Hair Removal Technician Personal Service Workers

Human hair, its composition and interaction with various chemicals, environment factors and health issues.

The different skin types, such as dry, normal, oily, and sensitive.

The various methods used for removing unwanted hair either by depilation, including shaving and trimming, or by epilation, such as waxing, sugaring, lasering, plucking etc.

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The City & Guilds Textbook Level 2 Beauty Therapy for the Technical Certificate

Helen Beckmann, Kelly St…

2017

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The various types of substances used to enhance the appearance of the human body.

Suppliers, products and brands in the cosmetic industry.

Provide advice to customers on how to apply various cosmetic products such as lotions, powders, nail polish or creams.

Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.

Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.

Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.

Ensure conformance to regulatory requirements applied in personal care products such as cosmetics, fragrances and toiletry.

Accept, schedule and cancel appointments.

Dispose waste in accordance with legislation, thereby respecting environmental and company responsibilities.

File and organise personal administration documents comprehensively.

File and organise professional administration documents comprehensively, keep customer records, fill in forms or log books and prepare documents about company-related matter.

Manage the organisational, financial and day-to-day operation of a small-to-medium enterprise.

Evaluate how much stock is used and determine what should be ordered.

Provide customers with advice and beauty tips for creating a new look.

Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.

Accept payments such as cash, credit cards and debit cards. Handle reimbursement in case of returns or administer vouchers and marketing instruments such as bonus cards or membership cards. Pay …

Recommend and provide advice on cosmetic products based on the customer's personal preferences and needs and on the different product types and brands available.

Lead and guide employees through a process in which they are taught the necessary skills for the perspective job. Organise activities aimed at introducing the work and systems or improving …

Use electrolysis technology to permanently remove hair, by applying electrical charges to individual hairs at the follicle.

Use tweezers or electric devices to remove hair by mechanically grasping them and pulling them out of the roots.

Sell a variety of cosmetic products such as lotions, soaps, lip sticks, hair removers, perfumes, tooth pastes, face masks, nail polisher and deodorants.

Style a person's hair using the appropriate techniques and products.

Shape, trim or shave beards and moustaches, using scissors and razors.

Use lasers that remove hair by exposing the hair to pulses of laser light that destroy hair follicles.

Make use of intense pulsed light technology to permanently remove hair, treat dermatological diseases or perform photorejuvenation.

Remove hair by rolling a thin doubled cotton or polyester thread over areas of unwanted hair and plucking the hair at the follicle level.

Remove hair by spreading wax on the skin and afterwards removing it either without a strip when it is hardened, this is called strip-less waxing, or by firmly pressing a …