Majority of Level All staff all staff One 51.7% 17.2% Two 53.6% 31.9% Three 27.0% 49.3% Four 10.6% 13.9% No 2.2% 7.3% qualifications Over a third of respondents indicated that their business required staff to progress to higher levels. 51.5% stated that heir business supports / would support staff to progress to higher levels. Only one in ten respondents indicated that their business did not need staff to progress to higher than level two. However, over 93% of respondents said that staff within their business engaged in training. The qualification levels of those respondents who were self-employed (without staff) were generally higher than those who were employed. The most common level reported by self-employed respondents was level three (43.0%) the totals across – all levels for this group were: Difference % of compared to Level at all staff this level levels One -50.1% 1.6% Two -38.1% 15.5% Three +16%% 43.0% Four +21.5% 32.1% No +5.6% 7.8% qualifications Skills issues Hairdressing and barbering are becoming ever increasingly more technical. This is in response to the demands of consumers and the development of products. One of the key skills gaps emerging from the research was the ability to keep up with this
Level All staff Majority of all staff One 51.7% 17.2% Two 53.6% 31.9% Three 27.0% 49.3% Four 10.6% 13.9% No qualifications 2.2% 7.3% Over a third of respondents indicated that their business required staff to progress to higher levels. 51.5% stated that heir business supports / would support staff to progress to higher levels. Only one in ten respondents indicated that their business did not need staff to progress to higher than level two. However, over 93% of respondents said that staff within their business engaged in training. The qualification levels of those respondents who were self-employed (without staff) were generally higher than those who were employed. The most common level reported by self-employed respondents was level three (43.0%) – the totals across all levels for this group were: Level % of at this level Difference compared to all staff levels One 1.6% -50.1% Two 15.5% -38.1% Three 43.0% +16%% Four 32.1% +21.5% No qualifications 7.8% +5.6% Skills issues Hairdressing and barbering are becoming ever increasingly more technical. This is in response to the demands of consumers and the development of products. One of the key skills gaps emerging from the research was the ability to keep up with this