Childcare Workers

Also called: Child Care Worker, Childcare Provider, Infant Teacher

Career Cluster: Human Services
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

Safety and Government
  • public safety and security
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Business
  • customer service
SKILLS

Social
  • looking for ways to help people
  • understanding people's reactions
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
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
ABILITIES

Attention
  • do two or more things at the same time
  • pay attention to something without being distracted
Ideas and Logic
  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking
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
Computer based training software
  • Educational software
  • Schoology
Multi-media educational software
  • Nearpod
  • Seesaw
EDUCATION


high school diploma/GED or associate's degree
usually needed
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JOB OUTLOOK


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Salary:
High: $43,270.00
Median: $30,370.00
Low: $22,450.00
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