Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Work site environment
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Odours
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- 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 other hair stylists and other staff
- 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
Supervision
- 1 to 2 people
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Barbering Trade Certification
- Hairstylist Trade Certification
- Barber Licence
- Hairstylist Licence
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
Specialization or experience
- Specialized environmental skills and knowledge
Additional information
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Financial benefits
- As per collective agreement