A professional who pricks skin of patron, using needled electric tool, that inserts indelible nontoxic pigment into skin to form decorative or ornamental design. Respnsibilities include:

• Shaves area to receive tattoo and washes it, using germicidal soap.
• Presses charcoal-coated stencil, draws design, or traces pattern of design onto skin of patron, to mark outline of design.
• Dips needles of tool into colored pigment solution and presses needles into skin to insert indelible pigment into skin following outline of design.
• Applies sterile dressing to area.
• Sterilizes needles in steam-heated cabinet (sterilizer).
• Mixes nontoxic colored pigments according to formula.
• Adjusts and repairs needled electric tool, using handtools, such as screwdrivers and pliers.
• May draw original designs on paper, trace designs onto acetate sheet, and cut out design to form pattern or stencil, using stylus and knife.