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Childcare Workers
Cares for young children while their families work.
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Childcare workers feed, play with, teach and watch over babies and young children in child care centers, family child care homes and as nannies. Many go on to become preschool teachers or run their own programs.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Statistics · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Childcare Workers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.