home care aidetoau pair
A home care aide already meets 22% of what the au pair role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 71.8 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the au pair role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the home care aide 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 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A au pair role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a home care aide background worth leading with.
- already held buy groceries communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepare ready-made dishes assisting and caring
- already held feed pets handling and moving
- already held prepare sandwiches assisting and caring
- already held iron textiles handling and moving
- already held clean rooms handling and moving
All 11 carried skills, including the 1 the au pair role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 23 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.
- required, not held assist children with homework required
- required, not held assist children in developing personal skills required
- required, not held attend to children's basic physical needs required
- required, not held play with children required
- required, not held supervise children required
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held handle children's problems optional
- optional, not held support children's wellbeing optional
- required, not held communicate with youth required
- required, not held entertain people required
- required, not held give constructive feedback required
- required, not held maintain relations with children's parents required
- required, not held promote human rights required
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
- required, not held handle chemical cleaning agents required
- optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
- required, not held workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a au pair role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist children with homework skill · sector specific
- 02 assist children in developing personal skills skill · cross sector
- 03 attend to children's basic physical needs skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held prepare sandwiches skill
- already held buy groceries skill
- already held clean rooms skill
- already held clean surfaces skill
- already held disability care knowledge
- already held feed pets skill
- already held iron textiles skill
- already held prepare ready-made dishes skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held use cooking techniques skill
- already held use food preparation techniques skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held handle children's problems optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held support children's wellbeing optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
39 held skills the au pair role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accompany people skill
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
- not needed by the target role apply first response skill
- not needed by the target role assess risks for the elderly skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
- not needed by the target role assist disable passengers skill
- not needed by the target role assist individuals with disabilities in community activities skill
- not needed by the target role assist social service users with physical disabilities skill
- not needed by the target role clean household linens skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves skill
- not needed by the target role first response knowledge
- not needed by the target role food allergies knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle linen in stock skill
- not needed by the target role hearing disability knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep company skill
- not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role make the beds skill
- not needed by the target role mobility disability knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor patient's health condition skill
- not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare dietary meals skill
- not needed by the target role prevent domestic accidents skill
- not needed by the target role promote healthy lifestyle skill
- not needed by the target role promote prevention of social isolation skill
- not needed by the target role provide dog walking services skill
- not needed by the target role provide in-home support for disabled individuals skill
- not needed by the target role remove dust skill
- not needed by the target role support individuals to adjust to physical disability skill
- not needed by the target role support social service users to live at home skill
- not needed by the target role tend to elderly people skill
- not needed by the target role vacuum surfaces skill
- not needed by the target role visual disability knowledge
- not needed by the target role wash the dishes skill
- not needed by the target role wash the laundry skill
- not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
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.