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hairdresser

Hairdressers offer beauty services such as cutting, colouring, bleaching, permanent waving and styling clients' hair.

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DESCRIPTION

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.

PRACTICAL SKILLS

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
satisfy customers
maintain equipment
curl hair
OPTIONALOptional competences
treat facial hair
supervise staff
maintain wigs

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Skills overview

38total
17 essential
21 optional

Breakdown

Knowledge
0
Skills
6

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Quick insight

This role requires 17 essential competences across practical skill domains.

DATA SOURCED FROM ESCO (EUROPEAN COMMISSION) & O*NET (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR)

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