NOC 63211: Estheticians, electrologists and related occupations

Estheticians, electrologists and workers in related occupations provide facial and body treatments designed to enhance an individual's physical appearance. They are employed in beauty salons, electrolysis studios, scalp treatment and hair replacement clinics and other similar establishments and in cosmetic departments of retail establishments such as pharmacies and department stores, or they may be self-employed.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 3.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 3: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of less than 2 years, or more than 6 months of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 63211 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 63211

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Estheticians
• Give facial and other body treatments using specialized products and techniques.
• Cosmeticians
• Advise customers on the use of make-up and other beauty products and apply make-up to customers; may specialize in applying make-up to models or other individuals for special occasions.
• Electrologists
• Remove unwanted hair permanently from client's face or body using needle only specialized electrical hair removal equipment, laser and other equipment.
• Manicurists and pedicurists
• Clean, shape and polish fingernails and toenails and provide related treatments.
• Scalp treatment specialists
• Apply medicated lotions to treat scalp conditions and hair loss.
• Tattoo artists
• 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.
• Hair replacement technicians (non-medical)
• Prepare and apply custom-made hair pieces to customer's scalp, weave customer's hair to hair pieces and provide scalp treatments.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• beauty treatment operator
• cosmetician
• electrologist
• electrolysis technician
• esthetician
• hair replacement technician
• manicurist
• pedicurist
• scalp treatment specialist
• tattoo artist

Employment requirements

• Completion of high school, college or beauty school programs for cosmeticians, estheticians, electrologists, manicurists and pedicurists is required or On-the-job training is provided.
• Electrologists usually require certification from an electrologist's educational or training institution.
• Membership in a provincial or national electrolysis association may be required.
• Completion of a registered dermal therapy program may be required to provide electrology laser and vascular treatments.
• Estheticians usually require certification from an esthetician's educational or training institution.
• Apprenticeship for electrologists, estheticians and nail technicians is available in Manitoba. Trade certification for these occupations is compulsory in that province.
• A business licence is required for workers in this group who are owners/operators of businesses offering these services.
• Practitioners offering these personal services are required to adhere to infection control procedures.

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