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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 “Cosmetology Instructor”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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