Personal care knowledge and skills
Personal Care Workers must know personal care techniques, such as feeding, lifting, changing diapers, and showering, to ensure that their customers are properly cared for.
Personal Care Workers
Descriptions & Duties
- Personal Care Workers provide direct personal care and assistance with activities of daily living to elderly and disabled people at the customers' home or in a care facility. They are responsible for helping customers with personal and household hygiene, preparing meals, providing health care services, directing customers in simple prescribed exercises. They may need to accompany the customers to clinics when necessary.
Generic Competencies
Physical Abilities
Physical abilities
- Physical strength
- Eye hand coordination / precision / dexterity
Importance:3 (Max:5)
Skill is basically required
Technology Skills
Technology skills
- Computer literacy
- Application of technology
Importance:1 (Max:5)
Skill is rarely required
Cognitive Abilities
Cognitive abilities
- Creativity
- Visualisation
- Logical thinking
Importance:2 (Max:5)
Skill is occasionally required
Comprehension And Expression
Comprehension and expression skills
- Reading comprehension
- Oral / written expression
Importance:1 (Max:5)
Skill is rarely required
Social Skills
Social skills
- Communication
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
Importance:4 (Max:5)
Skill is frequently required
Organisation And Execution Skills
Organisation and execution skills
- Planning
- Organising
- Judgement
- Decision making
Importance:2 (Max:5)
Skill is occasionally required
Problem Solving Skills
Problem solving skills
- Ability to solve simple and complex problems effectively and efficiently
Importance:3 (Max:5)
Skill is basically required
Management Skills
Management skills
- Leadership
- Management of finance / time / people / other resources
Importance:1 (Max:5)
Skill is rarely required
Trade Specific Competencies
General Requirements
Academic qualification
- typically have primary or above education level, ; for the post of Health Workers, usually have secondary 5 or above education level
Professional qualification
- complete training courses on elderly care or health services; for the post of Health Workers, with completion of approved health worker training course, and must be registered health workers
Career Path & Salary
Private Sector
Monthly Salary $10,000-$20,000
Monthly Salary $20,000-$40,000
Monthly Salary $20,000-$50,000
Related Education & Training
Work Environment
- Personal Care Workers generally work at the customers' home or in a care facility. They work shifts, often including early morning, late evenings, weekends, and holidays. They perform physically demanding tasks such as lifting and turning customers. They may work full time or part time.
Tools
- Alarm systems
- Bathtub seats; Shower chairs
- Canes
- Crutches
- Electronic blood pressure units
- Foot boards
- Glucometers
- Hearing aid devices
- Home care ventilators
- Lower-body prosthetic devices
- Medical heat lamps or accessories
- Patient lifting devices
- Specimen collection containers
- Therapeutic elastic stockings
- Therapeutic ice pack or pillow
- Upper-body prosthetic devices
- Urinalysis test strips
- Wheelchairs
