Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as housekeeper, house caretaker couple, house manager, private housekeeping director, domestic couple.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
domestic cleaner 72% covered domestic butler 50% covered companion 45% covered nanny 44% covered au pair 43% covered domestic housekeeper You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from domestic housekeeper, 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 domestic housekeeper already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A domestic housekeeper needs 23 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
  • monitor kitchen supplies management skills
  • supervise housekeeping operations management skills
  • make the beds handling and moving
  • wash the laundry handling and moving
  • buy groceries communication, collaboration and creativity
  • remove dust handling and moving
  • vacuum surfaces handling and moving
  • cleaning techniques services
  • maintain inventory of cleaning supplies information skills
  • store kitchen supplies handling and moving
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a domestic housekeeper’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.