Beauty Therapist
What the work is
Provides skin care, beauty and body treatments to clients.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Performs a range of beauty treatments such as facials, spray tanning, eyebrow shaping and waxing
- Administers body treatments such as massages, body wraps and scrubs
- Conducts skin analyses to determine clients' skin type and condition, and uses superficial beauty devices to treat clients' skin
- Advises on skincare routines and sells beauty products to clients
- Maintains a clean and hygienic work area, and sterilises equipment in adherence to health regulations
- May apply artificial beauty products such as nails or eyelashes
- May perform cosmetic tattooing on clients
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a day spa and skin clinic in a fictional seaside town. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A client with a skin concern they were embarrassed about walks out feeling lighter
- A wedding party booked in for the morning and every treatment finishes on time
- A regular tells you the routine you suggested has really made a difference
Hard days
- A client who wants a treatment that would not be safe for their skin
- Standing for hours in a warm room, with back and wrists that tell you about it
- A day of cancellations and then three people arriving at once
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 461131, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.