Escort
An escort is a person who accompanies clients at social events and on private outings, for example to dinner or to nightclubs.
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maintain privacy in escort services
provide escort services
accompany people
provide physical intimacy
keep company
About escort
The escort accompanies the client, keeps them company through an event or an evening, and may be responsible for arranging transport and buying tickets for the places the client wants to go. The work is therefore practical and social: knowing how to behave at a given kind of occasion, carrying a conversation with people the client is meeting, and being easy to spend several hours with.
Where it is legally permitted in the country concerned, the work may also include providing erotic or sexual services to the client. Whether it does, and on what terms, is set by that law and by what has been agreed in advance.
An escort maintains confidentiality about clients, about where they went and about who they were with. The escort also follows health and safety practice in escort services, including the health precautions that physical proximity services require. Escort job requirements are set by the law of each country, which differs widely, and in some countries parts of this work are prohibited.
European Skills Framework
Skills and knowledge areas required for this occupation based on European classification.
Essential (6)
Optional (2) — show
Related Occupations
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Frequently asked questions
What does an escort do?
Escorts accompany persons to social events but also on more private occasions, such as dinners or visits of night clubs. They may be in charge of arranging transportation and buying tickets to places of interest. This might include the provision of erotic or sexual services to the client in case it is a legal activity in the respective country.
What skills does an escort need?
An escort needs 6 essential skills, including ensure health and safety in escort services, maintain privacy in escort services, provide escort services, accompany people, provide physical intimacy.
Will AI replace escort jobs?
The AI disruption score for escort is 13/100 (very low risk). Skills most exposed to automation: screen clients, organise transportation for clients, ensure health and safety in escort services. Most resilient: provide escort services, provide physical intimacy, keep company.
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