# Competences — home care aide

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1391bdf9-bd61-4fb5-91ca-c29036ab2b60).

## Essential

- **accompany people** (skill/competence)
- **apply first response** (skill/competence)
- **assist clients with special needs** (skill/competence)
- **assist disable passengers** (skill/competence)
- **assist social service users with physical disabilities** (skill/competence)
- **buy groceries** (skill/competence)
- **disability care** (knowledge)
- **disability types** (knowledge)
- **evaluate older adults' ability to take care of themselves** (skill/competence)
- **first response** (knowledge)
- **iron textiles** (skill/competence)
- **keep company** (skill/competence)
- **make the beds** (skill/competence)
- **monitor patient's health condition** (skill/competence)
- **older adults' needs** (knowledge)
- **prepare ready-made dishes** (skill/competence)
- **prepare sandwiches** (skill/competence)
- **provide in-home support for disabled individuals** (skill/competence)
- **support individuals to adjust to physical disability** (skill/competence)
- **support social service users to live at home** (skill/competence)
- **tend to elderly people** (skill/competence)
- **wash the dishes** (skill/competence)
- **wash the laundry** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- administer appointments (skill/competence)
- advise on healthy lifestyles (skill/competence)
- assess risks for the elderly (skill/competence)
- assist individuals with disabilities in community activities (skill/competence)
- clean household linens (skill/competence)
- clean rooms (skill/competence)
- clean surfaces (skill/competence)
- communicate with customers (skill/competence)
- feed pets (skill/competence)
- food allergies (knowledge)
- handle linen in stock (skill/competence)
- hearing disability (knowledge)
- lift heavy weights (skill/competence)
- listen actively (skill/competence)
- mobility disability (knowledge)
- prepare dietary meals (skill/competence)
- prevent domestic accidents (skill/competence)
- promote healthy lifestyle (skill/competence)
- promote prevention of social isolation (skill/competence)
- provide dog walking services (skill/competence)
- provide first aid (skill/competence)
- remove dust (skill/competence)
- use cooking techniques (skill/competence)
- use food preparation techniques (skill/competence)
- vacuum surfaces (skill/competence)
- visual disability (knowledge)
- work ergonomically (skill/competence)