RUReadyND - Career Profile

Manicurist/Pedicurist

JOB OUTLOOK

Stable

Cleans and shapes customers' fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.

This career is part of the Human Services cluster Personal Care Services pathway.

Cleans and sanitizes tools and work environment.
Applies undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.
Maintains supply inventories and records of client services.
Shapes and smooths ends of nails, using scissors, files, or emery boards.
Prepares nail cuticles with water and oil, using cuticle knives to push back cuticles and scissors or nippers to trim cuticles.
Prepares customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.
Removes previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs.
Uses rotary abrasive wheels to shape and smooth nails or artificial extensions.
Schedules client appointments and accepts payments.
Assesses the condition of clients' hands, removes dead skin, and massages hands.

You would sit most of the time. There's some walking and standing. You may have to lift and carry things like books, papers or tools weighing 10 lbs. or less.
Exposure to pollutants, gases, dust, fumes, odors, poor ventilation, etc.
Work in this occupation involves using your hands to hold, control, and feel objects more than one-third of the time
Work in this occupation requires being inside most of the time
Work in this occupation involves making repetitive motions more than one-third of the time
Work in this occupation involves sitting more than one-third of the time

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