63211 Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations

What this occupation covers

Estheticians, electrologists and workers in related occupations provide facial and body treatments designed to enhance an individual's physical appearance. They are employed in beauty salons, electrolysis studios, scalp treatment and hair replacement clinics and other similar establishments and in cosmetic departments of retail establishments such as pharmacies and department stores, or they may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 7 main duties for this code.

• Give facial and other body treatments using specialized products and techniques.
• Advise customers on the use of make-up and other beauty products and apply make-up to customers; may specialize in applying make-up to models or other individuals for special occasions.
• Remove unwanted hair permanently from client's face or body using needle only specialized electrical hair removal equipment, laser and other equipment.
• Clean, shape and polish fingernails and toenails and provide related treatments.
• Apply medicated lotions to treat scalp conditions and hair loss.
• Clean and sterilise tattoo equipment and work areas; consult with and advise clients with respect to size, color, design and placement of body art; use a demographer to permanently pigment the client's skin with chemical dyes; maintain health and safety procedures; and may apply temporary designs to client's skin.
• Prepare and apply custom-made hair pieces to customer's scalp, weave customer's hair to hair pieces and provide scalp treatments.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 7 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 63210 Hairstylists and barbers
• 64201 Image, social and other personal consultants
• 52119 Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts

Excluded from this code

• Hairstylists and barbers (See 63210 Hairstylists and barbers)
• Image, social and other personal consultants (See 64201 Image, social and other personal consultants)
• Make-up artist - motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts (See 52119 Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

beautician · beauty care specialist · beauty culture operator · beauty culturist · beauty treatment operator · body piercer · cosmetician · cosmetologist · depilator · dermal therapist · electrologist · electrolysis operator · electrolysis technician · esthetician · facial treatment operator · hair removal specialist · hair replacement consultant · hair replacement technician · hair weaver · henna tattoo artist · make up artist - beauty salon, spa and retail · manicurist · mehndi tattoo artist · nail care technician

Employment requirements

• Completion of high school, college or beauty school programs for cosmeticians, estheticians, electrologists, manicurists and pedicurists is required or On-the-job training is provided.
• Electrologists usually require certification from an electrologist's educational or training institution.
• Membership in a provincial or national electrolysis association may be required.
• Completion of a registered dermal therapy program may be required to provide electrology laser and vascular treatments.
• Estheticians usually require certification from an esthetician's educational or training institution.
• Apprenticeship for electrologists, estheticians and nail technicians is available in Manitoba. Trade certification for these occupations is compulsory in that province.
• A business licence is required for workers in this group who are owners/operators of businesses offering these services.
• Practitioners offering these personal services are required to adhere to infection control procedures.