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Tanning Salon Worker

A tanning salon worker helps customers use tanning beds or spray tans safely and looks after the salon. It suits friendly, careful people who enjoy customer service and don't mind a routine, mostly indoor job.
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Curious about being a tanning salon worker? Here's the honest picture - what you'd really do, what you'd earn, and every way in. No need to decide anything yet.

What you'd actually do

The work is greeting and advising customers, explaining safe use and risks, operating and cleaning the equipment, applying spray tans where offered, and handling payments and bookings. A friendly manner, attention to hygiene and a responsible approach to safety matter, since you must follow the rules on tanning, including age limits, and advise customers honestly.

The work is indoors on the shop floor, often including weekends and some evenings, with pay usually around the minimum wage plus possible commission on products. It is steady customer-service work, and there are legal responsibilities around who can use the beds and for how long.

No formal qualifications are needed and you learn on the job, including the rules and safe use of equipment. By law you must not let under-18s use sunbeds, and following hygiene and safety regulations is part of the role.

1Greet and advise customers
2Explain safe tanning and risks
3Operate and clean tanning equipment
4Apply spray tans where offered
5Check ID and enforce age rules
6Handle bookings and payments
7Keep the salon clean and stocked

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