domestic butlertocompanion
A domestic butler already meets 30% of what the companion role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
30%
66.6/ 100
1 Share of the companion role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the domestic butler 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 companion role treats 3 of its required skills as things a domestic butler already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- clean rooms
- use cooking techniques
- use food preparation techniques
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 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A companion role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a domestic butler background worth leading with.
- already held wash vehicles handling and moving
- already held buy groceries communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held remove dust handling and moving
- already held provide dog walking services handling and moving
- already held feed pets handling and moving
- already held use gardening equipment handling and moving
All 11 carried skills, including the 3 the companion role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 4 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 accompany people required
- required, not held prepare ready-made dishes required
- required, not held prepare sandwiches required
- required, not held empathise with the healthcare user required
- required, not held keep company required
- required, not held relate empathetically required
- optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
- optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- required, not held make the beds required
- required, not held wash the laundry required
- required, not held clean surfaces required
- required, not held iron textiles required
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- required, not held listen actively required
- optional, not held support nurses optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a companion role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 accompany people skill · sector specific
- 02 make the beds skill · sector specific
- 03 prepare ready-made dishes skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held clean rooms skill
- already held use cooking techniques skill
- already held use food preparation techniques skill
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held buy groceries skill
- already held feed pets skill
- already held provide dog walking services skill
- already held remove dust skill
- already held use gardening equipment skill
- already held wash vehicles skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held give advice on personal matters optional
- optional, not held support individuals to adjust to physical disability optional
- optional, not held drive vehicles optional
- optional, not held provide first aid optional
- optional, not held support nurses optional
25 held skills the companion role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role arrange special events skill
- not needed by the target role arrange tables skill
- not needed by the target role check dining room cleanliness skill
- not needed by the target role coach employees skill
- not needed by the target role communicate by telephone skill
- not needed by the target role dietary regimes knowledge
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role greet guests skill
- not needed by the target role handle delivered packages skill
- not needed by the target role handle guest luggage skill
- not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role make reservations skill
- not needed by the target role manage maintenance operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor work for special events skill
- not needed by the target role organise wine cellar skill
- not needed by the target role oversee guest laundry service skill
- not needed by the target role perform cleaning duties skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role serve beverages skill
- not needed by the target role serve food in table service skill
- not needed by the target role serve wines skill
- not needed by the target role supervise children skill
- not needed by the target role supervise food quality skill
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.