Also called: Head Lice Specialist
Removes head lice and nits from kids' (and parents') hair at clinics or in homes.
A lice technician spends an hour combing through a child's hair strand by strand, explains how to prevent re-infestation, and keeps the kid calm with a movie.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0 years after high school. Training by the clinic or franchise; no license usually required.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average. Steady; lice clinics have spread as a franchise business.
Low risk for 10 years. Heated devices help, but combing out nits strand by strand on nervous kids is patient, hands-on work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to lice treatment clinics (like Lice Clinics of America); they train you in a few days
Classes: Biology, Health class, Child development.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-9099.
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