Barbers
On the Job
Barbers provide services such as cutting or shampooing hair, or trimming or shaving beards.
Physical Demands
This career requires time standing, walking, or running.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Clean facilities or work areas.
- Clean tools or equipment.
- Administer therapeutic massages.
- Apply cleansing or conditioning agents to client hair, scalp, or skin.
- Apply solutions to hair for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes.
- Groom wigs or hairpieces.
- Treat nails by shaping, decorating, or augmenting.
- Trim client hair.
- Maintain professional knowledge or certifications.
- Assess skin or hair conditions.
Typical Working Conditions
- Using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
- Frequent contact with others.
- Close physical proximity with other people.
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
- High levels of competition.
- The importance of being accurate or exact.
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