00:02It looks the part, but this salon is a training ground, producing the next generation of hairdressers.
00:08I do quite a lot, being in my second year, so I'm doing colours, cuts, blow-waves.
00:15Honing your craft as an apprentice requires willing participants.
00:19Offering cut-price cuts helps override client concerns.
00:23I thought, oh, well, they do, you know, they over-process my hair, even just blow-drying it incorrectly.
00:28They were so good, yeah, so I thought, yeah, why not? The husband liked it, so it's even better.
00:34Whatever happens, you're stuck with for a little bit of time, so, you know, you do enlist some trust.
00:41Demand for apprentice hairdressers at TAFE Queensland salons is growing across the state,
00:47with year-on-year bookings increasing up to 70% in some areas.
00:51We think that's obviously related to the cost-of-living pressures.
00:55For some, a budget blow-dry means more money for other luxuries.
01:00We can travel a little bit more, not spending so much going to the hairdressers.
01:04A $10 haircut in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis has obvious benefits for clients,
01:09but apprentices are reaping the rewards as well.
01:12The turnover is higher, and that allows them then to work on their timing and their accuracy.
01:19And experience in how to deal with quiet or cantankerous customers.
01:25I always find, just like, fight it with kindness.
01:29A few more times, even though it needs to come to thekeeper.
01:32one has been demanding a little bit less,
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