Manicurists and Pedicurists

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Job Description

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Key Tasks

• Clean and sanitize tools and work environment.
• Apply undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.
• Maintain supply inventories and records of client services.
• Shape and smooth ends of nails, using scissors, files, or emery boards.
• Prepare nail cuticles with water and oil, using cuticle knives to push back cuticles and scissors or nippers to trim cuticles.
• Prepare customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.
• Remove previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs.
• Use rotary abrasive wheels to shape and smooth nails or artificial extensions.
• Schedule client appointments and accept payments.
• Assess the condition of clients' hands, remove dead skin, and massage hands.
• Roughen surfaces of fingernails, using abrasive wheel.
• Advise clients on nail care and use of products and colors.
• Treat nails to repair or improve strength and resilience by wrapping.
• Extend nails using powder, solvent, and paper forms attached to tips of customers' fingers to support and shape artificial nails.
• Polish nails, using powdered polish and buffer.
• Whiten underside of nails with white paste or pencils.
• Promote and sell nail care products.
• Decorate clients' nails by piercing or attaching ornaments or designs.

O*NET Information

• SOC Code: 39-5092.00
• Title: Manicurists and Pedicurists

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