Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hair stylist can go next

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

Hair stylists wash, dry, cut and style the hair of singers and presenters and various types of actors, including stage, movie, tv and music video actors. They work together with the art director to design the look of every person. Hair stylists also dress wigs and hairpieces. They standby during these artistic activities to touch up the actors' hair or wigs.

Also known as hair & wig stylist, hair and wig stylist, hair & wig artist, hair and wig artist, hair artist, hair stylist & make up artist.

Service and sales workers 30 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: wig and hairpiece maker, 38%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
wig and hairpiece maker 38% covered performance hairdresser 37% covered costume attendant 36% covered performance lighting director 32% covered stand-in 31% covered hair stylist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hair stylist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a hair stylist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A hair stylist needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • hairdressing services
  • perform quick hair changeovers assisting and caring
  • ensure continuous styling of artists assisting and caring
  • apply hair cutting techniques assisting and caring
  • dye hair assisting and caring
  • style hair assisting and caring
  • familiarise with personal directing styles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • consult with production director communication, collaboration and creativity
  • follow directions of the artistic director communication, collaboration and creativity
  • finish project within budget management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a hair stylist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a hair stylist’s work. 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.