manicuristtoaesthetician
A manicurist already meets 65% of what the aesthetician role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 40.9 of 100 · moderate
1 Share of the aesthetician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the manicurist 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 · What you already bring
Of the 27 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 manicurist background worth leading with.
- 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 test make-up information skills
- already held sell cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
All 27 carried skills, including the 11 the aesthetician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 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.
- required, not held perform body wrapping required
- required, not held perform facial treatment required
- required, not held use laser therapy for skin conditions required
- required, not held determine skin type required
- optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
- optional, not held treat facial hair optional
- required, not held cosmetics ingredients required
- required, not held make-up techniques required
- optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
- optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held support individuals on nutrition changes optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
- optional, not held keep up to date with spa products optional
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.
- 01 perform body wrapping skill · occupation specific
- 02 cosmetics ingredients knowledge · sector specific
- 03 perform facial treatment skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held advise customers on usage of cosmetics skill
- already held cosmetic skin treatment knowledge
- already held cosmetics knowledge
- already held cosmetics industry knowledge
- already held give massages skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain equipment skill
- already held test make-up skill
- already held use hair removal techniques 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 cosmetic manicure knowledge
- 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
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
- optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
- optional, not held keep up to date with spa products optional
- optional, not held manage indoor tanning sessions optional
- optional, not held offer free samples of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held treat facial hair optional
- optional, not held support individuals on nutrition changes optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
8 held skills the aesthetician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply nail polish skill
- not needed by the target role conform to cosmetics regulatory requirements skill
- not needed by the target role decorate nails skill
- not needed by the target role perform body piercings skill
- not needed by the target role shape nails skill
- not needed by the target role skin types knowledge
- not needed by the target role sterilise working environment skill
- not needed by the target role treat nails skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held cosmetics ingredients required
- required, not held make-up techniques required
- optional, not held hydrotherapy optional
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.