- Other trades certificate or diploma
- or equivalent experience
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
Work setting
- Barbershop or hairstyling salon / studio
Tasks
- Book appointments
- Cut and trim hair according to client's instructions or preferences
- Provide custom hair and scalp treatment
- Shampoo customers' hair
- Provide other hair treatment, such as waving, straightening and tinting and also provide scalp conditioning massages
- Apply bleach, tints, dyes or rinses to colour, frost or streak hair
- Cut, trim, taper, curl, wave, perm and style hair
- Suggest hair style compatible with client's physical features and preferences
- Perform receptionist duties
- Maintain and order supplies
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Hairstylist Licence
Hair styling techniques
- Blow drying
- Hair braiding
- Iron waving / curling
- Twisting
- Roller setting
Hair colouring techniques
- Bleach
- Dyes / tints
- Streaking / highlights
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Experience
- 3 years to less than 5 years
Financial benefits
- Bonus
Support for persons with disabilities
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees
Support for youths
- Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
Support for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
Support for Indigenous people
- Provides cultural competency training and / or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
Support for mature workers
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
Supports for visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities