A hairstylist is a professional responsible for cutting, coloring, and styling hair based on client preferences. With experience, stylists build a loyal clientele, earn commissions, and have opportunities to work in high-end salons, freelance, or even specialise in areas such as bridal styling or extensions. Primary role revolves transforming clients’ hair to achieve their desired look while considering their individual hair type, face shape, and personal preference can increase their earnings through advanced training, product sales, and social media marketing.
Job Description
- Health and safety practices
- Workplace preparation and set-up
- Customer consultation
- Hair cutting and styling
- Hair coloring and treatment
- Hair perming and straightening
- Hair extensions and weaves
- Up stying
- Sanitation, health and safety measures
- Product knowledge and sales
- Customer relationship management
Technical Skills Competency (TSC)
- Health and safety practices
- Customer health and safety measures
- Customer experience management
- Customer feedback and relationship management
- Customer relationship management operations
- Chemical Risk Management
- Design concepts generation
- Ethics, values and legislation
- Hair, scalp analysis and consultation
- Hair coloring and lightening
- Hair perming and straightening
- Hair styling and setting
- Hair wash, massage and treatment application
- Men’s haircutting and style
- Women’s haircutting and style
- Product, service advisory and demonstration
- Service challenges and innovation
- Inventory control
- Digital technology
- Work area and equipment preparation and maintenance
- Workplace health and safety measures
- Workplace first aid
Critical Core Skills (CCS)
- Communication
- Creative Thinking
- Interpersonnal Skills
- Service Orientation
- Teamwork