Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

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

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
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from hair stylist. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a hair stylist 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.