Manicurist to tanning consultant
A manicurist already meets 42% of what the tanning consultant role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
54.5/ 100
1 How much of what a tanning consultant is expected to do is already part of a manicurist’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 tanning consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A tanning consultant role treats 3 of its required skills as things a manicurist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 13 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 manicurist background worth leading with.
- already held sell cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held offer cosmetic beauty advice communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held skin types services
- already held recommend cosmetics to customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cosmetics services
- already held administer appointments management skills
All 13 carried skills, including the 3 the tanning consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 16 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 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
- still to learn maintain personal hygiene standards required
- optional, not held manage tanning operations optional
- optional, not held manage cleaning activities optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- still to learn apply company policies required
- optional, not held administer spray tans optional
- optional, not held determine skin type optional
- still to learn ensure sanitation required
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- still to learn customer service required
- optional, not held tanning process optional
1 further area in the appendix
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.
- 01 advise on tanning treatments practise this
- 02 customer service study this
- 03 apply company policies 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 13 skills that carry over
- 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 cosmetics knowledge
- already held issue sales invoices 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 skin types knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held cosmetics ingredients optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held administer spray tans optional
- optional, not held manage tanning operations optional
- optional, not held tanning process 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 manage schedule of tasks optional
22 held skills the tanning consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on usage of cosmetics skill
- not needed by the target role apply nail polish 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 conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements 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 industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role decorate nails skill
- not needed by the target role give massages skill
- not needed by the target role keep personal administration 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 manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture cosmetics skill
- not needed by the target role perform body piercings skill
- not needed by the target role shape nails skill
- not needed by the target role sterilise working environment skill
- not needed by the target role test make-up skill
- not needed by the target role treat nails skill
- not needed by the target role use hair removal techniques skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically 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 customer service required
- optional, not held tanning process optional
- optional, not held cosmetics ingredients optional
Common questions about this move
Can a manicurist become a tanning consultant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A manicurist already covers 42% of what a tanning consultant is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 3 of which the tanning consultant role treats as required.
What skills does a manicurist need to become a tanning consultant?
5 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on tanning treatments.
How hard is the move from manicurist to tanning consultant?
Its learning distance is 54.5 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.