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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 “Electrologist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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