Table 1Transition record

babysittertoearly years teaching assistant

A babysitter already meets 31% of what the early years teaching assistant role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From babysitter

31%

Overlap1

To early years teaching assistant

9 Skills carried over

12 Required, not held

66.7 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 66.7

This move: 66.7 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the early years teaching assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the babysitter profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A early years teaching assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a babysitter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held common children's diseases health and welfare
already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
already held workplace sanitation services
already held handle children's problems assisting and caring
already held maintain relations with children's parents communication, collaboration and creativity

All 9 carried skills, including the 7 the early years teaching assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 26 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held assist students in their learning required
required, not held give constructive feedback required
required, not held provide lesson materials required
required, not held provide teacher support required

optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional

02 assisting and caring 4 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held assist students with equipment required
required, not held guarantee students' safety required
required, not held implement care programmes for children required
required, not held perform playground surveillance required

optional, not held provide after school care optional
optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional

03 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
required, not held maintain students' discipline required

optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
optional, not held assess students optional
optional, not held organise creative performance optional
optional, not held perform classroom management optional

04 education 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held kindergarten school procedures required

optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
optional, not held learning difficulties optional

05 information skills 1 required

required, not held monitor children's physical development required

06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary

optional, not held teamwork principles optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a early years teaching assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assess the development of youth skill
already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
already held handle children's problems skill
already held support children's wellbeing skill
already held support the positiveness of youths skill
already held workplace sanitation knowledge
already held common children's diseases knowledge
already held maintain relations with children's parents skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 health and welfare 1 supplementary

optional, not held first aid optional

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
optional, not held provide after school care optional
optional, not held teach kindergarten class content optional
optional, not held assess students optional
optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held learning difficulties optional
optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
optional, not held organise creative performance optional
optional, not held perform classroom management optional
optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
optional, not held teamwork principles optional

20 held skills the early years teaching assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role assist children with homework skill
not needed by the target role baby care knowledge
not needed by the target role babysitting knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out wound care skill
not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
not needed by the target role clean surfaces skill
not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
not needed by the target role feed pets skill
not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
not needed by the target role iron textiles skill
not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
not needed by the target role play with children skill
not needed by the target role prepare ready-made dishes skill
not needed by the target role prepare sandwiches skill
not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
not needed by the target role supervise children skill
not needed by the target role use cooking techniques skill
not needed by the target role use food preparation techniques skill

5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held kindergarten school procedures required
optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
optional, not held first aid optional
optional, not held learning difficulties optional
optional, not held teamwork principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from babysitter

Full index of moves from babysitter

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.