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Manicurist

Manicurist

  • Perfect for those who love creativity and personal expression through nail art.
  • Enhance clients' confidence and well-being with beautifully manicured nails.
  • Explore endless design possibilities and stay on top of beauty trends.
💰 Earn $34K-$36K
📚 Vocational Training

Overview

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

Scoop

Minimum Education

Vocational Training

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

27,700 Annually

Earnings

$34,570

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Day-to-Day

  • 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.

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Influencing or leading others
  • Relating with or serving others
  • Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Having freedom
  • Personal relationships

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