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

hair removal techniciantoaesthetician

A hair removal technician already meets 48% of what the aesthetician role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From hair removal technician
48%
Overlap1
To aesthetician
20 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
56.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 56.4

This move: 56.4 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the aesthetician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hair removal technician 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 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A aesthetician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hair removal technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held treat facial hair assisting and caring
  • already held use laser therapy for skin conditions assisting and caring
  • already held sell cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise customers on usage of cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held offer cosmetic beauty advice communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held cosmetics industry services

All 20 carried skills, including the 8 the aesthetician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held perform body wrapping required
  • required, not held perform facial treatment required
  • required, not held use hair removal techniques required
  • required, not held determine skin type required
  • required, not held give massages required
  • optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
02 services 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held cosmetics ingredients required
  • required, not held cosmetic skin treatment required
  • required, not held make-up techniques required
  • optional, not held cosmetic manicure optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held test make-up required
  • optional, not held keep up to date with spa products optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
  • optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held support individuals on nutrition changes optional
05 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manufacture cosmetics optional
06 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held hydrotherapy optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a aesthetician 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise customers on usage of cosmetics skill
  • 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 use laser therapy for skin conditions skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held keep personal administration skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held manage a small-to-medium business 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 train employees skill
  • already held treat facial hair skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
  • optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held keep up to date with spa products optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
  • optional, not held manufacture cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
  • optional, not held cosmetic manicure optional
  • optional, not held support individuals on nutrition changes optional
11 held skills the aesthetician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role hair knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hair removal techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform electrolysis skill
  • not needed by the target role pluck hair skill
  • not needed by the target role skin types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role style hair skill
  • not needed by the target role use hair removal lasers skill
  • not needed by the target role use intense pulsed light technology skill
  • not needed by the target role use threading techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role wax body parts skill
5 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 cosmetics ingredients required
  • required, not held cosmetic skin treatment required
  • required, not held make-up techniques required
  • optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
  • optional, not held cosmetic manicure optional
Index

Other moves recorded from hair removal technician

Full index of moves from hair removal technician

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.