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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”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Microsoft Word
Customer information databases
Intuit QuickBooks
Microsoft Excel
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Appointment scheduling software