Hair Removal Technician
OFO Code: 514203
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 514203
- Occupation
- Hair Removal Technician
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- SERVICE AND SALES WORKERS
- Unit group
- 5142 · Beauticians and Related Workers
Official description
Beauticians and related workers, give facial and body beauty treatments, apply cosmetics and make-up and give other kinds of treatment to individuals in order to improve their appearance.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Waxing Technician, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL / Laser) Hair Technician, Eyelash and Brow Technician, Electrologist
- Applying make-up to clients of a beauty parlour or to actors and other performers
- Cleaning and applying creams, lotions and related products to face and parts of body
- Cleaning, shaping and polishing finger- and toe-nails and treating minor ailments of the human foot such as corns, calluses or deformed toe-nails
- Attending to clients taking baths and administering elementary massage
- Arranging appointments and collecting payments
- Using waxing, sugaring and depilation techniques to remove unwanted bodily hair
- Advising clients on diet and exercise to assist in weight loss and slimming
- Giving facial and body massage
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
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