companiontoau pair
A companion already meets 24% of what the au pair role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
70.4/ 100
1 Share of the au pair role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the companion 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 this move works
A au pair role treats 1 of its required skills as things a companion already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- prepare sandwiches
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 · What you already bring
Of the 12 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 companion background worth leading with.
- already held buy groceries communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepare ready-made dishes assisting and caring
- already held feed pets handling and moving
- already held prepare sandwiches assisting and caring
- already held use gardening equipment handling and moving
- already held iron textiles handling and moving
All 12 carried skills, including the 1 the au pair role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- required, not held assist children with homework required
- required, not held assist children in developing personal skills required
- required, not held attend to children's basic physical needs required
- required, not held play with children required
- required, not held supervise children required
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held handle children's problems optional
- optional, not held support children's wellbeing optional
- required, not held communicate with youth required
- required, not held entertain people required
- required, not held give constructive feedback required
- required, not held maintain relations with children's parents required
- required, not held promote human rights required
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
- required, not held handle chemical cleaning agents required
- required, not held workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held disability care optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
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.
- 01 assist children with homework skill · sector specific
- 02 assist children in developing personal skills skill · cross sector
- 03 attend to children's basic physical needs skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held prepare sandwiches skill
- already held buy groceries skill
- already held clean rooms skill
- already held clean surfaces skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held feed pets skill
- already held iron textiles skill
- already held prepare ready-made dishes skill
- already held provide first aid skill
- already held use cooking techniques skill
- already held use food preparation techniques skill
- already held use gardening equipment skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess the development of youth optional
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held disability care optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
- optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
- optional, not held handle children's problems optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held support children's wellbeing optional
- optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
16 held skills the au pair role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accompany people skill
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with special needs skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
- not needed by the target role give advice on personal matters skill
- not needed by the target role keep company skill
- not needed by the target role listen actively skill
- not needed by the target role make the beds skill
- not needed by the target role provide dog walking services skill
- not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
- not needed by the target role remove dust skill
- not needed by the target role support individuals to adjust to physical disability skill
- not needed by the target role support nurses skill
- not needed by the target role wash the laundry skill
- not needed by the target role wash vehicles skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held workplace sanitation required
- optional, not held baby care optional
- optional, not held disability care optional
- optional, not held common children's diseases optional
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.