Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

aestheticiantomanicurist

A aesthetician already meets 68% of what the manicurist role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From aesthetician
68%
Overlap1
To manicurist
27 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
36.7 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 36.7

This move: 36.7 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the manicurist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the aesthetician profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A manicurist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a aesthetician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use hair removal techniques assisting and caring
  • already held cosmetic skin treatment services
  • already held manufacture cosmetics handling and moving
  • already held cosmetic manicure services
  • already held sell cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held test make-up information skills

All 27 carried skills, including the 9 the manicurist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 assisting and caring 5 required
  • required, not held apply nail polish required
  • required, not held decorate nails required
  • required, not held shape nails required
  • required, not held treat nails required
  • required, not held conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements required
02 handling and moving 1 required
  • required, not held sterilise working environment required
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held skin types required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held perform body piercings optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a manicurist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 27 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise customers on usage of cosmetics skill
  • already held cosmetic manicure knowledge
  • already held cosmetic skin treatment knowledge
  • already held cosmetics knowledge
  • already held cosmetics industry knowledge
  • already held identify customer's needs skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • already held give massages skill
  • already held issue sales invoices skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held maintain relationship with suppliers skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
  • already held manufacture cosmetics 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 test make-up skill
  • already held use hair removal techniques skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held perform body piercings optional
14 held skills the manicurist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply permanent make-up skill
  • not needed by the target role cosmetics ingredients knowledge
  • not needed by the target role determine skin type skill
  • not needed by the target role hydrotherapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up to date with spa products skill
  • not needed by the target role make-up techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage indoor tanning sessions skill
  • not needed by the target role offer free samples of cosmetics skill
  • not needed by the target role perform body wrapping skill
  • not needed by the target role perform facial treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role support individuals on nutrition changes skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role treat facial hair skill
  • not needed by the target role use laser therapy for skin conditions skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held skin types required
Index

Other moves recorded from aesthetician

Full index of moves from aesthetician

Note

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.