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

hairdresser assistanttobarber

A hairdresser assistant already meets 70% of what the barber role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From hairdresser assistant
70%
Overlap1
To barber
22 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
33.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 33.2

This move: 33.2 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the barber role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hairdresser assistant 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A barber role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hairdresser assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use equipment for hair care assisting and caring
  • already held help customers with hair problems assisting and caring
  • already held sell hair products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held wash hair assisting and caring
  • already held hair products services
  • already held advise on hair style communication, collaboration and creativity

All 22 carried skills, including the 12 the barber role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 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 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held treat facial hair required
  • required, not held style hair required
  • optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
02 management skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held manage personal professional development required
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
03 services 1 required
  • required, not held barbering techniques required
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held keep stock records optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a barber 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on hair style skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held hair knowledge
  • already held hair products knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held maintain customer service skill
  • already held maintain equipment skill
  • already held process payments skill
  • already held stay up-to-date with hair style trends skill
  • already held use equipment for hair care skill
  • already held work ergonomically skill
  • already held work safely with chemicals skill
  • already held administer appointments skill
  • already held dye hair skill
  • already held give massages skill
  • already held help customers with hair problems skill
  • already held maintain professional administration skill
  • already held maintain work area cleanliness skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held recommend cosmetics to customers skill
  • already held sell hair products skill
  • already held wash hair skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply hair cutting techniques optional
  • optional, not held issue sales invoices optional
  • optional, not held keep stock records optional
  • optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
  • optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
  • optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
  • optional, not held supervise staff optional
  • optional, not held train employees optional
6 held skills the barber role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role greet guests skill
  • not needed by the target role hair colouring knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
  • not needed by the target role provide directions to guests skill
  • not needed by the target role treat scalp 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 barbering techniques required
Index

Other moves recorded from hairdresser assistant

Full index of moves from hairdresser assistant

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.