Manicurists and Pedicurists

<ul><li>Clean and sanitize tools and work environment.</li><li>Apply undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.</li><li>Maintain supply inventories and records of client services.</li><li>Shape and smooth ends of nails, using scissors, files, or emery boards.</li><li>Prepare nail cuticles with water and oil, using cuticle knives to push back cuticles and scissors or nippers to trim cuticles.</li><li>Prepare customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.</li><li>Remove previously applied nail polish, using liquid remover and swabs.</li><li>Use rotary abrasive wheels to shape and smooth nails or artificial extensions.</li><li>Schedule client appointments and accept payments.</li><li>Assess the condition of clients' hands, remove dead skin, and massage hands.</li><li>Roughen surfaces of fingernails, using abrasive wheel.</li><li>Advise clients on nail care and use of products and colors.</li><li>Treat nails to repair or improve strength and resilience by wrapping.</li><li>Extend nails using powder, solvent, and paper forms attached to tips of customers' fingers to support and shape artificial nails.</li><li>Polish nails, using powdered polish and buffer.</li><li>Whiten underside of nails with white paste or pencils.</li><li>Promote and sell nail care products.</li><li>Decorate clients' nails by piercing or attaching ornaments or designs.</li></ul>