Grow your business with Saks Apprenticeships
Futureproof your business, pass on your skills and get some great incentives whilst doing it!
What is an apprenticeship?
An apprenticeship is a government recognised and approved learning programme, aimed at people over the age of 16. Apprenticeships are an excellent way of training junior members of staff, allowing them to gain hands-on, practical experience while earning a wage.
Apprentices are required to work a minimum of 30 hours per week. However, if they're aged 18 or under, they are not permitted to work more than 40 hours a week, or more than 8 hours a day.
Employers must dedicate 20% of the apprentice's working hours to training and commit to paying their apprentice the national apprenticeship minimum wage for the first year of their employment.
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Why Should I Hire an Apprentice?
We can confidently say that if you are thinking of expanding your team an apprentice could add something different to your salon whilst keeping costs down.
It has been found that an apprentice can improve salon productivity and can improve the staff retention at your business. Existing staff members become empowered to nurture your apprentice, championing them when they do well and wanting to see out the apprenticeship with them.
There are also financial incentives to hiring an apprentice, if they fall within the correct demographic the course costs are completely covered by the Government plus there could be £1000 for your Salon as well as many other incentives for working with Saks Apprenticeships for your apprenticeship support.
Request an employers pack below, or take a look at our Employers Guide To Saks Apprenticeships, and start your journey today.
Why Choose Saks Apprenticeships?
Saks Apprenticeships are proud to be one of the country's top apprenticeship training providers for Hairdressing apprenticeships, Barbering apprenticeships and Beauty Therapy apprenticeships. Over 20 years of experience in Education has taught us that a salon’s greatest asset will always be its people. So, we’ve made it our mission to offer top-quality education that not only teaches technical skills but prepares apprentices for a successful career within their industry.
There are a wide range of apprenticeship standards available, all centred around practical work-based learning, we’ll assign your apprentice a dedicated Saks Apprenticeships Educator. They’ll plan and oversee your apprentice's tailor-made learning programme and offer support and guidance both online and face to face.
Saks Apprenticeships also offer the option of day release hairdressing training as part of your apprentices work-based hairdressing apprenticeship. This training will be at one of our in a modern, friendly salons which are located in our Darlington Hair Academy and Maidstone Hair Academy.
Finding your Apprentice
Once you’ve made the decision to train an apprentice through Saks Apprenticeships, we will help you find the perfect candidate.
We have a dedicated Recruitment Officer who will advertise your apprenticeship vacancies for you on our website, social media channels and the government's vacancy matching service. Not only that, but we will also review all applications for your position to make sure they are suitable for your salon!
Advertising in your salon window is always a great way to attract potential apprentices, so we will supply you with branded materials to display in your salon.
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Request your FREE employers information pack today to find out all you need to know about how Saks Apprenticeships became the UK's favourite Hairdressing and Beauty Training Provider, our Apprenticeships, the incentives available and much more!