Esthetician

Work setting

• Esthetician's salon
• Beauty shop or aesthetic service

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Body care/treatments
• Provide general information to customers on beauty products
• Advise on beauty products suited to customers' colouring and skin type
• Exfoliation treatments
• Provide hair weaving treatments for customers
• Apply make-up on customers
• Clean, trim and polish nails
• Eyebrow tinting
• Provide gel and acrylic nail extensions
• Ear piercing
• Facials
• Mendhi (henna - temporary designs)
• Foot massage
• Perform cashiering duties
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Manicures
• Pedicures
• Relaxation massage
• Skin care
• Skin peels
• Waxing
• Eyebrow threading
• Eyelash extensions

Experience and specialization

Area of work experience

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

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

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

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player