esthetician

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Other trades certificate or diploma

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Work setting

• Electrolysis studio
• Esthetician's salon
• Beauty shop or aesthetic service

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Body care/treatments
• Permanent hair removal
• Provide general information to customers on beauty products
• Advise on beauty products suited to customers' colouring and skin type
• Laser hair removal
• Perform exfoliating body treatment
• Clean, trim and polish nails
• Eyebrow tinting
• Provide gel and acrylic nail extensions
• Ear piercing
• Facials
• Provide therapeutic foot massage
• Sell establishments products
• Manicures
• Pedicures
• Relaxation massage
• Skin care
• Skin peels
• Waxing
• Refer clients with unusual skin conditions to physicians
• Eyebrow threading
• Eyelash extensions

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Esthetician certification

Experience and specialization

Area of work experience

• Cosmetician/cosmetologist
• Esthetician
• Manicurist
• Pedicurist
• Nail and lashes applicator

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Repetitive tasks
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Hand-eye co-ordination

Personal suitability

• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Organized
• Reliability

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Commission
• Gratuities
• Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

• Learning/training paid by employer