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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 Specialist”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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