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Nannies

Care for children in private households and provide support and expertise to parents in satisfying children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs. Duties may include meal planning and preparation, laundry and clothing care, organization of play activities and outings, discipline, intellectual stimulation, language activities, and transportation.

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

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Childcare Workers

Personal Care and Service Occupations

Other Personal Care and Service Workers

Instruct children in safe behavior, such as seeking adult assistance when crossing the street and avoiding contact with unsafe objects.

Remove hazards and develop appropriate boundaries and rules to create a safe environment for children.

Perform first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when required.

Instruct and assist children in the development of health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet behavior.

Regulate children's rest periods and nap schedules.

Teach and perform age-appropriate activities, such as lap play, reading, and arts and crafts, to encourage intellectual development of children.

Help prepare and serve nutritionally balanced meals and snacks for children.

Model appropriate social behaviors and encourage concern for others to cultivate development of interpersonal relationships and communication skills.

Organize and conduct age-appropriate recreational activities, such as games, arts and crafts, sports, walks, and play dates.

Assign appropriate chores and praise targeted behaviors to encourage development of self-control, self-confidence, and responsibility.

Nannies

Overview

Career

What Nannies Do

Other Job Titles Nannies May Have

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Nannies

Overview

Career

What Nannies Do

Other Job Titles Nannies May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

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