Skincare Specialists

Overview

Skincare Specialists has a national median salary of $45,330 per year, with +8.8% projected job growth from 2025–2035. The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a postsecondary certificate as the typical education needed to enter this occupation.

Description

Provide skincare treatments to face and body to enhance an individual's appearance. Includes electrologists and laser hair removal specialists.

Work Values

• Relationships
• Independence
• Achievement

Work Styles

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Sterilize equipment and clean work areas.
• Cleanse clients' skin with water, creams, or lotions.
• Demonstrate how to clean and care for skin properly and recommend skin-care regimens.
• Determine which products or colors will improve clients' skin quality and appearance.
• Keep records of client needs and preferences and the services provided.

Work Activities

• Assisting and Caring for Others
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Selling or Influencing Others
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Scheduling Work and Activities
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People

Detailed Work Activities

• Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

T-A-S-K

Technology, Abilities, Skills & Knowledge

Education

Education Levels of Current Workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a postsecondary certificate as the typical education needed to enter this occupation. The chart below shows the highest level of education held by people already working in this field, ages 25 and older. It includes workers who earned more education than the job requires and workers who entered the field under earlier requirements, so the largest bar is not the entry requirement. For example, if someone finished an associate's degree and then started working in this field, they are counted under “Associate's degree” here, but the job itself typically asks for a postsecondary certificate.

Certificates

Certifications applicable to Skincare Specialists:

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