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In this research I study Bachelor’s of Arts (Education) and Bachelor’s of Social Services own conceptions of their professional core competences and the relation between academically acquired skills and the work standards. The purpose of this study is to find out what are the things the early childhood educators see as their professional core competence in relation to their work in day-care centre and does the education provide the early childhood educators sufficient competence for their daily work. The material for this research was collected by using a survey form that consisted of 37 arguments and two open questions. In the end, 37 forms were returned, 19 of which were answered by Bachelors of Arts (Education) and 18 by Bachelors of Social Services. According to the results of this research, the core competence of Bachelors of Arts (Education) and Bachelors of Social Services is really similar to one another. The open questions about the competence for the daily work brought up instead more differences between the answers. The Bachelors of Arts (Education) had a wish for more special pedagogy education and practical experience for their training programme. The Bachelors of Social Sciences whished instead for pure early childhood education for their training programme.