Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
RecordOccupation

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.

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

home care aide 43% covered domestic cleaner 29% covered babysitter 27% covered domestic housekeeper 25% covered au pair 24% covered companion You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from companion. 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.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a companion already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.