Description
Design the styles of hair based on the preference of the customer or on the creative vision of the director.
Alternative labels
choose hair style
designing hair style
design hair styles
make hair style
style hair
create hair style
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
cross-sector
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Design hair style is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Optional skill
Design hair style is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
Hairdresser: Hairdressers offer beauty services such as cutting, colouring, bleaching, permanent waving and styling clients’ hair. They ask their clients about their hairstyle preferences in order to provide customised services. Hairdressers use clippers, scissors and razors. They provide hair and scalp treatments and shampoo, condition and rinse hair.
Hair stylist: Hair stylists wash, dry, cut and style the hair of singers and presenters and various types of actors, including stage, movie, tv and music video actors. They work together with the art director to design the look of every person. Hair stylists also dress wigs and hairpieces. They standby during these artistic activities to touch up the actors’ hair or wigs.
Hairdressing vocational teacher: Hairdressing vocational teachers instruct students in their specialised field of study, hairdressing, which is predominantly practical in nature. They provide theoretical instruction in service of the practical skills and techniques the students must subsequently master. Hairdressing vocational teachers monitor the students’ progress, assist individually when necessary, and evaluate their knowledge and performance on the subject of hairdressing through assignments, tests and examinations.
References
- Design hair style – ESCO
