house sittertocompanion
A house sitter already meets 17% of what the companion role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
17%
77/ 100
1 Share of the companion role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the house sitter 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.
Why this move works
A companion role treats 2 of its required skills as things a house sitter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- clean rooms
- clean surfaces
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A companion role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a house sitter background worth leading with.
- already held provide dog walking services handling and moving
- already held feed pets handling and moving
- already held use gardening equipment handling and moving
- already held clean rooms handling and moving
- already held clean surfaces handling and moving
- already held drive vehicles working with machinery and specialised equipment
All 6 carried skills, including the 2 the companion role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 4 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 accompany people required
- required, not held prepare ready-made dishes required
- required, not held prepare sandwiches required
- required, not held use cooking techniques required
- required, not held use food preparation techniques required
- required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
- required, not held keep company required
- required, not held relate empathetically required
- optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
- optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- required, not held make the beds required
- required, not held wash the laundry required
- required, not held iron textiles required
- optional, not held remove dust optional
- optional, not held wash vehicles optional
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- required, not held listen actively required
- optional, not held buy groceries optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held support nurses optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a companion role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accompany people skill · sector specific
- 02 make the beds skill · sector specific
- 03 prepare ready-made dishes skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held clean rooms skill
- already held clean surfaces skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held feed pets skill
- already held provide dog walking services skill
- already held use gardening equipment skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held buy groceries optional
- optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
- optional, not held remove dust optional
- optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
- optional, not held wash vehicles optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held support nurses optional
20 held skills the companion role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
- not needed by the target role collect mail skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role credit card payments knowledge
- not needed by the target role disseminate messages to people skill
- not needed by the target role ensure private property security skill
- not needed by the target role execute inspection walkway skill
- not needed by the target role follow verbal instructions skill
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain pool cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role monitor building security skill
- not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
- not needed by the target role park vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
- not needed by the target role provide home pet sitting services skill
- not needed by the target role register information on arrivals and departures skill
- not needed by the target role stay alert skill
- not needed by the target role vacuum surfaces skill
Other moves recorded from house sitter
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.