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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 “Wig Dresser”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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Customer information databases
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
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