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

legal guardiantoau pair

A legal guardian already meets 33% of what the au pair role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From legal guardian
33%
Overlap1
To au pair
10 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
63.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

33%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.6/ 100

1 Share of the au pair role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the legal guardian 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 au pair role treats 5 of its required skills as things a legal guardian already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assist children in developing personal skills
  • assist children with homework
  • attend to children's basic physical needs
  • maintain relations with children's parents
  • play with children

What stands in the way is 8 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 au pair role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a legal guardian background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held assist children with homework assisting and caring
  • already held play with children assisting and caring
  • 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 handle children's problems assisting and caring
  • already held disability care health and welfare

All 10 carried skills, including the 5 the au pair role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate with youth required
  • 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
  • optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare sandwiches required
  • required, not held supervise children required
  • optional, not held carry out wound care optional
  • optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
  • optional, not held use cooking techniques optional
  • optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
03 handling and moving 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held handle chemical cleaning agents required
  • optional, not held feed pets optional
  • optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
  • optional, not held clean rooms optional
  • optional, not held clean surfaces optional
  • optional, not held iron textiles optional
04 services 1 required
  • required, not held workplace sanitation required
05 health and welfare 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held baby care optional
  • optional, not held common children's diseases optional
06 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 10 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 maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held play with children skill
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held disability care knowledge
  • already held handle children's problems skill
  • already held provide first aid skill
  • already held support children's wellbeing skill
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held baby care optional
  • optional, not held buy groceries optional
  • optional, not held carry out wound care optional
  • optional, not held feed pets optional
  • optional, not held prepare ready-made dishes optional
  • optional, not held use cooking techniques optional
  • optional, not held use food preparation techniques optional
  • optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
  • optional, not held clean rooms optional
  • optional, not held clean surfaces optional
  • optional, not held common children's diseases optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate when teaching optional
  • optional, not held drive vehicles optional
  • optional, not held iron textiles optional
  • optional, not held speak different languages optional
  • optional, not held support the positiveness of youths optional
19 held skills the au pair role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advocate for social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
  • not needed by the target role assist individuals with disabilities in community activities skill
  • not needed by the target role assist with personal administration issues skill
  • not needed by the target role contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
  • not needed by the target role determine child welfare skill
  • not needed by the target role family law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role first aid knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give advice on personal matters skill
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
  • not needed by the target role listen actively skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain the trust of service users skill
  • not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role personal development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role private law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide in-home support for disabled individuals skill
  • not needed by the target role screen clients skill
  • not needed by the target role support traumatised children skill
  • not needed by the target role tend to elderly people skill
3 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 workplace sanitation required
  • optional, not held baby care optional
  • optional, not held common children's diseases 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.