HITO Headstart

HITO Headstart is a programme designed to help you settle in to your apprenticeship smoothly, and provides another avenue for you to have any questions answered, figure out how to make the apprenticeship work for you and tips and advice on how to make the most of your journey to becoming 100% qualified.
With weekly Zoom check ins, one of our experienced hairdressers on staff at HITO will talk with you about learning styles, self-motivation, and the expectations of the programme, as well as talking about your 10-credit workbooks and assessments. After three months, your Sales and Training advisor will be ready to see you in your first Training Site Visit and will see you through to the end of the qualification.

HITO Headstart is available to all new hairdressing apprentices. Whether you are signing in to your first year or third year, if you’re brand new to the apprenticeship programme, you are eligible to take part. We are hoping to roll this out to other disciplines very soon!

The one-on-one sessions are all virtual, and take place using Zoom, so you can check in with HITO from anywhere! These chats could be anywhere from 5 to 25 minutes, it’s all up to you! While we will have a general topic to cover, if you want to discuss things in more or less detail, we are here to do that for you!

One of our experienced hairdressers on staff here at HITO!

No, there is no obligation to take part in the HITO Headstart programme. However, we encourage you to at least have an initial chat with our facilitator to run through the apprenticeship programme in a bit more depth and answer any questions you may have before your first training site visit.

There is no additional charge for participating in the HITO Headstart programme.

Please get in touch with your facilitator, call the HITO office on (04) 499 1180, or email support@hito.org.nz