Occupation Atlasbody artist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/40da2fc6-8cb4-4cd3-8fe3-899715905070
body artist
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.
Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
AREArtistic · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic6.72
- R Realistic4.33
- E Enterprising3.08
- C Conventional3.01
- S Social3.00
- I Investigative1.37
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance (39-5091.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (12)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise customers on body adornment
- develop creative ideas
- identify customer's needs
- inform customers about body modifications
- maintain customer service
- maintain equipment
- manage personal professional development
- order supplies
- provide customised products
- stay alert
- sterilise working environment
- use body adornment equipment
Optional (20)
- administer appointments
- apply body paint
- apply permanent make-up
- carry out wound care
- create original paintings
- develop professional network
- entertain people
- give care instructions
- hair removal techniques
- keep personal administration
- maintain an artistic portfolio
- manage a small-to-medium business
- perform body piercings
- select illustration styles
- tattoo customers
- trade in jewellery
- train employees
- use artistic materials for drawing
- use body modification techniques
- use digital illustration techniques
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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