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

hairdressertotanning consultant

A hairdresser already meets 38% of what the tanning consultant role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From hairdresser
38%
Overlap1
To tanning consultant
11 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
58.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58.2/ 100

1 Share of the tanning consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hairdresser 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 tanning consultant role treats 3 of its required skills as things a hairdresser already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • identify customer's needs
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain equipment

What stands in the way is 5 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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tanning consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hairdresser background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held offer cosmetic beauty advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held recommend cosmetics to customers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage schedule of tasks management skills
  • already held administer appointments management skills
  • already held process payments management skills
  • already held issue sales invoices management skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 3 the tanning consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on tanning treatments required
  • optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
  • optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
  • optional, not held sell cosmetics optional
02 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply company policies required
  • optional, not held administer spray tans optional
  • optional, not held determine skin type optional
03 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain personal hygiene standards required
  • optional, not held manage tanning operations optional
  • optional, not held manage cleaning activities optional
04 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure sanitation required
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held customer service required
06 services 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held cosmetics ingredients optional
  • optional, not held skin types optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tanning consultant 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held manage schedule of tasks 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held tanning process optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held administer spray tans optional
  • optional, not held manage tanning operations optional
  • optional, not held tanning process optional
  • optional, not held cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held cosmetics ingredients optional
  • optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
  • optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held determine skin type optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held handle customer complaints optional
  • optional, not held manage cleaning activities optional
  • optional, not held sell cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held skin types optional
27 held skills the tanning consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on hair style skill
  • not needed by the target role apply hair cutting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role curl hair skill
  • not needed by the target role design hair style skill
  • not needed by the target role dye hair skill
  • not needed by the target role hair knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hair colouring knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hair products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role help customers with hair problems skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain wigs skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • not needed by the target role organise product display skill
  • not needed by the target role satisfy customers skill
  • not needed by the target role sell hair products skill
  • not needed by the target role stay up-to-date with hair style trends skill
  • not needed by the target role style hair skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role treat facial hair skill
  • not needed by the target role treat scalp conditions skill
  • not needed by the target role use equipment for hair care skill
  • not needed by the target role wash hair skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held customer service required
  • optional, not held tanning process optional
  • optional, not held cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held cosmetics ingredients optional
  • optional, not held skin types optional
Index

Other moves recorded from hairdresser

Full index of moves from hairdresser

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.