39-5092.00 - Manicurists and Pedicurists

Updated 2016

Summary Report for:
39-5092.00 - Manicurists and Pedicurists

Clean and shape customers' fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.

Sample of reported job titles: Manicurist, Nail Technician, Pedicurist

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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.

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Technology Skills

Calendar and scheduling software — Appointment Search; Appointment-Plus; AppointmentQuest Online Appointment Scheduler
Customer relationship management CRM software — Customer information databases
Data base user interface and query software — Aknaf ADVANTAGE Salon Software and Spa Software; DaySmart Software Salon Iris
Office suite software — Microsoft Office
Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel

Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.

Tools Used

Air brushes — Manicure airbrushes
Carts — Pedicure carts
Cash registers — Electronic cash registers
Dry heat or hot air sterilizers — Dry heat sterilizers
Extremity hydrotherapy baths or tanks — Foot baths
Magnetic stripe readers and encoders — Credit card processing machines
Manicure implements — Cuticle knives; Cuticle scissors; Nail scissors; Nail scrub brushes (see all 11 examples)
Nail clippers — Nail nippers; Nail slicers
Nail dryers
Notebook computers — Laptop computers
Pedicure implements — Callus shavers; Toe separators
Personal computers
Pumice stone — Pumice stones
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers — Steam autoclaves
Tables — Manicure tables
Tweezers — Manicure tweezers
Ultraviolet sterilizer — Ultraviolet UV sterilizers

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Skills

Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Abilities

Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Finger Dexterity — The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Work Activities

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Detailed Work Activities

Clean tools or equipment.
Treat nails by shaping, decorating, or augmenting.
Maintain client information or service records.
Maintain supply or equipment inventories.
Schedule appointments.
Administer therapeutic massages.
Assess skin or hair conditions.
Provide medical or cosmetic advice for clients.
Promote products, services, or programs.
Sell products or services.

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Work Context

Exposed to Contaminants — 86% responded “Every day.”
Physical Proximity — 63% responded “Very close (near touching).”
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 62% responded “Continually or almost continually.”
Contact With Others — 16% responded “Contact with others most of the time.”
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
Spend Time Sitting
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls — 66% responded “Continually or almost continually.”
Freedom to Make Decisions — 42% responded “A lot of freedom.”
Face-to-Face Discussions — 20% responded “Never.”
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 38% responded “Extremely important.”
Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 35% responded “Very high responsibility.”
Structured versus Unstructured Work — 41% responded “A lot of freedom.”
Work With Work Group or Team — 22% responded “Not important at all.”
Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets — 30% responded “Never.”

Job Zone

Title	Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Education	These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Related Experience	Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
Job Training	Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
Job Zone Examples	These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, forest firefighters, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, and tellers.
SVP Range	(4.0 to < 6.0)

Education

Percentage of Respondents	Education Level Required
Not available	High school diploma or equivalent
Not available	Less than high school diploma
Not available	Post-secondary certificate

Credentials

Interests

Interest code: RES

Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Work Styles

Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.

Work Values

Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.

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Wages & Employment Trends

Median wages (2016)	$10.65 hourly, $22,150 annual
State wages

Employment (2014)	114,000 employees
Projected growth (2014-2024)	Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Projected job openings (2014-2024)	20,600
State trends

Top industries (2014)	Other Services (Except Public Administration) Self-Employed

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2016 wage data and 2014-2024 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2014-2024). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.

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