Childcare Workers
SOC Code: 39-9011
Childcare Workerss maintain a safe play environment. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 97.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 97.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$32,050
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Job Growth
-2.9%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Monitoring
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Service Orientation
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Persuasion
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Maintain a safe play environment.
- ✓Observe and monitor children's play activities.
- ✓Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
- ✓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 people with disabilities.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation