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Hair stylist

Professional typ

Recognized training occupation

Type of training

Dual training in the craft (regulated by
Training regulation)

Duration of training

3 years

Learning locations

Training company and vocational school (Dual
Ausbildung)

What do you do in this job?

Hairdressers advise their customers in hair care and the choice of a type-appropriate hairstyle Then wash, cut, condition, dye, wave or straighten the hair work in extensions and shave, groom and shape beards. Furthermore, color and shape they eyebrows, create day or festive make-ups, perform manicures and sell Cosmetics and hair care products. You settle accounts with the customer, operate the cash register and arrange customer appointments. In addition, they ensure order and cleanliness at workplaces and in the sales room.

Where can you work?

Employing companies:

Hairdressers find employment

• in hairdressing salons and in sales rooms

• in cosmetic departments of hotels

• in cloakroom or Mask rooms

• in the private rooms of customers

What is important?

Requirements:

• Skill and hand-eye coordination (e.g. when cutting hair or applying Dyes)

• Creativity and a sense of aesthetics (e.g. when designing updos or when voting of highlight color and natural color)

• Customer and service orientation (e.g. in the case of in-depth customer advice)

School subjects:

• Works (e.g. cutting hair, coloring hair, laying perms)

• (e.g. to inform customers about care products and decorative cosmetics)

• Chemistry (e.g. when mixing and using coloring and tinting agents)

• Art (e.g. for an aesthetic feeling for the type-appropriate hairstyle and make-up design)

What do you earn in apprenticeship?

Exemplary training allowances per month (depending on different):

• 1st year of training: 540 $ to 610 $

• 2nd year of training: 660 $ to 720 $

• 3rd year of training: 760 $ to 815 $