Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a hairdresser assistant can go next

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

Hairdresser assistants clean the hair of clients, apply hair conditioner and dying treatment in a beauty salon. They apply shampoo, rub scalp and rinse the hair. They may also do scalp treatment, bleaching, tinting, and massaging for their clients. Hairdresser assistants use specialized lotions, shampoos, conditioners, and other hair care equipment, according to their client's needs and preferences.

Also known as shampooer, hair salon assistant, hair stylist assistant, hair dryer, hair salon attendant, assistant of hairdressers.

Service and sales workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: hairdresser, 70%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hairdresser 70% covered barber 70% covered hair removal technician 38% covered beauty salon attendant 31% covered funeral attendant 31% covered hairdresser assistant You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from hairdresser assistant, 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 hairdresser assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A hairdresser assistant needs 12 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
  • treat scalp conditions assisting and caring
  • hair colouring services
  • use equipment for hair care assisting and caring
  • wash hair assisting and caring
  • hair products services
  • dye hair assisting and caring
  • hair services
  • work safely with chemicals assisting and caring
  • maintain equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • maintain customer service communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Hairdresser assistant 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 hairdresser assistant’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.