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Job Description

Provide beauty services, such as shampooing, cutting, coloring, and styling hair, and massaging and treating scalp. May apply makeup, dress wigs, perform hair removal, and provide nail and skin care services.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 39-5012.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 29,590.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 352,380 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists”.

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Tasks for “Beautician”

Order, display, and maintain supplies.
Update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.
Shampoo, rinse, condition and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
Shave, trim and shape beards and moustaches.
Cut, trim and shape hair or hairpieces, based on customers' instructions, hair type and facial features, using clippers, scissors, trimmers and razors.
Comb, brush, and spray hair or wigs to set style.
Massage and treat scalp for hygienic and remedial purposes, using hands, fingers, or vibrating equipment.
Apply artificial fingernails.
Apply water, setting, straightening or waving solutions to hair and use curlers, rollers, hot combs and curling irons to press and curl hair.
Administer therapeutic medication and advise patron to seek medical treatment for chronic or contagious scalp conditions.
Analyze patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
Recommend and explain the use of cosmetics, lotions, and creams to soften and lubricate skin and enhance and restore natural appearance.
Schedule client appointments.
Clean, shape, and polish fingernails and toenails, using files and nail polish.
Develop new styles and techniques.
Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools such as scissors and combs.
Train or supervise other hairstylists, hairdressers and assistants.
Give facials to patrons, using special compounds such as lotions and creams.
Shape eyebrows and remove facial hair, using depilatory cream, tweezers, electrolysis or wax.
Operate cash registers to receive payments from patrons.
Attach wigs or hairpieces to model heads and dress wigs and hairpieces according to instructions, samples, sketches or photographs.

Related Technology & Tools

Handheld electric hair clippers
Hairstyling brushes
Curling irons
Laptop computers
Hooded hair dryers
Nail buffers
Shampoo bowls
Cuticle scissors
Color application combs
Hair thinning scissors
Desktop computers
Detangling combs
Fingernail clippers
Fine-tooth combs
Wide-tooth combs
Heated hair curlers
Hair clips
Handheld hair dryers
Hair pins
Butterfly hair clamps
Rat tail combs
Cuticle pushers
Tint application brushes
Flat irons
Electronic cash registers
Dye application brushes
Hot combs
Safety goggles
Duckbill hair clamps
Straight razors
Nail cleaning brushes
Teasing combs
Nail files
Round brushes
Cuticle nippers
Haircutting scissors
Digital timers

Customer information databases
Intuit QuickBooks
Appointment scheduling software
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Sale processing software