Home Health Aides

People in this career often have these skills:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Maintain medical records.
• Assist patients with daily activities.
• Give medications or immunizations.
• Engage patients in exercises or activities.
• Feed patients.

• Assess physical conditions of patients to aid in diagnosis or treatment.
• Teach basic living or other adaptive skills to patients or caregivers.
• Accompany patients or clients on outings to provide assistance.
• Apply bandages, dressings, or splints.
• Administer therapy treatments to patients using hands or physical treatment aids.

• Personal Care Aides

• Childcare Workers

• Physical Therapist Aides

• Psychiatric Aides

• Occupational Therapy Aides

• Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers

• Dietetic Technicians

• Medical Assistants

• Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers

• Passenger Attendants