training and work. How much does a female and male master earn? How to become them from scratch? Pros and cons

Now it is difficult to imagine how one can live without a generalist – a modern hairdresser is certainly useful to society. It helps to create not only beautiful hairstyles for people, but also a mood. After all, everyone knows how much a master who knows a lot about hairdressing can transform the appearance and give self-confidence.

The work of a hairdresser involves several areas:

A hairdresser can be female, male or generalist. Both a woman and a man can master this profession perfectly. Both are popular with customers. The main thing here is what skills and talents the specialist has.

It is very important to have such a master who understands perfectly what they want from him, can always help in changing the image and select the best option.

When choosing the profession of a hairdresser, it is worth considering that there are not only advantages of the profession, but also there are certain disadvantages.

The advantages include the following nuances:

• • the profession is in demand today, and the situation is unlikely to change in the near future, which means that there is always a chance to find a job;

     

• • if you can do your job well, you can earn good money;

     

• • for people prone to experiments and creative approaches, there is always a chance to show their creative abilities;

     

• • with the love of communicating with people, you can always discover something new and interesting;

     

• • hairdressing does not stand still, new techniques, technologies, services are constantly appearing, there is always an opportunity to learn new things and gain additional knowledge.

     

Not without drawbacks either:

• • errors in work are not excluded at first, you need to be prepared for this and not despair immediately if something went wrong;

     

• • clients are different, including those who are too fastidious, you need to find an approach to everyone, and show patience;

     

• • during the working day, with a large influx of clients, it is rarely possible to sit down, which affects the legs and back, preventive procedures are needed to maintain normal health;

• • in addition, you often have to inhale chemicals that can be harmful, so you should protect your respiratory system.

     

If a hairdresser works in a beauty salon or just in a hairdressing salon, he will have to perform a number of duties that are negotiated with the manager immediately upon employment. But usually the professional standard implies that a specialist in any institution of the beauty industry does:

• • haircuts – male and female (depending on specialization);

     

• • hairstyles – everyday, evening, festive, wedding;

     

• • painting using various modern techniques;

     

• • chemical perms and styling;

     

• • care procedures – washing your hair with shampoo, applying balm, conditioner, mask.

     

At the same time, the specialist is obliged to comply with the rules of the organization in which he works, for example, wear a certain uniform, use certain means.

Naturally, a hairdresser must be polite and friendly, take into account the wishes of the client, provide him with all the services that are present in the list developed in the salon, offer novelties, fully informing him about the pros and cons of a particular procedure.

Any specialist in the salon is valuable for his skills and knowledge, as well as the accumulated client base. Often this is required when applying for a job in beauty salons that are in demand among consumers. Often the prices there are quite high, which means that the services must be performed according to the highest class.

In mid-level hairdressing salons, the qualification of a specialist is also important, he must have a diploma of graduation from the relevant educational institution in the desired profile or a document on the completion of hairdressing courses. He must know how basic popular haircuts are made, understand the dyes and other ingredients needed in the work.

Of course, every salon owner prefers to hire a hairdresser with experience in order to avoid unpleasant consequences.

When you get to the salon, you can bring a model with you and demonstrate your skills – get a haircut, color, hairstyle. Then the employer will be able to actually verify the abilities of his future employee and make a decision on his employment.

A specialist working in the salon must have different qualities. First of all, be friendly, benevolent, able to support any conversation, answer all questions about the upcoming procedure.

At the same time, there must be a certain ethics in communication, do not ask inappropriate questions and do not impose your opinion in any caseif the client does not agree to any proposals. Need to be quite flexible in communication.

A creative approach to your work will help you master new techniques and offer them to your clients. The desire for everything new and the desire to learn always has its advantages..

Sometimes it seems to some that you can become a hairdresser from scratch by completing courses. Sometimes this is really enough, but at the same time you need to have a certain talent, artistic thinking, the desire to do something interesting with your own hands.

In order to become a successful hairdresser, in principle, higher education is not required, unless, of course, there are plans to become the head of a large beauty salon. But this is a different direction and other nuances. To get a diploma, master the specialty of a hairdresser after grade 9, you can go to college. At the same time, the main exams for admission will be standard – Russian, mathematics. History, social studies, biology may be added to them, depending on the college.

Today there are many opportunities to take various courses and get a lot of useful information and skills. It all depends on which specialist will conduct them. The theory is pretty easy to master. The main thing here is practice. Information technology today makes it possible even to independently master a profession, there are also many online courses, and these are different directions.

In progress each hairdresser must participate in various seminars, take courses and master classeswhich suit famous hairdressers and stylists. Without this, it is impossible to be a fashionable and sought-after hairdresser with his extensive client base.

Most often, a novice hairdresser without experience begins his journey in some small hairdresser located in a residential area for the convenience of people living here. Prices for services here are usually low, but this attracts many people with modest incomes. But even in such an institution, you can quite build up a client base. It is enough to cut and color two or three clients well. They will definitely come back again, and they will also tell their friends about a good master.

When the experience is gained, and your clients appear, you can get a job in a beauty salon, where the requirements are already higher, and you constantly need to improve yourself. The profession is creative, you need to respond in time to all trends in fashion.

It should be borne in mind that working with people and tools requires a medical book. And you also need to be prepared for the fact that medical examinations will have to be done regularly.

A hairdresser always has the opportunity to earn extra money at home, having issued the status of self-employed, he has the opportunity to maintain his page on social networks and demonstrate his best work there. This will also attract new customers. In a word, earnings in this profession depend on the person himself, his professional qualities, creative abilities, learning ability and the desire to be in trend.