Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

aestheticiantobarber

A aesthetician already meets 41% of what the barber role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aesthetician
41%
Overlap1
To barber
15 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
59.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

41%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.7/ 100

1 Share of the barber role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aesthetician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A barber role treats 6 of its required skills as things a aesthetician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • communicate with customers
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain equipment
  • process payments
  • treat facial hair
  • work ergonomically

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A barber role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aesthetician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held treat facial hair assisting and caring
  • already held give massages assisting and caring
  • already held recommend cosmetics to customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
  • already held maintain professional administration management skills
  • already held administer appointments management skills

All 15 carried skills, including the 6 the barber role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held use equipment for hair care required
  • required, not held work safely with chemicals required
  • required, not held style hair required
  • optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
  • optional, not held help customers with hair problems optional
  • optional, not held wash hair optional
  • optional, not held dye hair optional
02 services 3 required
  • required, not held hair required
  • required, not held barbering techniques required
  • required, not held hair products required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on hair style required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • optional, not held sell hair products optional
04 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage personal professional development required
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held stay up-to-date with hair style trends required
  • optional, not held keep stock records optional
06 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a barber role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held process payments skill
  • already held treat facial hair skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held give massages skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held recommend cosmetics to customers skill
  • already held train employees skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
  • optional, not held help customers with hair problems optional
  • optional, not held keep stock records optional
  • optional, not held sell hair products optional
  • optional, not held wash hair optional
  • optional, not held dye hair optional
  • optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
26 held skills the barber role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise customers on usage of cosmetics skill
  • not needed by the target role apply permanent make-up skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • not needed by the target role cosmetic manicure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cosmetic skin treatment knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cosmetics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cosmetics industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cosmetics ingredients knowledge
  • not needed by the target role determine skin type skill
  • not needed by the target role hydrotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date with spa products skill
  • not needed by the target role make-up techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage indoor tanning sessions skill
  • not needed by the target role manufacture cosmetics skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
  • not needed by the target role offer cosmetic beauty advice skill
  • not needed by the target role offer free samples of cosmetics skill
  • not needed by the target role perform body wrapping skill
  • not needed by the target role perform facial treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role sell cosmetics skill
  • not needed by the target role support individuals on nutrition changes skill
  • not needed by the target role test make-up skill
  • not needed by the target role use hair removal techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use laser therapy for skin conditions skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held hair required
  • required, not held barbering techniques required
  • required, not held hair products required
Index

Other moves recorded from aesthetician

Full index of moves from aesthetician

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.