hairdresser
Hairdressers offer beauty services such as cutting, colouring, bleaching, permanent waving and styling clients' hair. They ask their clients about their hairstyle preferences in order to provide customised services. Hairdressers use clippers, scissors and razors. They provide hair and scalp treatments and shampoo, condition and rinse hair.
Also called: hairstyling specialist, cosmetologist, scalp treatment specialist, hair colourist, wig stylist, hair colour specialist, hair-care specialist, hair cutter
- 17
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- hairdresser assistantWhat changes?10 skills in common
- hair removal technician5 skills in common
- personal stylist5 skills in common
- aesthetician4 skills in common
- masseur/masseuse4 skills in common
- personal shopper4 skills in common
- ticket issuing clerk4 skills in common
Essential skills
17Optional skills
21- administer appointments
- apply hair cutting techniques
- design hair style
- help customers with hair problems
- issue sales invoices
- maintain professional administration
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- maintain wigs
- maintain work area cleanliness
- manage a small-to-medium business
- manage schedule of tasks
- monitor stock level
- offer cosmetic beauty advice
- order supplies
- organise product display
- recommend cosmetics to customers
- sell hair products
- supervise staff
- train employees
- treat facial hair
- treat scalp conditions
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