Nail technician

On the job, you would:

• Clean and sanitize tools and work environment.
• Apply undercoat and clear or colored polish onto nails with brush.
• Maintain supply inventories and records of client services.
• Shape and smooth ends of nails, using scissors, files, or emery boards.
• Prepare nail cuticles with water and oil, using cuticle knives to push back cuticles and scissors or nippers to trim cuticles.
• Prepare customers' nails in soapy water, using swabs, files, and orange sticks.