Shampooers

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: None
Salary
High: $33,770.00
Average: $27,870.00
Hourly
Average: $13.40

What they do:

Shampoo and rinse customers' hair.

On the job, you would:

  • Massage, shampoo, and condition patron's hair and scalp to clean them and remove excess oil.
  • Advise patrons with chronic or potentially contagious scalp conditions to seek medical treatment.
  • Treat scalp conditions and hair loss, using specialized lotions, shampoos, or equipment such as infrared lamps or vibrating equipment.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

78% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
78% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
77% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
77% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
77% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
77% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
75% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
74% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
73% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
72% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
69% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
68% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
67% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
64% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
56% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
56% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Strengths

78% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

61% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

66% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
60% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
56% Speech Clarity  -  The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
53% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
53% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Job Details

Responsibilities
Apply cleansing or conditioning agents to client hair, scalp, or skin.
Administer therapeutic massages.
Provide medical or cosmetic advice for clients.
Apply solutions to hair for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes.
Maintain client information or service records.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

99% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
98% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
95% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
93% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
91% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
89% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
89% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
86% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
86% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
84% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
78% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
76% Deal With External Customers  -  How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job?
72% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
66% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
61% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
60% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
58% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
54% Spend Time Walking and Running  -  How much does this job require walking and running?
51% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Tasks & Values

69% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
69% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
66% Performing for or Working Directly with the Public  -  Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
63% Assisting and Caring for Others  -  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
57% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
57% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
56% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
55% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
55% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
55% Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others  -  Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
54% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
52% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
51% Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others  -  Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Getting Started

Education:
68%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
18%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

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