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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 “Hair Dresser”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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