Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a pedicurist can go next

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

Pedicurists offer cosmetic treatment and care for their clients' feet and toenails. They cut and shape toenails, give footbaths and exfoliation treatments and apply nail polish.

Also known as mani-pedi attendant, foot care attendant.

Service and sales workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: hair removal technician, 65%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hair removal technician 65% covered aesthetician 63% covered tanning consultant 40% covered hairdresser assistant 39% covered hairdresser 38% covered pedicurist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from pedicurist, 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 pedicurist 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 pedicurist needs 18 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
  • apply nail polish assisting and caring
  • decorate nails assisting and caring
  • foot problems health and welfare
  • provide footwear advice to patients communication, collaboration and creativity
  • shape nails assisting and caring
  • sterilise working environment handling and moving
  • treat nails assisting and caring
  • cosmetic pedicure services
  • cosmetic skin treatment services
  • conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Pedicurist 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 pedicurist’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.