Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a companion can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a companion already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Companions perform housekeeping duties and meal preparation for the people they assist on their own premises such as elderly people or people with special needs or who suffer from an illness. They also provide entertainment activities such as playing cards or reading stories. They may do shopping activities as well as punctual transportation to doctor's appointments, etc.

Also known as male servant, live-in companion, caregiver, servant, live in companion.

Service and sales workers 28 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: home care aide, 43%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
home care aide 43% covered domestic cleaner 29% covered babysitter 27% covered domestic housekeeper 25% covered au pair 24% covered companion You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from companion, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a companion already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A companion needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • keep company assisting and caring
  • accompany people assisting and caring
  • make the beds handling and moving
  • wash the laundry handling and moving
  • prepare ready-made dishes assisting and caring
  • prepare sandwiches assisting and caring
  • iron textiles handling and moving
  • clean rooms handling and moving
  • use food preparation techniques assisting and caring
  • use cooking techniques assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a companion does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Companion is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a companion’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.