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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

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Tasks for “Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists”

Administer therapeutic medication and advise patron to seek medical treatment for chronic or contagious scalp conditions.
Apply water, setting, straightening or waving solutions to hair and use curlers, rollers, hot combs and curling irons to press and curl hair.
Shape eyebrows and remove facial hair, using depilatory cream, tweezers, electrolysis or wax.
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.
Bleach, dye, or tint hair, using applicator or brush.
Order, display, and maintain supplies.
Operate cash registers to receive payments from patrons.
Comb, brush, and spray hair or wigs to set style.
Update and maintain customer information records, such as beauty services provided.
Shave, trim and shape beards and moustaches.
Clean, shape, and polish fingernails and toenails, using files and nail polish.
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.
Shampoo, rinse, condition and dry hair and scalp or hairpieces with water, liquid soap, or other solutions.
Schedule client appointments.
Train or supervise other hairstylists, hairdressers and assistants.
Analyze patrons' hair and other physical features to determine and recommend beauty treatment or suggest hair styles.
Keep work stations clean and sanitize tools such as scissors and combs.
Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
Attach wigs or hairpieces to model heads and dress wigs and hairpieces according to instructions, samples, sketches or photographs.
Develop new styles and techniques.
Apply artificial fingernails.

Related Technology & Tools

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

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