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Jesse Birdseye practising his “styling up” skills under the watchful eye of salon owner Alicia Pidgeon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 25, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

How did you spend “iso”? Some binge-watched TV but if you’re like young Jesse Birdseye you also did Year 12 assignments, studied at TAFE, worked two days a week AND completed a professional body-piercing course on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

Did we mention that Jesse also went to “boot camp” during the April holidays so he could start learning “styling up” ahead of this year’s school formals?<\/p>\n

Jesse, who lives in Nanango, is just 17 but he’s well on his way to his dream career in hairdressing.<\/p>\n

He’s a second year school-based apprentice, balancing study at Nanango State High School with his work at Alicia Pidgeon’s Spa and Hairworx in Murgon.<\/p>\n

Jesse is completing a Certificate III in Hairdressing which he is studying through Caboolture TAFE.\u00a0He was doing his Certificate II in Kingaroy but had to go further afield for the Cert III.<\/p>\n

But why Murgon?<\/p>\n

“It’s the only place in the South Burnett that has hairdressing and body piercing,” Jesse explained.<\/p>\n

Alicia’s salon has two full-time staff members, one casual worker plus two “after-school” helpers.<\/p>\n

Jesse works one school day a week at the salon plus Saturdays.<\/p>\n

During the two-week school holidays, he’s even busier: one day at Caboolture TAFE (two hours away) plus a total of seven days at the salon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a 50-minute trip each way for Jesse to come to work, but he doesn’t mind, although he admits that when he finishes Year 12, he may move a bit closer to Murgon!<\/p>\n

For the first six months, Jesse’s parents accompanied him on the drives while he notched up the hours on his “L” plates.<\/p>\n

Now he drives himself … paying for his own petrol, registration and car insurance.<\/p>\n

Jesse enrolled in the $2700 professional body-piercing course in August last year.<\/p>\n

The course – which covered infection control, specialist piercing and microdermal implants –\u00a0consisted of six months of online content plus a week-long, hands-on practical course on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

The reward is a nationally recognised qualification which now makes Jesse one of only a couple of fully qualified body piercers in the South Burnett.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The practical sessions were scheduled for January 13-17 but were postponed after the bushfires prevented some other students attending.<\/p>\n

The course was re-scheduled for February 17-21 so Jesse cancelled his accommodation and booked again … but these new dates were in the middle of his Year 12 assessment period!<\/p>\n

Undeterred, Jesse tried to get as many of his school assignments done a week before his classmates; the work he didn’t get finished he took with him to the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

After spending 9:00am to 5:00pm each day on the body-piercing prac, Jesse would settle down and do his schoolwork.<\/p>\n

He was supposed to go back to the Gold Coast for another two-day session in July to finish the course, but COVID-19 restrictions put an end to this plan.<\/p>\n

However, Jesse wasn’t going to be put off that easily from his hard-earned qualification.<\/p>\n

He contacted the training providers, Eze Training, and came to an agreement: instead of the final two days, he completed a detailed flow-chart which explained all he had learned – as well as a First Aid certificate.<\/p>\n

Alicia is proud of the enormous effort that Jesse has put in over the past few months to get his qualifications, and his determination to succeed in his planned profession.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She paid for the First Aid certificate but Jesse stumped up the cash for the course and his hairdressing equipment.<\/p>\n

He hopes to finish his apprenticeship next year which will be followed by a year-long probation period.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have much of a social life these days!” he joked.<\/p>\n

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Jesse with his proud employer, Alicia Pidgeon, and his hard-earned Professional Body Piercing certificate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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