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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”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Cosmetician”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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