Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a domestic housekeeper can go next

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

Domestic housekeepers are responsible for all the household activities in a private house. They oversee and execute duties according to the needs of the employer such as cooking, cleaning and washing activities, taking care of children and gardening. They order supplies and are in charge of expenditures allocated. Domestic housekeepers may supervise and instruct household staff in large households.

Service and sales workers 58 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: domestic cleaner, 72%

domestic cleaner 72% covered domestic butler 50% covered companion 45% covered nanny 44% covered au pair 43% covered domestic housekeeper You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from domestic housekeeper. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a domestic housekeeper 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 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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domestic housekeeper 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 domestic housekeeper 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.