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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 “Cosmetician Apprentice”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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