Track every apprentice skill sign-off from first model night to certified stylist

Salon Apprentice Training & Skill Sign-off turns scattered paper lists and manager memory into one auditable system for model sessions, skill sign-offs, price-band releases and unit certification.

The problem

Apprentice readiness lives in a manager's head or a fridge-door tick list. There is no time-stamped proof a skill was mastered or a unit's required model sessions were completed, leaving compliance audits and price-band decisions resting on memory, not evidence.

The solution

Every model session and skill sign-off is logged against the apprentice, skill and supervisor, moves through a Draft, Confirmed and manager-approved Done workflow, and automatically updates unit progress, certification and price-band release — with a full chatter audit trail.

Capabilities

Everything a salon training program needs

Every capability below is implemented in the module.

01

Skill Sign-off Records

Capture skill, skill group, level reached and linked model sessions in dedicated fields instead of free text, giving every assessment a structured, auditable record.

02

Model Session Tracking

Log each supervised practice session with apprentice, model, service practised, supervisor and time taken, building the evidence trail required for unit completion.

03

Price-Band Release

Link a completed sign-off directly to the price band an apprentice is released to, connecting training evidence to revenue readiness in one record.

04

Head-Count Progress

Track supervised heads completed against the count required by each apprenticeship unit, with a visual progress bar so managers see completion at a glance.

05

Time Variance Alerts

Compare actual service time to a configurable commercial benchmark on every session, with automatic on-target or over-time flagging when a threshold is breached.

06

Visual Skill Matrix

A pivot-style matrix of every apprentice against every skill shows completion status across the whole team at a glance, instead of opening records one by one.

07

Automatic Unit Certification

When an apprentice's supervised heads and required skill sign-offs are both complete, the unit is certified automatically with a time-stamped chatter note.

08

Manager Dashboards

A single view of pending sign-offs grouped by stylist and supervisor, plus a workload dashboard of sessions and hours by supervisor, so nothing waits unseen.

09

Bulk Group-Night Wizards

Create a whole group model night's sessions in one guided wizard, then confirm or mark a multi-select of sessions done together with the bulk assess action.

Workflow

How it works

1

Log the session

Record a model session or skill sign-off against the apprentice, skill, model and supervising stylist, straight from the appointment or the training menu.

2

Confirm & review

A supervisor confirms the session or sign-off; time variance and head counts are calculated automatically against a configurable threshold.

3

Manager sign-off

A Training Manager marks the record Done, releasing the price band and locking the core fields for a tamper-evident audit trail.

4

Track & certify

Unit progress, the skill matrix and supervisor workload update automatically, and the unit is certified the moment heads and skills are both complete.

Questions

Frequently asked

No sales fog. If your question isn't here, email us and we'll answer it the same way.

Yes. Skill sign-offs and model-night tracking ship together in one module, covering the full apprenticeship lifecycle instead of two separately priced add-ons.

Get the app

Buy it on the Odoo App Store

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Salon Apprentice Training & Skill Sign-off

Time-stamped skill sign-offs, model session tracking and a visual skill matrix with automatic unit certification — plus price-band release and time variance alerts.

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