Threading Jobs - What Are They and How to Get One

By ZipRecruiter Marketplace Research Team

Threading jobs focus on brow shaping and threading techniques. Some positions focus entirely on this procedure, while others use this as one of many aesthetic techniques. As such, you may need to search for terms like aesthetician when looking for jobs that involve threading. Aside from the potential to offer additional services, threading jobs are similar in almost all cases. As part of this job, you clean and maintain a work area, help book and rebook clients, demonstrate the use of retail products, participate in special events, and learn other shaping and cleaning techniques to offer to customers. Most threading positions are in salon environments, but threaders occasionally travel to underserved communities.

The primary qualifications for a threading job are some experience and an eyebrow threading certification, which you can earn in as little as one day. Most areas do not require special cosmetology licensing to perform threading, but legislation has been proposed to alter that, so it is better to get a state license if you can. Requirements vary, but they usually include some combination of education, practice, and an exam. Fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of a threading job requires attention to detail, customer service skills, and the ability to clearly describe how you plan to shape a customer's eyebrows. Employers prefer applicants who have at least some professional experience as an aesthetician.

Eyebrow threading is a technique that can be used to remove facial hair above the eyes by using a cotton thread. The thread is used much like a lasso to lift the hair directly out without using any chemicals or tugging on delicate areas of the skin. Most aestheticians practicing this technique use an alcohol-based cleanser on the skin first. Threading is a safe, precise method of hair removal and it is often used to shape and improve the appearance of eyebrows. A variety of techniques for holding the thread exist, including twisting it into knots, but the general procedure is the same regardless of technique. Threading is almost always a viable technique, but experts discourage using it in the first few weeks after cosmetic surgery.