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APPRENTICE?
Apprenticeship A win for everyone Apprenticeships help business across New Zealand by harnessing fresh new talent. Around the world, businesses believe skills shortages and recruitment difficulties are a bigger threat to performance than soaring oil prices and declining consumer spending, Most trade businesses rate vocational training higher than full time training. Apprentices give your workforce the real practical skills and qualifications your business needs now and in the future. The mixture of on and off job learning ensures apprentices learn the skills that work best for your business. Thousands of workplaces offer apprenticeships because they understand the benefits that apprentices bring to their business: • increased productivity • improved competitiveness • a committed and competent work-force. Can your business afford to be left behind while others grow their own?
Grow your business Grow your profits Grow and apprentice
3 main benefits Improve your bottom line Apprenticeships deliver real returns to your bottom line. Apprentices help improve senior productivity and give your salon a competitive edge. Training apprentices can also be more cost effective than hiring skilled staff, leading to lower overall training and recruitment costs.
Fill your skill gaps Do you want employees with skills that fit with your salon needs? Growing your own apprentice creates the skilled workers you need for the future. They can also help you develop the skills to keep pace with the latest technology and fashion trends.
Motivate your workforce Treat your apprentices right and they will be eager, motivated, flexible and loyal to the salon that invested in them. Remember, an apprentice is with you because they want to be. They have made an active choice to learn on the job and make a commitment to a career. This kind of positive energy in your business will help motivate others.
Carleigh Frisby Hairworkz, Balclutha
“My last two apprentices have come straight from Gateway. It’s a great way for you to see if they have got what it takes – if they have the right attitude and are committed.”
“You only have yourself to blame if you don’t have qualified and skilled staff. It is not easy, it is hard work, but it really is rewarding and crucial to growing my business.”
It’s all about the numbers Research conducted in February 2008 by Populus at the first National Apprenticeship Week revealed:
77% 76% 80%
of employers believe apprenticeships make them more
say that apprenticeships provide higher
feel that apprenticeships reduce staff turnover
New ideas mean new business Apprentices bring in fresh ideas and create a real buzz in the salon If you’re an experienced professional, taking on an apprentice is a great way to hone your own skills and tune up your entire business system. By teaching what you do to someone else, you’ll inevitably find ways to improve your own craft. Done well, these benefits will improve the results you’ll deliver, both immediately and in the future.
Grant Bettjeman Bettjemans, Orakei, Auckland
“Everyone wants to be seen as more professional. If we want to get there, we need to raise the bar and we need to train.”
If it were just the apprentice who benefited from these types of schemes it would be unlikely that they would be so popular. There are actually many benefits to the employer and we will consider these here: The employer gets to take over the training of the apprentice and this means that they can give them the exact training that they feel will benefit their type of business. In the past there were many employers who claimed that traditional training courses did not prepare people for the world of work but apprenticeship is the solution to this.
Using apprentices can mean that a business will save a lot of money and time by creating a career pathway in the salon. Qualified staff will be able to train apprentices to fill there own roles in the future. This will be a far more costeffective and productive way of backfilling staff who leave. An apprenticeship scheme adds new blood to a business and at the end of the day will improve the effectiveness of the company. Apprentices certainly add value to businesses and this is why there are so many such schemes now up and running.
More success More productivity More profits
“People who train their own staff do much better in this business. Their stylists have better relationships with clients and their salons are more successful.”
Anne & Phillip Millar Headquarters, Remuera, Auckland
Grow your business with a HITO apprentice Research shows that these salons may gain the most, financially, from HITO apprenticeships.
Busy salons
“The great thing about apprenticeships is that people can earn while they learn. The feedback from our apprentices is overwhelmingly positive as the experience builds confidence and increases their overall understanding of business”
“Apprenticeship is an integrap part of our business and we consistently have apprentices. IT is heart warming to see the difference in our apprentices as they progress the increase in their confidence and desire to succeed is inspiring.”
Theo Paphitis Star of “Dragon’s Den” (TV Show)
Jo Mackie HR Director - Health & Beauty (UK)
“Having apprentices allows you to grow your business. Apprenticeship is definitely a growth tool...I learnt early on that the less time I’m on the floor, the more time I put into my staff, the more the business grows.”
“Apprenticeships just work. I know they work. There are so many benefits - the work is better, the clients get better service, and staff are more motivated and confident.”
Larissa Macleman Blue Cactus, Wellington, (founder).
Ursula Harris Ursula Harris Hair Design, Nelson.
Apprentices have the potential to free up more time for stylists.
Salons with a progressive wage/incentive structure
Stylists are encouraged to use apprentices, and apprentices can see the opportunity for high financial rewards in future.
Salons with high prices
These salons tend to pay stylists more than other salons do, and the value of the time freed up for stylists is high.
Large salons
Larger salons are better able to achieve the optimal mix, and can achieve economies of scale by spreading the cost of training over more apprentices.
Salons doing a lot of colour work
Apprentices can undertake this cost-effectively from an early stage in their training.
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