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一日做啲乜
助理階段主要係洗頭、吹頭、遞工具、清潔同準備染燙用品；升到技師之後就要獨立做剪染燙、同客人溝通髮質同效果、拍照留紀錄、跟進燙染後護理。仲有唔少時間用喺清潔工具、補貨、社交媒體出帖吸客。週末、假期前同農曆新年前係最忙；沙龍通常行輪休，唔一定放紅日。
入行途徑同要準備嘅嘢
最常見係直接入沙龍做學徒／助理，跟師傅學洗吹技巧，再逐步學剪染燙；另一條路係先讀職業訓練局或私人學院嘅美髮課程（例如髮型設計、沙龍營運等），有基本理論同實習經驗再去應徵。無論走邊條路，都要靠練習時數同客人累積：技術、溝通（要問清楚客人想要咩）、衛生同時間管理，四樣缺一都做唔長。行內亦有國際品牌嘅產品訓練同技術認證課程，屬自願性質，唔係執業牌照。
收入模式同晉升
美髮師冇官方薪級：行內常見係「底薪＋拆帳／佣金」，亦有人以租椅方式自僱，產品成本、租椅費、拆帳比例由沙龍同你議定。因此同一個職銜，收入可以差別好大，本站唔寫月薪估算。睇合約時要問清楚：底薪幾多、拆帳幾多百分比、旺季抽成會唔會調整、產品同工具係邊個出。晉升通常係助理 → 技師（髮型師）→ 資深髮型師／技術導師 → 沙龍主管 → 自己開店；有客源同管理能力嘅人，最後多數會選擇自營或合夥開店。
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What the job actually looks like
As an assistant you shampoo, blow-dry, pass tools, clean and prepare colour and perm materials; as a stylist you cut, colour and perm independently, discuss hair condition and results with clients, photograph your work and follow up on aftercare. Plenty of time also goes on cleaning tools, restocking and posting on social media to attract clients. Weekends, pre-holiday periods and the run-up to Lunar New Year are the busiest; salons usually use rotating rest days rather than public holidays.
How people get in
The usual route is to join a salon as an apprentice or assistant, learn shampooing and blow-drying under a stylist, then gradually pick up cutting and colouring; the other route is a hairdressing course at VTC or a private academy (hair design, salon operations), which gives you basic theory and placement experience before you apply. Either way it comes down to hours of practice and repeat clients: technique, consultation, hygiene and time management. Brand-run product and technical certification courses also exist, but they are voluntary, not practising licences.
How pay works and where it leads
There is no official pay scale: the common arrangement is base pay plus a commission split, and some stylists rent a chair and work self-employed, with product costs, chair rent and split percentages negotiated with the salon. Two jobs with the same title can therefore pay very differently, so no monthly figure is given here. Read the contract for the base, the split percentage, whether peak-season rates change, and who pays for products and tools. The usual ladder is assistant → stylist → senior stylist or technical trainer → salon supervisor → your own shop, and many stylists with a solid client base eventually go self-employed or open a salon with partners.