Get ahead in a stylish career and be confident in any salon situation.

This entry level qualification will give you the start you need to work in a hairdressing salon. You'll obtain the skills, knowledge and confidence to get your career as a hairdresser underway and improve your opportunities for obtaining a hairdressing apprenticeship.

As a salon assistant you will be the first staff member to greet a client for their appointment. It's your job to provide them with excellent customer service and ensure that the hairdressers have what they need throughout each appointment.  

You will learn to:

• Shampoo, colour and braid hair
• Maintain hairdressing tools
• Schedule appointments
• Maintain salon presentation and merchandising techniques
• Adhere to workplace health and safety

Enhance your employment options by doing a dual qualification.

At our Geraldton Campus this qualification is offered as part of a dual qualification with the below course:

This entry level qualification is a good start to your career in the make-up and cosmetic retail industry. You'll learn basic skills in workplace communication, client interaction, demonstrating and selling make-up and retail skin care products, and performing routine salon or store functions. Gain the necessary experience to become a retail sales staff member who works across a range of tasks to sell and demonstrate beauty or cosmetic products, this can include in workplaces like beauty and hairdressing salons, retail outlets and department stores.

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Are you looking to get ahead in a stylish career?

This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to assist hairdressers in a salon environment.

A key component of the course is the ongoing practical demonstration of your skills, so you'll need to bring live models to class as required.

By the time you complete this Certificate, you'll have developed the skills to impress potential employers as a salon assistant and be well on your way to becoming a qualified hairdresser.

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Students will gain hands-on experience at our fully equipped salons in Karratha or Broome, working on real clients with industry-standard tools. 

Training covers key skills like shampooing, colouring, styling, and client service, ensuring students are job-ready for salon roles. Students will also learn how to assist in daily salon operations, maintain tools, and ensure a professional work environment.   By the end of the course, students will be equipped to provide top-quality service and step into roles such as salon assistants in hair salons, resorts, or spas, with opportunities for further growth in the hair and beauty industry. Our highly skilled lecturers will share their years of industry knowledge and guide students every step of the way.    

Do you have an eye for style and a career dream to become a hairdresser? 

This course will make you job ready for employment as a salon assistant, on your way to becoming a hairdresser or colour technician. 

The role of salon assistant is an integral position in a hairdressers, helping to ensure the smooth running of the salon and client satisfaction on a day-to-day basis. You’ll learn a range of skills to support hairdressers in taking a client through their entire experience, from providing a warm welcome, performing shampooing, colouring, braiding, hairdrying, maintaining tools and work areas to a high standard and conducting financial transactions. 

Learn from our highly experienced team of passionate lecturers and gain a skillset to become employed as a salon assistant in either a local or boutique hairdressing salon, at a spa, or even at a luxury hotel or resort.

Study in specialist facilities 

Gain hands-on experience in our student Hair, Beauty & Massage Student Clinics working on real clients and developing your technique as well as your interpersonal and communication skills with customers whilst learning the working environment of a salon. You can follow the clinics on Facebook.

Our Mandurah campus underwent exciting developments with new purpose-built training facilities in 2023, including new simulated hair and beauty training facilities, with a hair salon and dedicated training spaces for beauty and massage therapy.

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This is a preparatory qualification which provides a defined and limited range of basic skills and knowledge used in hairdressing salons by individuals who provide assistance with client services. These routine and repetitive tasks are completed under direct supervision and with guidance from hairdressers who manage the client service. 

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