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63211.06 – Tattoo artists

Tattoo artists provide tattoos to enhance their clients' physical appearance.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Tattoo artist

Core competencies

  • Oral Communication: Oral Expression to articulate design concepts and how they plan to execute them
  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to create tattoos that truly reflects clients' vision by listening carefully to ideas, preferences and concerns
  • Spatial Visualization to accurately visualize how a design will fit and flow on different parts of the body, considering the curves and contours of each area
  • Fluency of Ideas to creatively incorporate personal elements and themes into designs, create a distinct style and adapt reference photos from clients to suit tattoo styles
  • Attention to Detail to ensure spaces are well cleaned and meet sanitation requirements for safe tattoos
  • Knowledge in Arts to understand artistic colour theory, composition and balance to create visually appealing designs to develop a unique tattoo aesthetic

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Clean and sterilise tattoo equipment and work areas; consult with and advise clients with respect to size, color, design and placement of body art; use a demographer to permanently pigment the client’s skin with chemical dyes; maintain health and safety procedures; and may apply temporary designs to client’s skin.

Additional information

  • There is little or no mobility among the different occupations in this unit group without additional specialized training.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Hairstylists and barbers (63210)
  • Image, social and other personal consultants (64201)
  • Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts (52119)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

6 – Sales and service occupations

TEER

3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training

Major group

63 – Occupations in sales and services

Sub-major group

632 – Occupations in services

Minor group

6321 – Hairstylists and estheticians

Unit group

63211 – Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations

Occupational profile

63211.06 – Tattoo artists

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