Occupation Atlasmasseur/masseuse
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1978c6ff-37b4-48f1-9aa6-88b9c568f74f
masseur/masseuse
Masseurs/masseuses perform massages to help their clients relax and de-stress according to their preferences. They use appropriate massages, equipment and oils and also instruct their clients on techniques to improve relaxation.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 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
SRISocial · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.75
- R Realistic4.84
- I Investigative3.79
- C Conventional2.66
- A Artistic2.23
- E Enterprising2.10
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 Massage Therapists (31-9011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
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.
- accept own accountability
- apply massage therapy
- communicate with customers
- contraindications
- develop personalised massage plan
- give massages
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer service
- maintain personal hygiene standards
- maintain privacy of service users
- manage personal professional development
- massage theory
- massage types
- work ergonomically
Optional (34)
- administer appointments
- administer hydrotherapy
- apply acupuncture
- apply aromatherapy
- apply deep tissue massage
- apply sports massage
- apply thermotherapy
- balneotherapy
- conduct pregnancy massages
- cosmetic manicure
- cosmetic pedicure
- cosmetics
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- electrotherapy
- energy therapy
- etiopathy
- fasciatherapy
- give shiatsu massages
- hydrotherapy
- kinetics
- liaise with industry experts
- maintain equipment
- maintain professional administration
- manage a small-to-medium business
- musculoskeletal anatomy
- order supplies
- perform facial treatment
- pluck hair
- process payments
- provide individual exercise programmes
- reflexology
- shiatsu
- skin types
- use hair removal lasers
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.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
massage therapist
13 shared · 8 more of its owncontraindications, develop personalised massage plan, massage types, massage theory
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barber
4 shared · 12 more of its ownmaintain customer service, manage personal professional development, work ergonomically, communicate with customers
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aesthetician
4 shared · 13 more of its owngive massages, maintain customer service, work ergonomically, identify customer's needs
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hairdresser
4 shared · 13 more of its ownmaintain customer service, work ergonomically, communicate with customers, identify customer's needs
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shiatsu practitioner
4 shared · 18 more of its ownmassage types, massage theory, communicate with customers, identify customer's needs
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aromatherapist
4 shared · 25 more of its owndevelop personalised massage plan, massage theory, apply massage therapy, identify customer's needs
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tanning consultant
3 shared · 5 more of its ownmaintain personal hygiene standards, maintain customer service, identify customer's needs
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psychic
3 shared · 7 more of its ownmaintain privacy of service users, maintain customer service, manage personal professional development
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