Would you consider working abroad in an English-speaking country after your apprenticeship as a hairdresser is completed? If so, the interview below will give you an idea of what it is like to work as a hairdresser in the UK.
Hairdresser Apprentice
Listening
Before listening, use the dictionary to check that you know the meaning of the following words: manic, appointment, client, consultation, confident, event, occasion, variety, blow dry, chart
Listen to the following interview with a hairdresser in the UK and find out:
- Where she works. (type of company - large/small, etc)
- Where about in the UK she works.
- Why she chose this profession.
- What type of tasks she has to do on a typical day at work.
- What personal qualities she suggests are needed by a hairdresser.
- Does she describe any work processes or services that she provides?
- What she likes best and least about her job.
- How she thinks this line of work will change in the future.
- Where she sees herself in 5 - 10 years' time.
Hairdresser - Interview
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Hairdresser - Interview
Apprenticeship and Training
- Find out about becoming a hairdresser in the UK. Make a table with 3 columns: What does the job involve, the salary and the qualifications and training required. Below, you will find some useful links.
- Now compare a hairdresser's job and education in the UK with a hairdresser's job and education in Norway. Utdanning - Yrkesbeskrivelse
Dialogue
After you have practised, add more dialogue for some of the following situations:
- The customer rejects the hairdresser 's suggestions and asks for the opposite treatment.
- The telephone rings, the hairdresser excuses herself/himself to answer it.
- The customer is male not female.
- The hairdresser sees that the customer has dandruff and suggests a treatment.
- After the customer has had her hair cut etc. ask if she would like blow drying, hairspray, etc.
- The customer is going to pay, tell her how much it cost and ask if she would like any hair products, such as conditioner, shampoo, hairspray, styling foam, etc.
Learning content
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