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Meeting and greeting

To make sure that clients come back to the salon time and time again, it is important to make them feel welcome when they first arrive.

Focus

5 steps to client care at reception

4 Speak 3 Show 2 Smile 1 Spot
Acknowledge the clients presence immediately. Give a welcoming smile and make eye contact. Ensure that your body language gives positive, open and clear non-verbal messages.

5 Solve
Be polite, using suitable language and tone. Offer help. Apologise for any delays. Respond quickly and appropriately to the clients needs.

Stop what you are doing whenever possible.

This helps to give a positive and friendly impression.

This includes gestures, facial expressions and posture.

Your salon may stipulate a particular greeting.

Follow procedures for making/changing appointments, gowning up, etc.

Discuss what you would do if a client walked in while you were: 1 talking to a workmate about what you did last night 2 speaking to another client at the reception desk. Apply steps 15 to these situations.

Find out what to say by:

reading your salons code of practice or procedures listening to more experienced staff.

Tip Always use the clients name if you know it.

Discuss Look at the picture. Discuss the positive body language shown by the receptionist.

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Meeting and greeting

Task 1
1 Which of these phrases are appropriate for greeting an adult client? Tick your choices. a
Hang on, Ill be there in a sec.
Tip

Task

Good afternoon. How may I help you?

Hello. Can I help you?

Look back at step 4 on the focus page.

Sorry to keep you waiting. What can I do for you?

Hi. Judy isnt it? Here again then?

Dyou have an appointment then?

2 Listen to the phrases above. Discuss the following with a partner. a Which phrase is said in a bored tone of voice? b What message would it give to the client? 3 Work with a partner. Look at the Reception pictures from the Source material. a Discuss which two pictures are examples of good practice. b Note down three different positive things the receptionist is doing in each of the pictures you chose.

Tip Think about the message given by both the language and tone.

Tip Look out for things that make the receptionist seem welcoming, friendly, helpful or interested.

Task 2
Work with a partner. Imagine that you are in charge of reception. You are carrying out the following jobs when you spot a new client waiting at the reception desk. Discuss what you would do. 1 sweeping up hair 2 cleaning the reception area 3 taking a telephone call from a client 4 sitting at the computer updating another clients record
Tip Use steps 15 on the focus page as a guide.

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Recognise positive ways of meeting and greeting clients.

SLc/L1.1

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Using the telephone

Good telephone skills are important to give a good impression and deal with clients effectively. You will be judged by what you say, so you should be polite, cheerful and helpful from the moment you pick up the telephone to the moment you replace the receiver. Here is an example of how you might respond to a client on the telephone.
1 Take the call 2 Listen carefully

Focus

Use an appropriate greeting and give the name of the salon. Offer help.

Tips

Smile so that your voice sounds cheerful. Speak clearly.

Listen for key details. If the caller has a lot to say, make comments to show that you are listening. Make notes.

5 Close the conversation

3 Check details 4 Confirm details

Thank the caller by name. Use an appropriate closing phrase.

Explain anything the caller needs to know. Summarise the key details. Check that the caller has understood.

Ask for more information. Ask the caller to spell their name. Repeat any information back. Ask the caller to repeat anything that is not clear. Offer alternatives if necessary.

1 Listen to the client. Write down: a the name of the stylist the client requests b when the client wants to come in.

2 a What further information would you need from the client? b What would you do if the stylist is not working on the day the client requests?

3 Listen to the caller. Use the Blank telephone message sheet from the Source material to make a note of the message you need to pass on.

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Using the telephone

Task 1
4

Task

Tips

1 Listen to the telephone call from a client. On the notepad below write the clients name and the service he requires.

Listen carefully for the key details. Use abbreviations.

2 You also need to know the date and time of day the client wants to book for and whether he wants a particular stylist. Write the questions you would ask to get this information in the speech-bubbles.

Tip Use clear and appropriate language.

Task 2
1 Work with a partner. Role-play a conversation between a receptionist and a client using the Client cards from the Source material.

Tips for the receptionist

One person is the client and the other is the receptionist. The receptionist should have a copy of the Telephone call summary sheet from the Source material, to use as a reminder of how the call might be handled. The client should choose one Client card. Use the information to respond to questions from the receptionist. Sit back to back. Role-play the conversation from the moment the receptionist answers the telephone. At the end of the call, check that the correct key details have been written down.

Ask questions to check and confirm information. Make notes.

Tips for the client

2 Swop roles and repeat the role-play using another Client card.
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Practise answering a call, including listening for information, checking and confirming details and using appropriate language.

Prepare the information suggested on the card. Only answer the questions you are asked.

SLlr/L1.1; SLlr/L1.3; SLlr/L1.4; SLc/L1.1; SLc/L1.2

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Dealing with enquiries

Type of service 1. Shampoo and set 2. Blow dry only 3. Cut and blow dry short hair 4. Cut and blow dry long hair 5. Dry trim or wet cut 6. Colour full head, permanent colour or bleach 7. Colour regrowth, permanent colour or bleach 8. Highlights/lowlights 9. Perm 10. Dress long hair
A L L A S TA

Focus

Time (maximum) 35 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 25 minutes 45 minutes 35 minutes

In order to answer clients questions, you need to be able to find information quickly and pass it on accurately.
Finding information

Hair Care Products

PRICE LIST

Look at how the information is set out. Use the format to find information quickly.

30 minutes (Prices given for 100 ml unless otherwise stated) 2 hours 7.50 2 hours 9.50 1 hour 309.00 minutes
9.99 17.50 7.50

11. Multiple plaits with added hair hair) Shampoosingle (greasy, dry, coloured and normal 12. Scalp plaits (full head) (all hair types) Intensive scalp treatment
Conditioner (greasy, dry, coloured and normal hair)

13. Shampoo, blow finish African Caribbean CERI CHE R RY dry (for and red hair) hair short Shampoo*
Conditioner

Subheadings are often written in a different size, colour, font or are in bold to make them stand out.

14. Shampoo, dry and finish African Caribbean Shampoo blow 200 ml hair long 200 ml Conditioner
(*Special offer buy 2 get 1 free)

1 hour 45 minutes 18.99 20 minutes

2.00 24.00 10.99 10 99

15. Scalp massage

DOCTOR 4 HAIR Intensive hair serum (normal/dry hair) (trial size 1 application) Intensive hair serum (normal/dry hair) (12 applications) Straightening gel Frizz ease

Alphabetical order helps you to find information quickly by tracking down the list for the correct first letter.

PRICE LIST
Prices from Re-style & blow dry long hair short hair Cut & blow dry Blow dry only long hair short hair long hair short hair 40.00 35.00 35.00 30.00 18.00 13.00

Columns go down . Rows go across .

Sometimes information is chunked into sections.

Childrens cut & blow dry* Mens cut & blow dry

20.00 18.0025.00

Full-head high/lowlights, cut & blow dry Full-head high/lowlights & blow dry

70.00 58.00

Extra information might be in: italics (brackets) smaller writing. It might be marked by an asterisk *.

Half-head high/lowlights, cut & blow dry Half-head high/lowlights & blow dry

60.00 48.00 22.00

Tips 1 2 3 4

Tint regrowth (roots)

Passing information on to the client

Scan down a column or list for a key word. Trace across a row to match up the information. Use your finger or a straight edge to help you. Try to remember as much information as you can.

Ask for further details if necessary. Give clear and accurate information. Include further information where helpful. Be positive.

How much do you charge for a childs haircut?

1 What would you need to ask the client before answering the question? 2 Listen to the clients question. How would you answer her?
5

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Dealing with enquiries

You will need three lists from the Source material for these tasks:

Task

Hair by Rhia price list Type of service list Hair care products price list

Task 1
1 Time how long it takes you to find the answer to each clients question. Write your answers in the empty speech-bubbles. a
How long does a dry trim take?

Is that Doctor 4 Hair intensive hair serum just for dry hair?

Times

c
a b c

How much will it be to have just my roots re-growth done?

Tip Give clear and accurate answers to the questions.

2 What extra information could you give the client about the Doctor 4 Hair intensive hair serum? Write the information in the speech-bubble as you would say it to the client.

Tip Think about the best way for the client to try the product to see if she likes it.

Task 2
Work with a partner. You will also need the Enquiry cards from the Source material. a Give each person two cards of each colour (six cards altogether). Place the cards face down. b Take turns to ask the questions on the cards. Find the answers using the information on the list of the same colour.
454
Find information in order to answer client enquiries.

Tips

Match the colour of the list to the card. Use the format to find the information quickly. Give full answers, and add extra information where helpful.

SLlr/L1.6; SLc/L1.3; Rt/L1.4; Rt/L1.5

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Legal requirements in the salon

It is important to know about the laws and legislation that affect your work in the salon. Your knowledge of the law can affect what you do every day.

Focus

Clients may have the legal right to take action against you if you reveal information about them to anybody else.

Im sorry Mrs Jones, I cant show you your records, theyre private.

You want Mrs Shaws phone number? Yes, its 01234 567890.

We keep the record cards on the desk so that anybody can get them out easily.

You may have to read a long document about some legislation; try these strategies to help you get the information you need.
1 Look over the text quickly and decide what it is about. The headings and subheadings are useful here.
Data Protection Act 1998
The Data Protection Act (DPA) applies to any business that uses computers or paper-based systems for storing personal information about its clients and staff. It places obligations on the person holding the information (data controller) to deal with it properly. It gives the person that the information concerns (data subject) rights regarding the data held about them.

2 Ask yourself what you want to find out. Think about the questions you would like answered.

The duties of the data controller There are eight principles put in place by the DPA to make sure that data is handled correctly. By law, the data controller must keep to these principles. The principles say that the data must be:

3 Read a small section at a time. Make sure you understand all the words look up any that puzzle you.

1. fairly and lawfully processed 2. processed for limited purposes 3. adequate, relevant and not excessive 4. accurate 5. not kept for longer than is necessary 6. processed in line with your rights 7. secure 8. not transferred to other countries without adequate protection. The rights of the data subject There are seven rights under the DPA. 1. The right to subject access 2. The right to prevent processing 3 The right to prevent processing for direct marketing

4 Think about each section you have read. You may need to read it more than once or read it aloud to get the sense.

5 Repeat what you have read in your own words. Explain it to a friend to see if it makes sense to them.

6 At the end, go back to your questions to see if they have been answered.

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Legal requirements in the salon

Task 1
You will need the Consumer legislation information from the Source material. Use the techniques for reading long documents from the focus page to fully understand what it says. Answer the questions by ticking () your choices (some questions may have more than one correct answer). 1 Look over the whole text quickly. What is consumer legislation about? a what the law says about the rights of people who buy and sell goods or services b how to treat awkward customers c the law regarding eating and drinking 2 What are you are expecting to find out as you read? a the rights of the clients in the salon b who to complain to c the responsibilities of the hairdressers to the clients 3 Read the section about the Supply of Goods and Services Act. When could a client complain about a salon? a if they did not like the finished result b if the salon charged too much for a trim c if the stylist took too long to do the trim 4 Go back to question 2. Does what you have read answer your questions about it?
Tip

Task

Use the headings and subheadings to help you decide.

Tip Think about the questions that the text might answer.

Tips

Task 2
When you have read the whole page, answer these questions. Circle your answers. 1 How many days must a product have been on sale before you can advertise it as a sale item at a reduced price? 28 68 87

Read the text aloud. Read it more than once. Underline any words and phrases that puzzle you. Look them up in a dictionary or the glossary. Explain the text to yourself or to a friend.

2 Who is responsible for the state of the products sold in a salon? the person who made it the person who sold it the person who bought it

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Read longer documents using a specific reading technique.

Rt/L1.4; Rt/L2.1; Rt/L2.2; Rt/L2.3; Rt/L2.7; Rt/L2.8; Rw/L1.1

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Legal requirements in the salon

Task 3
You will need the Consumer legislation information from the Source material. Use the techniques on the focus page to read the information. Use the information to decide what the stylist should say to each of these customers. Circle your answers. Discuss with a partner why you chose your answer. 1
This hairbrush you sold me is plastic. It says on the box it has natural bristles.

Task

2
I bought this hair dryer yesterday and I dropped it this morning. Now it wont work. Could I have a new one please?

a Im sorry. The boxes must have got muddled up. Ill find you a real bristle brush. b Plastic bristles would be best for your hair. c Im sorry. Theres a muddle in the stock room. Somebody needs to sort it out.

a Ill get a new hairdryer for you now. b Well get it repaired for you. c Im afraid that we are not legally responsible for the damage you caused yourself.

3
I washed my hair with the special shampoo for blonde hair that you sold me. Look at the colour it is now!

That will be 40.50 please. 40.50! But I thought a perm was 30!

a Its quite a pretty shade. b Thats happened to everyone whos used it. Its the manufacturers fault. c It seems there's a problem with the shampoo. Would you like to discuss compensation with the manager?

a Yes, but youve got very difficult hair so we decided to charge more. b Im sorry. Youre right. It says 30 on the price list so thats what well charge you. c You never give tips so we charge you extra.

457

Read longer documents using a specific reading technique.

Rt/L1.4; Rt/L2.1; Rt/L2.2; Rt/L2.3; Rt/L2.7; Rt/L2.8; Rw/L1.1

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Making appointments
Making appointments is an essential part of work in a salon. To do it properly, you need to use lots of different skills sometimes all at once! And you must remember to be polite to the clients, both on the telephone and face to face.

Focus

You need to ask questions to get extra information from clients.

You need to know the system the salon uses for making appointments. Do you write in a diary or use a computer?

You need to know the abbreviations the salon uses for different treatments.

You need good listening skills.

You need to know the prices of the different treatments and products.

You may need to fill in appointment cards.

You need to know the days and hours that each stylist works.

You need to know which treatments each stylist specialises in.

You need to spell peoples names correctly.

You need to be able to manage time and dates.

You need to know how much time the salon allows for each treatment.

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Making appointments
Task 1
6

Task

You will need the Telephone technique checklist from the Source material. 1 Listen to the hairdresser talking to a customer on the telephone. 2 As you listen, tick all the things on the checklist that the hairdresser does. 3 Compare your checklist with a partners. Discuss any ways in which the hairdresser could improve her telephone technique.

Task 2
7

Work with a partner. 1 Listen to the hairdresser making an appointment with a client after she had paid for her treatment. 2 Discuss these photographs. Which of these hairdressers do you think is responding to the client appropriately? Tick your choice. a b c

What night are we open late?

Is that Mrs Smarts coat?

459

Talk appropriately on the phone. Be aware of body language when talking face to face.

SLlr/L1.3; SLlr/L2.1; Rt/L1.5

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Making appointments
Sometimes you need to ask the client for extra information, such as how to spell their name. What can happen if the name is written in the appointment book incorrectly?
The space you have to write in is very small, and other people need to read what you have written.

Task

Would you like to come this way Mrs Brown? Mrs Brown?

Make sure the pencil is sharp. Write as small as you can. Use capital letters if it makes your writing clearer. Think of a way to shorten the name if it is a long one.

Write Mrs Lucinda Higgingbottoms name in this space.

Hint: do you need a first name or title?

Task 3
8

Listen to the stylists making appointments with clients. Decide which stylist deals with the situation best. Tick your choice.

Task 4
Time can be written and spoken in different ways. Complete the appointment sheet using the information given.
Im Mrs Jones. Id like an appointment at a quarter past nine. Im Mrs Smith. Id like an appointment at a quarter to 10. Im Mr Brown. Id like an appointment at half past ten.

00

15 30 45 00 15 30 45 00 15 30 45

Mrs Jones

10
Im Mrs Singh. Id like an appointment at eleven oclock. Im Mr Price. Id like an appointment at a quarter to twelve.

11

460

Ask appropriate questions. Write and speak the time in different ways.

SLc/E3.4; MSS1/E3.3

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Making appointments
Task 5
You will need the Service times list and the Abbreviations list from the Source material. For each customer: 1 shade in the chunk of time that the stylist needs to complete the treatment 2 write in the treatment that each client requires using the correct abbreviation.
Im Miss Green. I'd like a blow dry at 2 oclock.
Miss Greens appointment is at 2 oclock (2:00). The salon allows 30 minutes for a standard blow dry. 30 minutes is two chunks of 15 minutes, so two spaces need to be shaded in.
00

Task

15 30 45 00 15 30 45 00 15 30 45 00 15 30 45

Miss Green b/d

Mrs Havers here. Have you got time to do my roots and a blow dry for me at a quarter past 4?

Im Emma Winston. Ive got long hair. I'd like a blow dry to finish at a quarter to 4.

Hi. Chris Slater here. Can you fit me in for a gents cut at 5:00?

Hello Im Mr Ling. Id like a beard trim. Can I come at 3:45?

3 When can the stylist have a tea break?

Task 6
You will need the table called My Salon from the Source material. Fill in the information about your salon in the appropriate columns.

Tips Keep a list of the services your salon offers. Add the abbreviations for the services, as well as which stylists specialise in which services.

My salon
Service or treatment Abbreviation Time taken Cost Specialist stylist

Gents cut

g/c

30 mins

13

Moira

461

Fill in the correct number of spaces in the appointment book. Make a list of the services available in the salon.

MSS1/L1.2; MSS1/L1.3; HD1/E3.4

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Making appointments
When you write down an appointment for a client, you need to think about:

Task

Bubbles
Date

Please retain this card for future appointments

how to write the date and the time how to spell the name of the stylist how to work out when the next appointment should be.

Time

Stylist

A client wants an appointment in 4 weeks time. How do you work it out?

Today is Monday August 1st. For an appointment in 4 weeks time, count on four Mondays from today (dont include today). The next appointment should be on August 29th. Only count the boxes with numbers in them.

If appointments are missed or are cancelled within 24 hours of the appointment, a charge will be made.

AUGUST M 1 8 15 22 29 T 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 SEPTEMBER M T W T 1 5 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30 S 3 10 17 24 S 4 11 18 25 T 4 11 18 25 F 5 12 19 26 S 6 13 20 27 S 7 14 21 28

Task 7
Find out the date of the next appointment for these clients. 1 4 weeks from Tuesday 2nd August 2 3 weeks from Saturday 6th August 3 6 weeks from Wednesday August 3rd 4 5 weeks from Friday August 19th
12 19 26

Task 8
This table shows three different ways of writing the date. Fill in the missing dates. The first row has been done for you.
2nd February 2006 15th March 2006 27th April 2006 30th November 2006 3rd August 2006 8th July 2006 13th June 2006

2.2.06

02/02/2006

Tip Dates can be written in many different ways.

02/05/06 2.5.06 May 2nd

Find out if your salon has a way that the date is to be written.

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Work out when the next appointment should be. Write the date in a number of different ways.

MSS1/L1.3; MSS1/E2.3

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Making appointments
Time can be written in many different ways. All of these mean 9 oclock in the morning:

Task

The minutes can be written in different ways too.

4

9 oclock

9 am

09:00

All of these mean 9 oclock in the evening:

9 oclock 21:00

9 pm 2100

9.45 1 to 10 a quarter to ten 0945 09:45

Tip Find out how times are written in your salon and practise that way.

Task 9
The table below shows three different ways of writing the time. Fill in the missing times. The first row has been done for you.
eleven oclock in the morning a quarter past two in the afternoon a quarter to five in the afternoon half past nine in the morning three oclock in the afternoon 11:00 14:15 11:00 am

Task 10
Write these appointment times and dates on the cards. Use this year. 1

Bubbles
So Julie will cut and blow dry your hair on July eighth at half past 2.
Date

Please retain this card for future appointments

Time

Stylist

Ive made you an appointment with Michael for a quarter past 10 on December the twenty-second.

Bubbles
Date

Please retain this card for future appointments

Time

Stylist

Bubbles
Roy will do your perm at a quarter to six on the ninth of April.
Date

Please retain this card for future appointments

Time

Stylist

463

Write time in different ways. Fill in an appointment card.

MSS1/E2.3; MSS1/L1.2

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Making appointments
Task 11
9

Task

Use the information from this conversation between a receptionist and a client to add the clients appointment to the Part-completed appointments page from the Source material. You will also need the Service times page from the Source material.

Tip Remember to use the right abbreviation, and put the appointment under the name of the person who will be doing the clients hair.

464

Book an appointment for a customer.

Rw/E3.1; Rt/E3.5; SLlr/E3.2; MSS1/E3.3

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Handling cash
Counting money IN

Focus

Count the notes first. Work from the highest value notes to the lowest value notes. Next count the coins. Work from the highest value coins to the lowest value coins. Tell the customer the amount you have counted. Accurately key in the amount of cash.

How much cash has this customer handed over? Write the amount in words.

SP EC IM EN

Key in the correct amount.

Counting money OUT

Always try to use the least number of notes or coins. Count the notes first. Work from the highest value notes to the lowest value notes. Then count the coins. Work from the highest value coins to the lowest value coins. Tell the customer the amount of change you have given them.

Which coins will you give to this customer?

How will you say this amount? Write it in words.

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Handling cash
What do you do when this happens?
Thats 10.75, please. Ive got the 75p if it helps.

Task

You can think of it like this: When the customer handed over 20, the correct change was 9.25. Now the customer has handed over 75p more than 20, so the correct change is 75p more than 9.25. The correct change is now 10.00.

OR

The you The The

customer has given 20.75. bill is 10.75 correct change is 10.

Task 1
1 What change will you give to this customer?
Thats 32.50, please. Oh heres the 50p.

2 What change will you give to this customer?

Thats 21.50 please. Ive got 1.50 if that helps.

466

Handle cash and give the correct change.

MSS1/E2.1; MSS1/E2.2

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Non-cash payments
TCXC
BANK
1 DATE
PAY

Focus

40-00-00

000017 12345678

01/11/2006 49.95 P. Peterson

2

Snippets

3
A/C PAYEE

Forty-nine pounds and ninety-five pence only

Cheque No. Sort Code Account No.

MS P PETERSON

000017

40-00-00

12345678

5489351712452418 123

5489 3517 1245 2418

MS P PETERSON 01 400000 12345678 06/05 07/08 6 5
SORT CODE ACCOUNT NUMBER VALID FROM EXPIRES

7
100
CHEQUE

7153 9845
1

When presented with a cheque and guarantee card, remember to examine the following: 1 The date does it show todays date? Are the day, the month and the year correct? 2 The amount is it the amount due? Does the amount in numbers match the amount in words? 3 Payable to has the salon or company name been shown correctly? 4 The signature does the signature on the cheque match the one on the card? Does the spelling match the printed name? 5 The expiry date is the card still valid? 6 The sort code are the sort code numbers on the card and the cheque the same? 7 Card limit does the cheque exceed this amount? If it does, seek authorisation from a senior member of staff before proceeding with the payment.
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Non-cash payments
Task 1
A customer is paying by cheque for treatment at Sleeks Salon costing 174.95. Look carefully at the cheque and cheque guarantee card. List any problems that you find.

Task

MR J J JACKSON 01 38-00-09 12345678 12/05 11/08

100

TCXC

BANK
DATE

38-00-09 000017 12345678

PAY

Sleeks Salon
A/C PAYEE

One hundred and forty-seven pounds and ninety-five pence only

Cheque No. Sort Code Account No.

174.95
MR J J JACKSON

J J Jackson

000017

38-00-09

12345678

468

Receive payments by cheque.

N1/E3.1; Rw/E3.1; Rw/E3.2; Ws/E3.1; Ww/E3.1

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Tills and floats

Handling money is a huge responsibility. You must take great care to make sure that the money is correct at the end of the day. Filling in the cashing-up slip
1 Count how much money there is for each type of note or coin. 2 Write the amount in the columns on the cashing-up slip. Example: Remember!

Focus

Column headings show where to write the pounds () and the pence (p). You do not write the decimal point.

Tips

6 20 = 120 3 Once you have written in all the amounts, add them to find the total amount of money in the till. You can use a calculator to help you.

Write numbers clearly. It helps prevent mistakes when you add the numbers up. If there are no pounds, write 0 in the pounds column. If there are no pence, write 00 in the pence column.

Cashing-up slip
Till no: Date: Name: 50 120 470 90 44 58 8 7 6 4 0 0 859 50 809 p 00 00 00 00 00 00 50 20 70 35 90 32 97 00 97

The float is a sum of money put into the till at the start of a shift, to use for change.

Tip Count the float as soon as you receive it. If it is not correct, the till will not balance at the end of the day.

Cash takings is the money received from customers. This is how you calculate it: Cash takings = total in the till float The cash takings at the end of the day must be the same as the amount shown on the till report. This means the till has balanced.

50 20 10 5 2 1 50p 20p 10p 5p 2p 1p TOTAL Less float CASH TAKINGS

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Tills and floats

Task 1
Complete the cashing-up slip.
Cashing-up slip
Till no: Date: Name: 50 20 10 5 2 1 50p 20p 10p 5p 2p 1p TOTAL Less float CASH TAKINGS p

Task

330 185

00 00

50

85

Remember!
50 00

Cash takings = total float

Tip Always check your calculations. Here are some checking methods.

Repeat the calculation to see if you get the same answer. Add the cash takings to the float the amount should be the same as the total.

470

Understand and complete a cashing-up slip.

MSS1/E3.1

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Stock control
Stock control is an important part of hairdressing. You must be able to count and calculate accurately.

Focus

Carrying out a stock count

It is important that your salon doesnt run out of stock. You may be asked to do a stock count in order to check how much stock there is:

81 82 83 84 95 Oops! I think I lost count again.

in the store cupboard in use in the salon on display.

Which method do you use? 8 boxes; 12 items in each box. Thats 8 12 = 96 plus the 2 odd ones, so that makes 98 altogether.

Working out how much stock to re-order

Products are expensive and storage space is often limited. Some salons have a maximum stock level and a minimum stock level (sometimes called the re-order level).

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Weekly stock check
Item Maximum stock level

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The maximum stock level tells you the most stock the salon should have. The minimum stock level tells you the least stock the salon should have.

Number in stock

Minimum stock level (re-order level) 30 20 15

Number to re-order

Thickening shampoo Thickening conditioner Thickening mousse

40 30 25

28 16 18

12 14 0

When stock falls below the minimum stock level, an order is placed to return stock to the maximum stock level.

Right, conditioner. The most we can have in stock is 30. The fewest we can have is 20. Weve only got 16, so thats 4 fewer than we should have. Ill order 14, to make the 16 up to the 30 maximum.

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Stock control

Task

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Weekly stock check
Item Maximum stock level 40 50 40 50

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Number in stock

Minimum stock level (re-order level) 30 40 30 30

Number to re-order

Styling gel (250 ml) Styling mousse (250 ml) Gel spray (200 ml) Hair spray (300 ml)

Task 1
Carry out the weekly stock check and fill in the number in stock column on the form.

Task 2
Calculate how much stock you need to order so that the stock is at the maximum stock level. Fill in the number to re-order column on the form.
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Complete a stock check and re-order stock.

Remember! Maximum stock level number in stock = number to re-order

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