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supervise children

🏛️ Enduring ESCO reuse: cross-sector

Keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times.

supervise children — keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the enduring band (SCI 45.55/100) — a human-connection anchor whose value is projected to hold or grow through 2030. ESCO classifies it as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill within skills. It is currently listed by 4 occupations in our catalogue, including school bus attendant, child care worker, au pair, and babysitter.

Category: skills › caring for children SCI: 45.55/100 Also known as: keep children under supervision in day care, take care of children, look after children in day care, supervise children in day care, be responsible for children in day care, supervise child in day care

Occupations that require supervise children

Showing top 4 of 4 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

school bus attendant · 🤖 3.8/10
child care worker · 🤖 4.7/10
au pair · 🤖 5.0/10
babysitter · 🤖 5.0/10

Frequently asked questions

What is supervise children?

Keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times.

What category of skill is supervise children?

ESCO classifies supervise children under the skills category, specifically in the caring for children subcategory.

Is supervise children an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the enduring band (SCI 45.55/100) — a human-connection anchor whose value is projected to hold or grow through 2030. This is a durable skill to invest in — high human-connection skills consistently resist automation.

Which jobs require supervise children?

In our catalogue, 4 occupations list supervise children as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include school bus attendant, child care worker, au pair, babysitter.

How transferable is supervise children between industries?

ESCO tags supervise children as a cross-sector (useful across many industries) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is supervise children the same as keep children under supervision in day care?

Yes — supervise children is also known as keep children under supervision in day care, take care of children, look after children in day care, supervise children in day care, be responsible for children in day care, supervise child in day care, or oversee children in day care. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn supervise children?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands supervise children and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.