Here is a set of questions that has been developed to help you determine which career paths in the field of Child Care Studies would be best suited for you.

Please answer Yes or No to each question:

  1. I would love to give guidance and counselling in my local communities in order to help solve specific problems within these communities.
 Yes No
  1. I enjoy working with small children are cute and I would love to help out at a crèche.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to make decisions regarding the management, structure and financial matters of a day care centre.
 Yes No
  1. I would like to look after children and care for their needs every day.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to work with customers and handle problems regarding customer service.
 Yes No
  1. I have dreamed about opening my own day care centre but am not sure how and need some knowledge on the matter.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to entertain children by reading to them and playing educational games that will stimulate their development.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to teach at a nursery school.
 Yes No
  1. I have always dreamed of working for the child protection unit to ensure that the rights of children are followed through.
 Yes No
  1. Opening up a small business like a day care has always been a dream of mine.
 Yes No
  1. I love schildren and would like to babysit for families in my free time.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to work for a specific family and look after their children during the day until the parents come home from work.
 Yes No
  1. I have a lot of patience and have always wanted to be a teacher at a day care centre.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to help children who are being abused and find them places of safety until solutions can be found for the domestic problems.
 Yes No
  1. I enjoy telling jokes and making funny gestures to make children laugh.
 Yes No
  1. I want to fetch children from their homes and take them to school and back every day.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to run, manage and maintain my own day care centre.
 Yes No
  1. I wish I had the skills set to help young children in cases of medical emergencies.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to be a professional who was qualified to help children by means of play therapy.
 Yes No
  1. I think it would be great to supervise children at an aftercare facility.
 Yes No
  1. I have excellent marks in Mathematics, Science and Biology and would love to become a medical doctor who specialises in the needs of children.
 Yes No
  1. I would love to work with children at a foster care centre.
 Yes No
  1. I love magic tricks and would love to perform magic tricks for groups of children at parties.
 Yes No
  1. I have always known that I want to work with children on a daily basis.
 Yes No
  1. I am a very patient person and don’t lose my temper easily.
 Yes No
  1. Children always seem to love me and I enjoy interacting with them on their level.
 Yes No
  1. I have younger brothers and sisters and they have motivated me to want to work with children for a living.
 Yes No
  1. I enjoy caring for children and would like to nurse them when they are ill.
 Yes No
  1. I am very creative and like to think of games to play with my little brothers and sisters.
 Yes No
  1. I want to be self-employed and am considering starting a crèche from my own home.
 Yes No


Please note: This is not a certified psychometric test but merely an indication of what field of study you could consider. We always encourage students to also do professional psychometric tests if they are unsure about which course of study would suit their needs best.

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