or preferences
- Shampoo customers' hair
- Shave and trim beards and mustaches
- Provide other hair treatment, such as waving, straightening and tinting and also provide scalp conditioning massages
- Supervise apprentices/students in training
- Analyze hair and scalp condition and provide basic treatment or advice on beauty care treatments for scalp and hair
- Apply bleach, tints, dyes or rinses to colour, frost or streak hair
- Apply hair extensions
- Clean and style wigs and hair pieces
- Cut, trim, taper, curl, wave, perm and style hair
- Suggest hair style compatible with client's physical features or determine style from client's instructions and preferences
- Maintain and order supplies
Experience and specialization
Hair styling techniques
- Blow drying
- Hair braiding
- Iron waving/curling
- Permanents
- Extensions
- Twisting
- Locking
- Relaxing
- Spiking
- Pin curls
- Roller setting
Hair colouring techniques
- Bleach
- Dyes/tints
- Frosting
- Streaking/highlights
Additional information
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Standing for extended periods
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Gratuities
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- Variable or compressed work week