Manicurists and Pedicurists

• 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.
• Prepare customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.
• Remove previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs.
• Use rotary abrasive wheels to shape and smooth nails or artificial extensions.
• Schedule client appointments and accept payments.
• Assess the condition of clients' hands, remove dead skin, and massage hands.
• Roughen surfaces of fingernails, using abrasive wheel.
• Advise clients on nail care and use of products and colors.
• Treat nails to repair or improve strength and resilience by wrapping.
• Extend nails using powder, solvent, and paper forms attached to tips of customers' fingers to support and shape artificial nails.
• Polish nails, using powdered polish and buffer.
• Whiten underside of nails with white paste or pencils.
• Promote and sell nail care products.
• Decorate clients' nails by piercing or attaching ornaments or designs.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Manicurists and Pedicurists.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Manicurists and Pedicurists.