• Up-to-date on latest styles & techniques
• Fashionable & professional appearance
• Can communicate effectively to establish & keep clientele
• Works precisely with tools, instruments & equipment
• Good manners and a pleasant attitude
• Distinguishes color & form differences
• Can visualize & recreate from pictures, drawings & descriptions

Salary Range:

Related Occupations:

• Cosmeticians & makeup artists
• Cosmetologists
• Electrologists
• Manicurists
• Manufacturers' sales representatives
• Product technicians
• Trade show platform artists

Cosmetologists provide beauty services to customers, shampooing, tinting, bleaching, cutting and styling hair, giving scalp and facial treatments and manicures and providing makeup analysis and eyebrow shaping. Shop managers must also make appointments, order supplies, pay bills, keep records and hire employees. Cosmetologists must know product safety regulations, California State Cosmetology Board policies. Material Safety Data Sheets, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, Federal Drug Administration (PDA) and Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.

Experience:
1600 course hours in an approved community college cosmetology program and passing written & practical state licensing exams.

Skills - Knowledge of:

• Cosmetology & manicuring
• Hairdressing products & techniques
• Latest trends & fashions in hair styling
• State regulations

Employment Outlook:
Employment for cosmetologists, hairdressers and stylists will be steady through 2005 with 33,050 employed in California and 8,000 openings expected Best opportunities will be for part-time work in areas with growing populations.

Where the Jobs Are:

• Hotel & neighborhood salons
• Health spas
• Large department stores
• Dermatologist offices
• Shopping malls
• Funeral services
• Self-employment (42% nationwide)

Training Available:
San Diego City College:
Professor Constance Calhoun
Office: A-1-f
Phone: (619) 388-3284
 

Constance Calhoun | Phone: 619-388-3284 | A-1-F