• Using and maintaining a variety of tools including scissors, razors, and combs
• Working with personal tastes and fashion trends to design hairstyles that will please customers
• Using a variety of hair care beauty products to best achieve a particular style or look
• Training or supervising other hairstylists, hairdressers, and assistants
• Ordering supplies, keeping records and accounts, and other administrative tasks

• Secondary school diploma, followed by 2-3 year apprenticeship program or college hairstyling program with on-the-job training
• Apprenticeship is 3,020 on-the-job hours plus two 8-week in-school sessions
• Graduates of 1,500-hour college program must complete 2,000 hours of on-the-job training

• Steady demand for hairstylists; most work full-time but many work part-time
• May be employed by hair salon; some salons rent chairs to self-employed stylists
• Need good physical stamina to be on feet all day; exposed to variety of chemicals
• Employers include barber and beauty salons, hotels, hospitals, prisons, and private clubs

Apprentice wage increases with skill and experience. Fully qualified stylists earn an average of $30,000 annually; those with large clientele can earn significantly more. Some Hairstylists work for a salary plus tips, while others work on commission

Hairstylist (332A)

If you checked YES to the majority of these questions, a career as a Hairstylist (332A) may be for you!

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