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Childcare Workers

$28.52K Median Salary 150.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 8.5% Job Growth

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About This Career

Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

Reported Job Titles

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

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Comprehension

Oral Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Deductive Reasoning

Far Vision

Speech Recognition

Written Comprehension

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Inductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Near Vision

Selective Attention

Speech Clarity

Time Sharing

Written Expression

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service

English Language

Education and Training

Public Safety and Security

Psychology

Skills

Monitoring

Service Orientation

Social Perceptiveness

Active Listening

Coordination

Critical Thinking

Speaking

Active Learning

Complex Problem Solving

Instructing

Judgment and Decision Making

Learning Strategies

Reading Comprehension

Writing

Technology Skills

Word processing software

Computer based training software

Multi-media educational software

Desktop communications software

Office suite software

Internet browser software

Project management software

Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

Oral or enteral liquid medication syringe

Mobile medical services first aid kits

Balance or gross motor equipment

Photocopiers

Mobile phones

Domestic clothes washers

Fire extinguishers

Domestic microwave ovens

Domestic tumble dryers

Automobiles or cars

Notebook computers

Carriages or perambulators or strollers

Domestic ranges

Alarm systems

Car seats

Cognitive toys

Building blocks

Sand or water tables or activity centers

Feeding bottles

Vacuum cleaners

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Wet mops

Abilities

Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Time Sharing: The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Skills

Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Technology Skills

Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Computer based training software: BrainTrain IVA+Plus; Language arts educational software; Math educational software
Multi-media educational software: Interactive learning software
Desktop communications software: Edmodo
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Calendar and scheduling software: Appointment scheduling software