Child care worker

Also searched as: Cuidador infantil

Code 5311.1

What does a Child care worker do?

Child care workers provide care for children when the parents or family members are unavailable. They look after the children's basic needs and help or supervise them during play. Child care workers can work for preschools, daycare centres, childcare agencies or individual families.

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Essential skills

Knowledge

  • workplace sanitation

Skills and competences

  • Aconsejar en lactancia materna y cuidados postparto
  • assist children in developing personal skills
  • communicate with youth
  • play with children
  • handle chemical cleaning agents
  • attend to children's basic physical needs
  • supervise children

Transversal competences

  • maintain relations with children's parents

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences