Childcare Workers
Tasks Include:
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped.
- Sanitize toys and play equipment.
- Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.
- Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
- Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +6.1%
National: +6.5%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$28,520.00
State
$28,040.00
Regional
Childcare Workers
Description
Career Cluster: | Human Services |
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 38.54%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 22.71%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 14.28%
- Some College Courses = 10.17%
- Bachelor's Degree = 8.71%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 5.59%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 34.72%
- None = 20.19%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 15.70%
- Up to and including 1 month = 14.40%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.68%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.05%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.21%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.06%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 33.43%
- None = 23.77%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 20.74%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.24%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 3.99%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 2.83%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 44.36%
- None or short demonstration = 19.30%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 17.06%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 14.74%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 4.38%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.18%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Childcare Workers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped.
- Sanitize toys and play equipment.
- Discipline children and recommend or initiate other measures to control behavior, such as caring for own clothing and picking up toys and books.
- Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
- Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- Keep records on individual children, including daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Instruct children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
- Read to children and teach them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
- Organize and store toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas.
- Dress children and change diapers.
- Perform housekeeping duties, such as laundry, cleaning, dish washing, and changing of linens.
- Maintain a safe play environment.
- Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- Assist in preparing food and serving meals and refreshments to children.
- Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Regulate children's rest periods.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as taking attendance, editing internal paperwork, and making phone calls.
- Organize and participate in recreational activities and outings, such as games and field trips.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Operate in-house day-care centers within businesses.
- Sterilize bottles and prepare formulas.
- Help children with homework and school work.
- Accompany children to and from school, on outings, and to medical appointments.
- Provide care for mentally disturbed, delinquent, or handicapped children.
- Perform general personnel functions, such as supervision, training, and scheduling.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Childcare Workers
Tools and Technology
Tools Include:
- Feeding bottles or accessories (Baby bottles)
- Car seats (Child car safety seats)
- Balance or gross motor equipment (Climbing structures)
- Desktop computers
- Domestic tumble dryers (Dryers)
- Cognitive toys (Educational toys)
- Emergency medical services first aid kits (Emergency first aid kits)
- Fire extinguishers (Fire extingushers)
- Domestic ranges (Kitchen stoves)
- Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
- Oral liquid medication syringes (Medicine dosing syringes)
- Domestic microwave ovens (Microwave ovens)
- Automobiles or cars (Passenger cars)
- Personal computers
- Photocopiers (Photocopying equipment)
- Carriages or perambulators or strollers (Strollers)
- Building blocks (Toy block sets)
- Vacuum cleaners
- Domestic clothes washers (Washing machines)
- Sand or water tables or activity centers (Water tables)
- Wet mops
Technologies Include:
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Scheduling software
- Computer based training software
- Educational software
- Internet browser software
- Web browser software
- Word processing software
- Microsoft Word
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Special Requirements
Experience: Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed.
Education: These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training: Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Childcare Workers
Additional Resources
For eligibility requirements and a description of the Child Development Associate credential, contact:
Council for Professional Recognition
2460 16th St. NW.
Washington, DC 20009-3575
http://www.cdacouncil.org
For eligibility requirements and a description of the Certified Childcare Professional designation, contact:
National Childcare Association
1016 Rosser St.
Conyers, GA 30012
http://www.nccanet.org
For information about a career as a nanny, contact:
International Nanny Association
900 Haddon Ave.
Suite 438
Collingswood, NJ 08108
http://www.nanny.org
State Departments of Human Services or Social Services can supply State regulations and training
requirements for childcare workers.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Career VIEW Research. (Using onet28)
Childcare Workers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
68.25 | 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. |
62.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
59.00 | 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. |
54.50 | 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. |
51.00 | 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. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
59.50 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
56.25 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
53.00 | 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. |
53.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
50.00 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
50.00 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
50.00 | Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. |
50.00 | Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
68.75 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
65.50 | 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. |
53.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
53.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
50.00 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
50.00 | 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). |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
79.75 | Assisting and Caring for Others | Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
71.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
67.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
67.00 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
64.75 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
60.50 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
60.50 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
60.00 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
57.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
57.00 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
55.25 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
54.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
54.50 | Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others | Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks. |
54.25 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
53.75 | Developing Objectives and Strategies | Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. |
53.50 | Developing and Building Teams | Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. |
53.25 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
52.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
52.50 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
52.50 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
52.00 | Scheduling Work and Activities | Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
90.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
86.75 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
86.75 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
86.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
85.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
82.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
81.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
79.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
78.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
75.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
73.00 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
72.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
68.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
67.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
65.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
64.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
83.33 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
50.00 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
50.00 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
95.20 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
91.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
85.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
84.00 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
81.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
80.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
79.00 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
73.40 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
72.20 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
69.80 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
69.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
68.40 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
67.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
67.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
66.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
66.60 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
66.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
66.20 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
65.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
61.60 | Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling | How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling? |
59.20 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
58.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
58.60 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
58.40 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
55.60 | Exposed to Disease or Infections | How often does this job require exposure to disease/infections? |
55.20 | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? |
53.80 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
53.20 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
52.80 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
51.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
50.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
50.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $21,250.00 | $28,520.00 | $33,870.00 |
Virginia | $22,880.00 | $28,040.00 | $34,100.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $28,149.54 | $35,643.68 | $41,137.29 |
Bay Consortium | $24,375.29 | $29,304.50 | $34,430.20 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $24,028.29 | $27,302.92 | $31,422.09 |
Central VA/Region2000 | $23,914.36 | $24,110.86 | $27,099.11 |
Crater Area | $23,938.40 | $24,809.06 | $29,539.67 |
Greater Peninsula | $24,040.83 | $26,088.39 | $29,995.38 |
Hampton Roads | $24,184.02 | $27,075.07 | $30,659.08 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $23,914.36 | $25,100.67 | $29,694.36 |
Northern Virginia | $27,821.35 | $35,796.28 | $42,339.28 |
Piedmont Workforce | $24,331.40 | $28,364.85 | $33,295.10 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $23,969.75 | $26,536.78 | $29,364.07 |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | $23,914.36 | $24,574.93 | $27,709.51 |
Western Virginia | $23,914.36 | $24,874.90 | $27,259.02 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 949,000 | 1,010,600 | +6.5% |
Virginia | 19,352 | 20,541 | +6.1% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | 1,691 | 1,834 | +8.5% |
Bay Consortium | 1,370 | 1,515 | +10.6% |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 2,578 | 2,881 | +11.8% |
Central VA/Region2000 | 345 | 322 | -6.7% |
Crater Area | 162 | 168 | +3.7% |
Greater Peninsula | 856 | 904 | +5.6% |
Hampton Roads | 2,209 | 2,324 | +5.2% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | 603 | 588 | -2.5% |
Northern Virginia | 5,903 | 6,613 | +12.0% |
Piedmont Workforce | 953 | 961 | +0.8% |
Shenandoah Valley | 1,049 | 1,122 | +7.0% |
South Central | 196 | 167 | -14.8% |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | 233 | 193 | -17.2% |
Western Virginia | 726 | 740 | +1.9% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Afterschool Counselor
- Aide
- Attendant
- Au Pair
- Baby Attendant
- Baby Sitter
- Babysitter
- Before and After School Daycare Worker
- Boarding Mother
- Bus Escort
- Bus Matron
- Child Attendant
- Child Care Aide
- Child Care Assistant
- Child Care Attendant
- Child Care Development Specialist
- Child Care Provider
- Child Care Sitter
- Child Care Supervisor
- Child Care Teacher
- Child Care Worker
- Child Caregiver
- Child Daycare Worker
- Child Life Specialist
- Child Monitor
- Child's Nurse
- Childcare Aide
- Childcare Assistant
- Childcare Attendant
- Childcare Provider
- Childcare Specialist
- Childcare Worker
- Children's Aide
- Children's Attendant
- Children's Institution Attendant
- Children's Lunchroom Supervisor
- Classroom Monitor
- Day Care Aide
- Day Care Assistant
- Day Care Attendant
- Day Care Home Mother
- Day Care Home Provider
- Day Care Supervisor
- Day Care Worker
- Daycare Aide
- Daycare Assistant
- Daycare Provider
- Daycare Teacher
- Family Day Care Provider
- Governess
- Hall Monitor
- Home Child Care Provider
- Infant and Toddler Teacher
- Infant Childcare Provider
- Infant Teacher
- Instructional Aide
- Lunchroom Aide
- Lunchroom Attendant
- Lunchroom Monitor
- Lunchroom Mother
- Mother Helper
- Mother's Helper
- Nanny
- Nursemaid
- Nursery Attendant
- Nursery Day Care Worker
- Nursery Helper
- Nursery School Attendant
- Nursery Supervisor
- Parent Aide
- Playground Aide
- Playground Attendant
- Playground Monitor
- Playground Supervisor
- Playroom Attendant
- Pre-Kindergarten Teacher (Pre-K Teacher)
- Preschool Aide
- Preschool Assistant
- Preschool Teacher
- School Bus Aide
- School Bus Attendant
- School Bus Monitor
- School Childcare Attendant
- Teacher
- Teacher Assistant
- Toddler Teacher
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Related Schools
- Blue Ridge Community College
- Brightpoint Community College
- Central Virginia Community College
- Dabney S Lancaster Community College
- Danville Community College
- Eastern Shore Community College
- Germanna Community College
- J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
- Laurel Ridge Community College
- Mountain Empire Community College
- New River Community College
- Northern Virginia Community College
- Patrick Henry Community College
- Paul D Camp Community College
- Piedmont Virginia Community College
- Southside Virginia Community College
- Southwest Virginia Community College
- Tidewater Community College
- University of Virginia-Main Campus
- Virginia Highlands Community College
- Virginia Peninsula Community College
- Virginia Western Community College
- Wytheville Community College
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