Staff role
Manicurist / Pedicurist
Clean and shape customers' fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Manicurist; Nail Technician (Nail Tech); Pedicurist
Tasks
- Clean and sanitize tools and work environment.
- Apply undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.
- Maintain supply inventories and records of client services.
- Shape and smooth ends of nails, using scissors, files, or emery boards.
- Prepare nail cuticles with water and oil, using cuticle knives to push back cuticles and scissors or nippers to trim cuticles.
- Prepare customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.
- Remove previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs.
- Use rotary abrasive wheels to shape and smooth nails or artificial extensions.
- Schedule client appointments and accept payments.
- Assess the condition of clients' hands, remove dead skin, and massage hands.
- Roughen surfaces of fingernails, using abrasive wheel.
- Advise clients on nail care and use of products and colors.
- Treat nails to repair or improve strength and resilience by wrapping.
- Extend nails using powder, solvent, and paper forms attached to tips of customers' fingers to support and shape artificial nails.
- Polish nails, using powdered polish and buffer.
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
Skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
Abilities
- Near Vision
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Finger Dexterity
- Oral Expression
- Manual Dexterity
- Speech Recognition
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