Alanna is currently completing her Hairdressing Full-Time Course through Skills Group, with a work placement at Skin Deep Hair – a successful and well-established Plympton salon. Alanna is doing brilliantly, and we caught up with her at the salon to find out more about the course and her placement.
“I originally wanted to go into Health and Social Care, but I started a Saturday job at Skin Deep Hair and loved it. I realised that hairdressing was what I wanted to do going forward, and I was lucky enough to be offered a work placement by the salon and started on the course with Skills Group.
“Due to COVID-19, I’ve been progressing with my course remotely; both my trainer and coordinator are very supportive and check in regularly on my progress. I’m looking forward to going into the Skills Group Training Academy for in-person training as soon as it is safe to do so.
“I’m really enjoying my work placement at Skin Deep Hair too. The team is very supportive and help me whenever I need it. My daily tasks include shampooing, answering the phone, and preparing the salon for clients. I’m building up my experience and confidence every day.
“In the future, I’d like to progress onto an apprenticeship with Skills Group and Skin Deep Hair and develop my hairdressing skills further. My advice to others thinking of starting a full-time course or apprenticeship would be to think about the size of the training provider that you want to join; I chose Skills Group as I liked the fact that it’s smaller than a college so it offers a more personal training experience.”
Well done Alanna on all your success!