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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 “Colorist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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