barbertohairdresser
A barber already meets 75% of what the hairdresser role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
75%
30.4/ 100
1 Share of the hairdresser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the barber 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 this move works
A hairdresser role treats 13 of its required skills as things a barber already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on hair style
- communicate with customers
- dye hair
- hair
- hair products
- maintain customer service
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 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hairdresser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a barber background worth leading with.
- already held use equipment for hair care assisting and caring
- already held wash hair assisting and caring
- already held help customers with hair problems assisting and caring
- already held sell hair products communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held hair products services
- already held treat facial hair assisting and caring
All 28 carried skills, including the 13 the hairdresser role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 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.
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held satisfy customers required
- optional, not held offer cosmetic beauty advice optional
- optional, not held organise product display optional
- required, not held curl hair required
- optional, not held treat scalp conditions optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
- required, not held hair colouring required
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hairdresser role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 curl hair skill · occupation specific
- 02 identify customer's needs skill · sector specific
- 03 hair colouring knowledge · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 28 skills that carry over
- already held advise on hair style skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held dye hair skill
- already held hair knowledge
- already held hair products knowledge
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held process payments skill
- already held stay up-to-date with hair style trends skill
- already held style hair skill
- already held use equipment for hair care skill
- already held wash hair skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held apply hair cutting techniques skill
- already held help customers with hair problems skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held recommend cosmetics to customers skill
- already held sell hair products skill
- already held supervise staff skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held treat facial hair skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- optional, not held offer cosmetic beauty advice optional
- optional, not held organise product display optional
- optional, not held treat scalp conditions optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
6 held skills the hairdresser role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role barbering techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role give massages skill
- not needed by the target role keep stock records skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held hair colouring required
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.