(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Child Care Workers
Job Description
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and child care institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
99
|
Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts. |
99
|
Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas. |
97
|
Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits. |
96
|
Sanitize toys and play equipment. |
95
|
Regulate children's rest periods. |
94
|
Maintain a safe play environment. |
94
|
Observe and monitor children's play activities. |
93
|
Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs. |
88
|
Dress children and change diapers. |
87
|
Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered. |
86
|
Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books. |
85
|
Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues. |
83
|
Perform housekeeping duties, such as laundry, cleaning, dish washing, and changing of linens. |
82
|
Organize and participate in recreational activities and outings, such as games and field trips. |
81
|
Assist in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children. |
80
|
Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans. |
80
|
Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls. |
69
|
Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention. |
60
|
Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped. |
54
|
Help children with homework and school work. |
54
|
Accompany children to and from school, on outings, and to medical appointments. |
53
|
Provide care for mentally disturbed, delinquent, or handicapped children. |
49
|
Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas. |
48
|
Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling. |
35
|
Place or hoist children into baths or pools. |
22
|
Operate in-house day-care centers within businesses. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
73
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
65
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
60
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
59
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
55
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
54
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
51
|
Thinking Creatively
|
51
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
50
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
49
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
46
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
44
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
43
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
42
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
42
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
39
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
39
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
38
|
Processing Information
|
36
|
Getting Information
|
35
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
34
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
33
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
33
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
32
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
31
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
27
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
26
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
25
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
24
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
24
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
23
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
22
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
18
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
17
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
15
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
15
|
Interacting With Computers
|
14
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
14
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
13
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
13
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
12
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|