Manicurists and Pedicurists
- Bright Outlook
- Rapid Growth
Clean and shape customers' fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.
What you’d do
- 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.
Skills that matter
- Active Listening
- Service Orientation
- Social Perceptiveness
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Coordination
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
Also called
- Manicurist
- Nail Technician (Nail Tech)
- Pedicurist
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