masseur/masseuse
ISCO: 5142. Skills: 48. Essential: 14.
Essential skills
- 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
Supporting skills
- 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