Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a aesthetician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a aesthetician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Aestheticians offer skin care treatments. They apply various facial treatments according to their clients' needs and skin type, such as lotions, scrubs, peels and masks, in order to maintain the skin healthy and attractive. Aestheticians may also give neck massages and body treatments such as wraps. Aestheticians remove unwanted hair on different body parts like eyebrows, upper lip or the bikini area. They perform facial massage and apply make-up for various occasions.

Service and sales workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: manicurist, 68%

manicurist 68% covered hair removal technician 65% covered pedicurist 56% covered tanning consultant 49% covered barber 41% covered aesthetician You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from aesthetician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a aesthetician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

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aesthetician is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a aesthetician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.