Of course we need to ensure we have trainees available so please check with us if this is what you prefer.
Include a Cheeky Face Trainee:
May help with numbers and keep you within your budget. The purpose of this email is to provide you with some information about Cheeky Face trainees and how it will affect your event if you do want to add a trainee face painter (or balloonist). After reading this, if you are interested we'll need to make sure someone is available so let us know and we'll get back to you with availability.
What is their work like?
A trainee will not necessarily perform as well as any of our experienced painters but we do hire some very talented people under strict guidelines, so there is a good chance the trainee will be OK at the very least. We also look for how they relate to children and adults before we'll take on a new trainee. Generally a trainee may be slower than an experienced painter but they can often be useful to help reduce the waiting time by offering simple designs to those who only want something quick. If you are including Water Release tattoos in your service options then having a trainee provide that service is a cost effective way to include that service option.
What does it cost?
A trainee can be added to any event for an additional $77/hr inc GST plus a minimum travel fee of $16.50 inc GST. The travel fee may increase depending on where your event is held but generally it will be between $16.50 - $55 maximum for Melbourne Metro (regional areas and any area considered a regional area by our map, will cost more).
Trainee costs without travel charges (if more than one is required then the cost is per trainee & travel charges will also be per trainee):
Charged at $77/hr with a $154 minimum.
up to 2hrs = $154
2.5hrs = $192.50
3hrs = $231.00
What are the conditions?
A trainee can only attend any booking if you have already booked a qualified or experienced face painter OR balloonist. This means the trainee will be supervised. Under rare conditions where it may be to help a charity or similar this rule may be bent a little and we may offer to send a trainee or two without supervision (not during peak times of the year - October to December). It is up to the trainee as to whether they would like to try working alone and if they do, we pay them a higher rate so we will then charge a little bit more for the booking. Travel charges may also increase. We offer the option of a trainee only when we have someone under training but we will still have to confirm if they can make it should you decide to add a trainee.
How many faces per hour?
The number of faces that a experienced Cheeky Face painter can paint are oferred below as a guide only.
A trainee should not be expected to match the rate of experienced Cheeky Face artists but sometimes they may do.
Cheek art (quickest designs): 15/hr
Medium designs: 12/hr
Full Faces: 7/hr
(per painter and subject to conditions be ideal)