461231 Body Artist
Decorates, adorns or modifies the human body permanently or temporarily using a range of techniques such as tattooing, piercing and skin modification.
- Major group
- 4 Community and Personal Service Workers
- Unit group
- 4612 Body and Make-up Artists
- Edition
- OSCA 2024
- Skill level
- Level 4
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Role overview
Decorates, adorns or modifies the human body permanently or temporarily using a range of techniques such as tattooing, piercing and skin modification.
Use this page to confirm the official title, the parent unit group, the task list and the related ANZSIC industry context before using the occupation in classification, reporting or migration-adjacent workflows.
Occupation facts
- Skill level
- 4
- Major group
- 4 Community and Personal Service Workers
- Sub-major group
- 46 Personal Service, Sports and Fitness Workers
- Minor group
- 461 Personal Service and Travel Workers
- Unit group
- 4612 Body and Make-up Artists
Tasks
- Consults with clients to determine their desired body art design
- Prepares clients' skin for the chosen body art technique
- Applies permanent tattoos by inserting ink under layers of skin
- Paints or dyes skin to create temporary body art designs
- Pierces skin to implant jewellery and other biocompatible materials
- Modifies the shape of the skin through cutting, branding, manipulating, stretching and scarring techniques
- Uses scalpel, heat and restraining techniques to create patterns in the skin
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Compare OSCA 461231 with related occupations
Compare roles in the same OSCA unit group by their official definition, skill level, tasks and recognised alternative titles.
| Comparison point | Current code461231 Body Artist | 461232 Make-up Artist |
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| Official role definition | Decorates, adorns or modifies the human body permanently or temporarily using a range of techniques such as tattooing, piercing and skin modification. | Designs and applies make-up products and techniques to transform or enhance the features of individuals. |
| Skill level | Skill Level 4 | Skill Level 3 |
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Comparison uses occupation definitions, skill levels, tasks and title variants from the ABS OSCA data files.
In this section
- 461231Body Artist
- 461232Make-up Artist
Official source
- Official source
- ABS OSCA 2024 release and correspondence tables
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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