advise customers on body adornment
Provide customers with advice on the choice of body decoration or ornaments, such as paintings, piercings, ear stretches or tattoos, taking into account the customers wishes.
Body artists decorate clients' skin temporarily or permanently. They use various techniques such as tattooing or piercing. Body artists follow clients' preferences in terms of tattoo's or piercing's design and body surface and apply it safely. They also advise on methods to avoid infection following the procedures on clients' bodies.
Competences and skills
32 ESCO relationsEssential skills and competences 12 competences
Occupation specific
2 competencesuse body adornment equipment
Use hand tools and machines to decorate people's bodies, such as needles, brushes, tattoo machines or scalpels, depending on the kind of adornment.
Sector-specific
3 competencesidentify customer's needs
Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.
inform customers about body modifications
Make sure that customers are properly informed about services such as tattooing, body piercing or other body modifications and ensure that they are aware of the permanency and the risks of these modifications. Inform them on after-care and what to do with infections or other complications.
sterilise working environment
Make sure all working equipment, jewellery and skin is made sterile, before performing skin treatment or body modifications such as tattooing or piercing, to prevent infections or the transfer of diseases.
Cross-sector
7 competencesdevelop creative ideas
Developing new artistic concepts and creative ideas.
maintain customer service
Keep the highest possible customer service and make sure that the customer service is at all times performed in a professional way. Help customers or participants feel at ease and support special requirements.
- Scope note
- Might include keeping the customers informed about the current status of their orders or waiting times.
maintain equipment
Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.
manage personal professional development
Take responsibility for lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Engage in learning to support and update professional competence. Identify priority areas for professional development based on reflection about own practice and through contact with peers and stakeholders. Pursue a cycle of self-improvement and develop credible career plans.
research
order supplies
Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.
provide customised products
Make and develop custom-made products and solutions for customer's specific needs.
stay alert
Stay focused and alert at all times; react quickly in the case of unexpected events. Concentrate and do not get distracted performing a task over a long period of time.
Optional knowledge 1 competence
Occupation specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Sector-specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Cross-sector
1 competencehair removal techniques
The various methods used for removing unwanted hair either by depilation, including shaving and trimming, or by epilation, such as waxing, sugaring, lasering, plucking etc.
Optional skills and competences 19 competences
Occupation specific
3 competencesgive care instructions
Inform clients or patients on the medical attention required to ensure a smooth wound healing process.
tattoo customers
Make paintings or mark symbols on parts of people's bodies by injecting pigment under the skin, with the use of electrically-operated needles.
use body modification techniques
Use techniques to change the shape of or create patterns in the human skin, such as cutting, branding, manipulating, stretching or scarring, by use of scalpels, heat and restraining techniques.
Sector-specific
10 competencesapply permanent make-up
Use needles to apply the pigment into the top layer of the skin in order to perform cosmetic tattooing on specific parts of the face such as the lips or the eyebrows.
carry out wound care
Cleanse, irrigate, probe, debride, pack and dress wounds.
create original paintings
Create paintings, drawing from your experience, inspiration and techniques.
maintain an artistic portfolio
Maintain portfolios of artistic work to show styles, interests, abilities and realisations.
manage a small-to-medium business
Manage the organisational, financial and day-to-day operation of a small-to-medium enterprise.
perform body piercings
Puncture or cut parts of people's bodies, to create an opening for jewellery or rings.
select illustration styles
Select the appropriate style, medium, and techniques of illustration in line with the needs of the project and client's requests.
trade in jewellery
Buy and sell jewellery, or serve as an intermediate between potential buyers and sellers.
use artistic materials for drawing
Use artistic materials such as paint, paintbrushes, ink, watercolours, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
use digital illustration techniques
Create drawings using digital illustration programmes and techniques.
digital
Cross-sector
6 competencesadminister appointments
Accept, schedule and cancel appointments.
apply body paint
Apply special paint on parts of or on the whole body.
develop professional network
Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.
- Scope note
- This includes the development of social relationships with patients and customers.
entertain people
Provide people with amusement by doing or offering a performance, like a show, a play or an artistic performance.
keep personal administration
File and organise personal administration documents comprehensively.
train employees
Lead and guide employees through a process in which they are taught the necessary skills for the perspective job. Organise activities aimed at introducing the work and systems or improving the performance of individuals and groups in organisational settings.