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

babysittertoau pair

A babysitter already meets 77% of what the au pair role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From babysitter
77%
Overlap1
To au pair
26 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
24.2 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 24.2

This move: 24.2 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the au pair role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the babysitter 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A au pair role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a babysitter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held baby care health and welfare
  • already held carry out wound care assisting and caring
  • already held assist children with homework assisting and caring
  • already held play with children assisting and caring
  • already held prepare ready-made dishes assisting and caring
  • already held feed pets handling and moving

All 26 carried skills, including the 10 the au pair role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 3 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 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held entertain people required
  • required, not held give constructive feedback required
  • required, not held promote human rights required
  • optional, not held buy groceries optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
02 handling and moving 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a au pair 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 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
  • already held assist children with homework skill
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
  • already held communicate with youth skill
  • already held handle chemical cleaning agents skill
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held play with children skill
  • already held prepare sandwiches skill
  • already held supervise children skill
  • already held workplace sanitation knowledge
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held baby care knowledge
  • already held carry out wound care skill
  • already held clean rooms skill
  • already held clean surfaces skill
  • already held common children's diseases knowledge
  • already held disability care knowledge
  • already held feed pets skill
  • already held handle children's problems skill
  • already held iron textiles skill
  • already held prepare ready-made dishes skill
  • already held provide first aid skill
  • already held support children's wellbeing skill
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held use cooking techniques skill
  • already held use food preparation techniques skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held buy groceries optional
  • optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
3 held skills the au pair role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role babysitting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
Index

Other moves recorded from babysitter

Full index of moves from babysitter

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.