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

Where a home care aide can go next

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

Home care aides provide personal assistance and promote autonomy, on a daily basis to individuals who are unable to take care of themselves due to illness, ageing or disability. They assist them with personal hygiene, feeding, communication or medication according to the health care professional's instructions.

Service and sales workers 50 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: companion, 81%

companion 81% covered domestic cleaner 47% covered domestic housekeeper 35% covered babysitter 29% covered au pair 22% covered home care aide You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from home care aide. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a home care aide 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

Look up another occupation

home care aide 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 home care aide 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.