Childcare Workers

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Child Care Worker, Childcare Provider, Infant Teacher, Toddler Teacher

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What they do:
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
On the job, you would:
  • Maintain a safe play environment.
  • Observe and monitor children's play activities.
  • Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.

Knowledge

Business

  • customer service

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Safety and Government

  • public safety and security

Skills

Basic Skills

  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

  • looking for ways to help people
  • understanding people's reactions

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal

  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems

Attention

  • do two or more things at the same time
  • pay attention to something without being distracted

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Self Control
  • Concern for Others
  • Integrity
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Cooperation
  • Attention to Detail

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Office suite software

  • Microsoft Office software Hot Technology

Computer based training software

  • Educational software
  • Schoology

Multi-media educational software

  • Nearpod
  • Seesaw

Education

Education: (rated 2 of 5)
high school diploma/GED or
associate's degree
usually needed

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