Entry Level Qualification 

8

Career Fields 

Beauty, Fitness & Wellness

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

No Entrance Exam

About Career 

As a Pedicurist and Manicurist, you will provide cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails as well for the fingernails and hands to people at salons, spas, and even at homes.

Pedicure not only involves cosmetic treatment for the feet but also involves taking care of the skin up to the knees. Various products and procedures are used for this purpose.

Manicure involves many cosmetic and beauty treatment such as cutting, clipping and shaping fingernails, polishing of the fingernails and massage of the hands.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

As a Pedicurist and Manicurist:

1. You will be keeping work stations clean and sterilize tools, such as brushes, nail-cutters, scissors, files, etc.

2. You will be preparing customers’ nail cuticles with water and oil, using cuticle knives for pushing back cuticles and trimming them with scissors.

3. You will be cleaning customers/client’s nails in soapy water, with the use of swabs or files.

4. You will remove and clean dead skin from customers’ feet using pumice stones or other materials.

5. You will be cleaning or removing nail polish of clients using liquid nail polish remover and swabs.

6. You will be shaping, cutting, clipping, and smoothing customers’ nails to make them look good.

7. You may provide various pedicure methods on clients such as fish spa, paraffin pedicure and spa pedicure (using a mask).

8. You will apply various products to exfoliate customers’ hand and feet skins as well as to moisturize. 

9. You will massage customers’ hands, feet, and legs up to the knees 

10. You will be advising clients on hand and feet care and providing them knowledge of various products and colors.

11. You will be applying an undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.

12. Convincing the customers to buy products and cosmetics, or demonstrating them about the products.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 5 in school – 0-12 months of work experience in a salon in pedicure and manicure services - Obtain an NSQF Level 3 Qualification as a Pedicurist and Manicurist

Study up to class 5 in school and then you may find work in a salon. Gather some work experience in pedicure and manicure services and then obtain an NSQF (National Skill Qualification Framework) Level 3 qualification in Pedicurist and Manicurist. Even if you do not get a work opportunity, you can take the necessary training in pedicure and manicure and then obtain the NSQF Level 3 qualification in Pedicurist and Manicurist. You must attain an age of 18 years to be eligible to get this Level 3 qualification.

Class 8 in school – ITI Certificate in Beautician Assistant / Obtain an NSQF Level 3 Qualification as an Assistant Beauty Therapist

Study up to class 8 in school and then do a certificate course in Beautician Assistant from an ITI OR enroll for an NSQF (National Skill Qualification Framework) Level 3 training program in Assistant Beauty Therapist to get a Level 3 qualification certificate. You will get a job as an Assistant Beauty Therapist or as a Pedicurist / Manicurist in a salon or similar beauty care establishment.

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies – Do a course in Beautician/ similar field or get on-the-job training

Study up to class 10 in school. Then you can do a course in Beautician / Skincare / Pedicure & Manicure/ Makeup services / a similar course or even get on-the-job training while working in a salon.

Required Qualification & Competencies 

1. After Class 5 in school, you can obtain an NSQF Level 3 qualification in Pedicurist and Manicurist.

2. After Class 8 in school, you can study for a certificate in Beautician Assistant from an ITI or a similar course.

3. After Class 10, you can study Beautician / Hair and Skin Care / Hair and Beauty Care / Skin and Beauty Care / a similar course in an ITI or a vocational training institution.

COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

1. You should have interests for Realistic Occupations. Realistic occupations involve more practical and hands-on activities than paperwork or office work. Realistic occupations often involve physical activities for getting things done using various tools and equipment.

2. You should have interests for Enterprising Occupations. Enterprising occupations involve taking initiatives, initiating actions, and planning to achieve goals, often business goals.

3. You should have interests for Conventional Occupations. Conventional occupations involve repetitive and routine tasks as well as fixed processes or procedures for getting things done.

4. You should have knowledge about Personal Care Service - Knowledge of how to provide various assistance and services to others. This includes looking after the needs of individuals, understanding what they need and provide all assistance at home or elsewhere.

5. Active Listening Skills - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, understanding the points being made by others, asking questions, etc.

6. Service orientation - Skills in or a keen interest to help and assist people.

7. Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

8. Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

9. Inter-personal Ability: The ability to build and maintain good relationships with others at workplaces and elsewhere.

10. Disciplined in your action and you are always or mostly behaviour.

11. You are always or mostly helpful to others.

12. You are always calm or generally remain calm in most situations.

13. You are always or mostly caring, supportive, sympathetic and kind to others.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

After your ITI Certificate in Beautician Assistant / NSQF Level 3 Certificate in Assistant Beauty Therapist, you can get a job as a Pedicurist or Manicurist in any salon or spa care center.

Some salon where you can get a job: Looks Salon, Lakme Salon, Be U Salons, Geetanjali Salon, VLCC, Naturals Salon, The Shahnaz Husain Group,  L'Oréal Salon, Amour Unisex Salon, etc.

SPECIALISATION TRACKS IN THIS CAREER

Pedicurist

Pedicurists are not only involved in providing cosmetic treatment for the feet but also involved in taking care of the skin up to the knees of the clients. Various products and procedures are used for this purpose.

Manicurist

Manicurists are involved in providing many cosmetic and beauty treatment such as cutting, clipping and shaping fingernails, polishing of the fingernails and massage of the hands.

CAREER GROWTH

Growth opportunities in this career are limited. However, you can obtain various levels of NSQF qualifications after due experience and after attending the requisite training programs. These qualifications will help you to move into a career as a Beauty Therapist, Beauty and Wellness Advisor, Aesthetician, etc.

Salary Offered  

1. As an apprentice or trainee, you will be earning about Rs. 3000-5000 a month.

2. After 1-3 years of experience, you will be earning about Rs. 8,000-10,000 a month.

3. After 5-10 years of experience, you will be earning about Rs. 12,000-25,000 or more a month. Besides, many salons allow you to accept tips from customers.

MONTHLY EARNINGS IN INDIAN RUPEES

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience  

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also in the near future, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and in some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job)

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

As a Pedicurist and Manicurist, you will be involved in some or all of the following activities:

Working directly with people: Working directly with people to offer them products and services, providing assistance, etc.

Assisting and caring for people: Assisting people in availing of services; taking care of people in different situations; offering help and services to others.

Communicating with co-workers and others: Communicating with people in writing, verbally or otherwise inside your workplace and various other people who have professional relationships with your place of work including vendors, government officials, etc. or with people at large.

Communicating with customers: Communicating with potential and existing customers of your organisation in writing, verbally or otherwise.

Updating and using relevant knowledge: Keeping updated with the latest knowledge relevant to your fields of work and use of the relevant knowledge in getting things done.