Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

au pairtoprimary school teaching assistant

A au pair already meets 28% of what the primary school teaching assistant role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From au pair
28%
Overlap1
To primary school teaching assistant
10 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
70.5 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.5/ 100

1 Share of the primary school teaching assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the au pair profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A primary school teaching assistant role treats 6 of its required skills as things a au pair already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assist children in developing personal skills
  • attend to children's basic physical needs
  • give constructive feedback
  • handle children's problems
  • support children's wellbeing
  • support the positiveness of youths

What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A primary school teaching assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a au pair background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held common children's diseases health and welfare
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills assisting and caring
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs assisting and caring
  • already held workplace sanitation services
  • already held handle children's problems assisting and caring
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents communication, collaboration and creativity

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the primary school teaching assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held assist students in their learning required
  • required, not held manage student relationships required
  • required, not held prepare youths for adulthood required
  • required, not held provide lesson materials required
  • required, not held provide teacher support required
  • optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
02 assisting and caring 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held assist students with equipment required
  • required, not held guarantee students' safety required
  • required, not held implement care programmes for children required
  • required, not held perform playground surveillance required
  • optional, not held provide after school care optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
03 management skills 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements required
  • required, not held maintain students' discipline required
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held assess students optional
  • optional, not held organise creative performance optional
  • optional, not held perform classroom management optional
04 education 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held primary school procedures required
  • optional, not held instructional strategies optional
  • optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
  • optional, not held learning difficulties optional
05 health and welfare 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held social development optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
06 generic programmes and qualifications 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a primary school teaching assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held handle children's problems skill
  • already held support children's wellbeing skill
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held common children's diseases knowledge
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held workplace sanitation knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held facilitate teamwork between students optional
  • optional, not held instructional strategies optional
  • optional, not held provide after school care optional
  • optional, not held social development optional
  • optional, not held teach primary education class content optional
  • optional, not held advise on lesson plans optional
  • optional, not held assess students optional
  • optional, not held consult students on learning content optional
  • optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held escort students on a field trip optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held learning difficulties optional
  • optional, not held liaise with educational support staff optional
  • optional, not held organise creative performance optional
  • optional, not held perform classroom management optional
  • optional, not held prepare lesson content optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
  • optional, not held work with virtual learning environments optional
24 held skills the primary school teaching assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assist children with homework skill
  • not needed by the target role baby care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role buy groceries skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out wound care skill
  • not needed by the target role clean rooms skill
  • not needed by the target role clean surfaces skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate when teaching skill
  • not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
  • not needed by the target role entertain people skill
  • not needed by the target role feed pets skill
  • not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • not needed by the target role iron textiles skill
  • not needed by the target role play with children skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare ready-made dishes skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare sandwiches skill
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise children skill
  • not needed by the target role use cooking techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use food preparation techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held primary school procedures required
  • optional, not held instructional strategies optional
  • optional, not held social development optional
  • optional, not held curriculum objectives optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held first aid optional
  • optional, not held learning difficulties optional
  • optional, not held teamwork principles optional
Index

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Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.