Occupation Atlascompanion
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d5954a2b-a525-45b7-b6d9-b62efafc6c78
companion
Companions perform housekeeping duties and meal preparation for the people they assist on their own premises such as elderly people or people with special needs or who suffer from an illness. They also provide entertainment activities such as playing cards or reading stories. They may do shopping activities as well as punctual transportation to doctor's appointments, etc.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SCRSocial · Conventional · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social6.19
- C Conventional3.92
- R Realistic3.51
- E Enterprising2.55
- I Investigative1.80
- A Artistic1.79
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Personal Care Aides (31-1122.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (15)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 15 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
home care aide
7 shared · 16 more of its ownkeep company, accompany people, make the beds, wash the laundry
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domestic cleaner
5 shared · 15 more of its ownmake the beds, wash the laundry, iron textiles, clean rooms
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domestic housekeeper
5 shared · 18 more of its ownmake the beds, wash the laundry, iron textiles, clean rooms
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personal shopper
3 shared · 10 more of its ownaccompany people, listen actively, communicate with customers
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quick service restaurant crew member
3 shared · 13 more of its ownprepare ready-made dishes, use cooking techniques, clean surfaces
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shiatsu practitioner
3 shared · 19 more of its ownempathise with the healthcare user, listen actively, communicate with customers
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private chef
3 shared · 21 more of its ownuse food preparation techniques, use cooking techniques, communicate with customers
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pharmacy technician
3 shared · 35 more of its ownempathise with the healthcare user, listen actively, communicate with customers
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This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. ESCO occupations and skills are from the European Commission's ESCO classification, and the occupation crosswalk is the official ESCO–O*NET mapping by the ESCO Secretariat with USDOL/ETA. This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission. BlissPoint Analytics has modified all or some of this information: skill, task and descriptor ratings are rounded to one decimal, and ESCO occupations show Job Zone and interests copied from a crosswalked O*NET occupation. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.