Aesthetician to hair removal technician
An aesthetician already meets 65% of what the hair removal technician role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
36.5/ 100
1 How much of what a hair removal technician is expected to do is already part of an aesthetician’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the hair removal technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A hair removal technician role treats 8 of its required skills as things an aesthetician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise customers on usage of cosmetics
- cosmetics
- cosmetics industry
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hair removal technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an aesthetician background worth leading with.
- already held treat facial hair assisting and caring
- already held use laser therapy for skin conditions assisting and caring
- already held sell cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise customers on usage of cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held offer cosmetic beauty advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cosmetics industry services
All 20 carried skills, including the 8 the hair removal technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 2 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn hair required
- still to learn hair removal techniques required
- still to learn skin types required
- still to learn conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements required
- optional, not held perform electrolysis optional
- optional, not held use intense pulsed light technology optional
- optional, not held use threading techniques optional
- optional, not held wax body parts optional
- optional, not held pluck hair optional
- optional, not held use hair removal lasers optional
- optional, not held style hair optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hair removal technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 hair study this
- 02 conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements practise this
- 03 hair removal techniques study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held advise customers on usage of cosmetics skill
- already held cosmetics knowledge
- already held cosmetics industry knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held use laser therapy for skin conditions skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held offer cosmetic beauty advice skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held process payments skill
- already held recommend cosmetics to customers skill
- already held sell cosmetics skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held treat facial hair skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform electrolysis optional
- optional, not held use intense pulsed light technology optional
- optional, not held use threading techniques optional
- optional, not held wax body parts optional
- optional, not held pluck hair optional
- optional, not held use hair removal lasers optional
- optional, not held style hair optional
21 held skills the hair removal technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply permanent make-up skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers 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 ingredients knowledge
- not needed by the target role determine skin type skill
- not needed by the target role give massages skill
- not needed by the target role hydrotherapy knowledge
- not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
- not needed by the target role keep up to date with spa products skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers 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 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 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
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn hair required
- still to learn hair removal techniques required
- still to learn skin types required
Common questions about this move
Can an aesthetician become a hair removal technician?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. An aesthetician already covers 65% of what a hair removal technician is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 8 of which the hair removal technician role treats as required.
What skills does an aesthetician need to become a hair removal technician?
4 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 2 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by services. The single most important is hair.
How hard is the move from aesthetician to hair removal technician?
Its learning distance is 36.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.