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Occupation 2342 - Early Childhood Educators

Primary-source occupation page using the ILO ISCO-08 structure as the English reference layer.

2026-05-05Not official

Classification note

  • Published code: 2342
  • Hierarchy level: unit-group
  • This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.

Occupation hierarchy

  • Major Group: 2 Professionals
  • Sub Major Group: 23 Teaching Professionals
  • Minor Group: 234 Primary School and Early Childhood Teachers
  • Unit Group: 2342 Early Childhood Educators

Child groups

  • No child groups are published under this code.

TSIC codes where this occupation is primary

Definition

Early childhood educators promote the social, physical, and intellectual development of children below primary school age through the provision of educational and play activities

Tasks include

Tasks include - (a) planning and organizing individual and group activities designed to facilitate the development of children’s motor skills, cooperative and social skills, confidence and understanding; (b) promoting language development through story-telling, role-play, songs, rhymes and informal conversations and discussions; (c) leading children in activities that provide opportunities for creative expression through the media of art, dramatic play, music and physical fitness; (d) observing children in order to evaluate progress and to detect signs of developmental, emotional or health related problems; (e) observing and assessing nutritional health, welfare and safety needs of students and identifying factors which may impede students’ progress; (f) supervising children’s activities to ensure safety and resolve conflicts; (g) guiding and assisting children in the development of proper eating, dressing and toilet habits; (h) discussing progress or problems of children with parents and other staff members and identifying appropriate actions and referrals to other services; (i) establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with other service providers working with young children.

Included occupations or child groups

Examples of the occupations classified here: - Early childhood educator - Pre-school teacher

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Child care centre manager - 1341 - Child care worker - 5311

ISCO-88 correspondence

  • 3320