Set up the basin area and colour bar for a heavy colour day

What is going on

Wednesday 16 September is the busiest colour day of the month at South Yarra, with six foil services and two on-scalp bleaches booked before lunch. The Salon Manager will be mixing at the colour bar from 8:30 am and needs the basins, towels, gowns, treatment products and the colour bar ready and hygienic before the first client arrives. He also needs you to shampoo, treat and prepare his first two clients while he is mixing. A recent hazard entry in the incident register found peroxide and bleach powder stored on the same shelf, and the stock register shows bleach powder close to its reorder point.

Your brief

Prepare and sanitise the basin area and colour bar to the chemical handling and infection control standards, deliver two shampoo and treatment services safely, check stock and storage, and report what you find.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

• Read the Chemical Handling and Colour Bar Procedure and the Infection Control Policy and list the set-up checks you must complete for the basin area and the colour bar.
• Prepare the basins, towels, gowns and treatment products, clean and disinfect combs and clips, and record the completed checks on your set-up list.
• Open the Stock and Product Register, check the bleach powder and developer lines for South Yarra, and update the status to Reorder for any line at or below its reorder point.
• Inspect the colour bar cupboard for correct storage, separate any peroxide from bleach powder, and confirm the earlier hazard entry in the incident register can be closed or needs to stay open.
• Shampoo, treat and basin-prepare the first two clients from the Appointment Book, checking each Client Record for scalp sensitivity or allergy notes before you begin.
• Wear the protective equipment required by the procedure during set-up and basin work and note on your list where you used gloves, apron or mask and why.
• Give the Salon Manager a short verbal and written report of what is ready, what is short in stock and any storage or hygiene issue you corrected.

What someone in this role would produce

• Completed basin and colour bar set-up checklist
• Stock register updates for colour and developer lines
• Incident register review note on the storage hazard
• Written report to the Salon Manager