Hairdressers

What the job involves

• Providing advice on hair care, beauty products and hairstyles

• Shampooing hair and conditioning scalps

• Colouring, straightening and permanently waving hair with chemical solutions

• Cutting hair with scissors, clippers and razors

• Styling hair into dreadlocks and braids and adding hair extensions

• Shaving and trimming beards and moustaches

• Cleaning work areas and sanitising instruments

• Arranging appointments and collecting payments

• May clean, colour, cut and style wigs and hairpieces