Nail Technician Duties for 2024

Nail Technician duties include giving manicures and pedicures, polishing fingernails and toenails, painting designs, and applying gel and acrylic nails. You need to be familiar with the latest products and techniques in the nail industry and be able to make recommendations to clients.

Nail Technician Duties

• Welcoming clients to the nail salon
• Consulting clients and suggesting best services that will meet their needs
• Cleaning and shaping client’s fingers and toenails
• Providing high-quality manicures and pedicures
• Removing old polish and preparing nails for services
• Performing hand and foot massages
• Trimming nails and pushing back cuticles
• Applying nail polish and airbrush designs
• Recommending products and treatments to clients
• Nail art and rhinestones to client’s nails
• Work with acrylic nails
• Sanitizing equipment and tools before each client
• Applying various types of artificial nails
• Listening to client’s requests and making suggestions for additional salon services
• Evaluating client’s finger and toenails and advising them on care tips and useful services/ products
• Upselling clients on other salon services and treatments
• Maintaining a clean workstation
• Complying with all health and safety standards
• Assisting with product orders when needed
• Developing strong relationships with clients to keep them coming back
• Promotes rebooking appointments amongst clients
• Answering phones and assisting clients with bookings
• Making detailed notes about services received
• Updating the salon’s social media pages with Nail Care news
• Assisting with the sale of promotional items and gift certificates
• Helping to maintain general cleanliness around the salon
• Maintaining an inventory of nail bar products
• Occasionally updating the nail salon website with posts and photos
• Contributing to the nail care section of the salon newsletter
• Daily usage of nail salon software

Citations

Disorders of nails
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/975

Structure and function of skin, hair and nails
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135

The job description handbook
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ODM54