Profession masseur / masseuse

Masseurs/masseuses perform massages to help their clients relax and de-stress according to their preferences. They use appropriate massages, equipment and oils and also instruct their clients on techniques to improve relaxation.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional
• Artistic / Enterprising
• Artistic / Realistic
• Realistic / Enterprising
• Enterprising / Realistic

Knowledge

• Massage types

  Techniques used and types of massage therapies such as shiatsu, deep tissue massage, Swedish, hot stone and Thai massage.

• Massage theory

  Principles of holistic therapeutic body massage, the application of massage techniques and the appropriate body posture, massage sequences and different mediums, massage benefits and contraindications.

• Contraindications

  The condition under which a normally beneficial treatment can be harmful and have a counterproductive effect on a person's health.

Skills

• Maintain customer service

  Keep the highest possible customer service and make sure that the customer service is at all times performed in a professional way. Help customers or participants feel at ease and support special requirements.

• Apply massage therapy

  Apply massage therapy to relieve patient's pain by using various specialised techniques.

• Identify customer's needs

  Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.

• Manage personal professional development

  Take responsibility for lifelong learning and continuous professional development. Engage in learning to support and update professional competence. Identify priority areas for professional development based on reflection about own practice and through contact with peers and stakeholders.

• Give massages

  Provide clients with head, hand, neck, facial or full body massages.

• Maintain personal hygiene standards

  Preserve impeccable personal hygiene standards and have a tidy appearance.

• Work ergonomically

  Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.

• Maintain privacy of service users

  Respect and maintain the dignity and privacy of the client, protecting his or her confidential information and clearly explaining policies about confidentiality to the client and other parties involved.

• Accept own accountability

  Accept accountability for one`s own professional activities and recognise the limits of one`s own scope of practice and competencies.

• Communicate with customers

  Respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require.

• Develop personalised massage plan

  Determine the massage treatment to be applied based on the medical diagnosis, the prescription plan, and according to the condition of the patient.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB