A hairdresser or hairdresser is someone who deals with hair care. This varies from cutting the hair to dyeing it. In addition, a hairdresser has a lot of knowledge about different hair types and products that take good care of the hair. Finding solutions to hair problems is also one of the tasks of a hairdresser.
Course
Hairdressing training lasts two years, after which it is possible to follow further training. A minimum requirement for hairdressing training is a pre-vocational secondary education diploma. In addition, the student must be at least 16 years old. After the two-year training, the student masters the basic techniques of level 2 and can work independently. It is also possible to continue with level 3, where the student focuses mainly on hair care and hygiene. A student who has completed level 3 can call himself an all-round hairdresser.
There are two different ways in which the student can follow the course, namely:
- BBL (vocational training path). This training lasts 2 years and consists of 20% theory (school) and 80% work; one or two days a week to school next to work.
- BOL (vocational training path). This course lasts 2 years and consists of 60% theory (school) and 40% professional practice, during which the student does an internship.
Some other qualities that a hairdresser must possess:
- social
- creativity
- service-oriented
- customer oriented
- commercial skills
- efficient
- sense of responsibility towards the customer and the work
Training courses can be followed at:
- Dutch hairdressing academy in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague.
- Hairdressing academy in Heerlen and Roermond.
- Furthermore, hairdressing training courses can be followed throughout the country, especially in the Randstad, but also in Brabant (Tilburg) or Gelderland (Doetinchem) and Groningen. There are also training courses in many other places.
Work
There are various options for working as a hairdresser. First of all there is the hair salon, the most obvious option. In addition, a certified hairdresser can also work in a beauty salon or beauty farm. In all three options, hair care is central.
A day in a hair salon looks pretty much the same every day. It depends on the hairdresser’s formula whether visits must be made by appointment or whether people can come in straight away. If the former is the case, then writing down appointments is one of the daily tasks. The customers who come must be put at ease in some way, possibly with a drink. The main task is hair care and that is what it is all about when customers enter the business. Washing, dyeing, drying, blow-drying, cutting, perming are the things that are on the program at that moment, depending on the customer’s wishes. After the customer’s wishes have been met, payment will have to be made, another aspect of a hairdresser. Finally, a new appointment can be made if the customer wishes.