Hair removal technician to aesthetician
A hair removal technician already meets 48% of what the aesthetician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
56.4/ 100
1 How much of what an aesthetician is expected to do is already part of a hair removal technician’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 aesthetician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An aesthetician role treats 8 of its required skills as things a hair removal technician 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 9 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. An aesthetician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hair removal technician 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 aesthetician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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 perform body wrapping required
- still to learn perform facial treatment required
- still to learn use hair removal techniques required
- still to learn determine skin type required
- still to learn give massages required
- optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
- optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
- still to learn cosmetics ingredients required
- still to learn cosmetic skin treatment required
- still to learn make-up techniques required
- optional, not held cosmetic manicure optional
- still to learn test make-up required
- optional, not held keep up to date with spa products optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
- optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held support individuals on nutrition changes optional
- optional, not held manufacture cosmetics optional
- optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an aesthetician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 perform body wrapping practise this
- 02 cosmetics ingredients study this
- 03 perform facial treatment practise 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
- optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held keep up to date with spa products optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
- optional, not held manufacture cosmetics optional
- optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
- optional, not held cosmetic manicure optional
- optional, not held support individuals on nutrition changes optional
11 held skills the aesthetician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements skill
- not needed by the target role hair knowledge
- not needed by the target role hair removal techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform electrolysis skill
- not needed by the target role pluck hair skill
- not needed by the target role skin types knowledge
- not needed by the target role style hair skill
- not needed by the target role use hair removal lasers skill
- not needed by the target role use intense pulsed light technology skill
- not needed by the target role use threading techniques skill
- not needed by the target role wax body parts skill
5 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 cosmetics ingredients required
- still to learn cosmetic skin treatment required
- still to learn make-up techniques required
- optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
- optional, not held cosmetic manicure optional
Other moves recorded from hair removal technician
Common questions about this move
Can a hair removal technician become an aesthetician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A hair removal technician already covers 48% of what an aesthetician is expected to do: 20 skills carry over, 8 of which the aesthetician role treats as required.
What skills does a hair removal technician need to become an aesthetician?
9 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is perform body wrapping.
How hard is the move from hair removal technician to aesthetician?
Its learning distance is 56.4 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.