Hair removal technician to hairdresser
A hair removal technician already meets 42% of what the hairdresser role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.1/ 100
1 How much of what a hairdresser 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 hairdresser role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A hairdresser role treats 7 of its required skills as things a hair removal technician already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- hair
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- process payments
- style hair
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 · What you already bring
Of the 16 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 hair removal technician background worth leading with.
- already held treat facial hair assisting and caring
- already held style hair assisting and caring
- already held hair services
- already held offer cosmetic beauty advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held recommend cosmetics to customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage a small-to-medium business management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 7 the hairdresser role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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 curl hair required
- still to learn use equipment for hair care required
- still to learn wash hair required
- still to learn dye hair required
- optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
- optional, not held help customers with hair problems optional
- optional, not held treat scalp conditions optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
- still to learn advise on hair style required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- still to learn satisfy customers required
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held organise product display optional
- optional, not held sell hair products optional
- still to learn hair colouring required
- still to learn hair products required
- still to learn stay up-to-date with hair style trends required
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness 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 practise this
- 02 advise on hair style practise this
- 03 stay up-to-date with hair style trends 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held hair knowledge
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held process payments skill
- already held style hair skill
- already held work ergonomically skill
- already held administer appointments 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 recommend cosmetics to customers skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held treat facial hair skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
- optional, not held help customers with hair problems optional
- optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held maintain wigs optional
- optional, not held organise product display optional
- optional, not held sell hair products optional
- optional, not held treat scalp conditions optional
- optional, not held design hair style optional
- optional, not held maintain work area cleanliness optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held supervise staff optional
15 held skills the hairdresser role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on usage of cosmetics skill
- not needed by the target role conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements skill
- not needed by the target role cosmetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role cosmetics industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role hair removal techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
- not needed by the target role perform electrolysis skill
- not needed by the target role pluck hair skill
- not needed by the target role sell cosmetics skill
- not needed by the target role skin types knowledge
- 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 laser therapy for skin conditions skill
- not needed by the target role use threading techniques skill
- not needed by the target role wax body parts skill
2 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 colouring required
- still to learn hair products required
Other moves recorded from hair removal technician
Common questions about this move
Can a hair removal technician become a hairdresser?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A hair removal technician already covers 42% of what a hairdresser is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 7 of which the hairdresser role treats as required.
What skills does a hair removal technician need to become a hairdresser?
10 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is curl hair.
How hard is the move from hair removal technician to hairdresser?
Its learning distance is 61.1 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.