Quels indicateurs pour mesurer le développement professionnel dans les métiers adressés à autrui ?

What indicators should be used to measure professional development in non-teaching support occupations? This article proposes the use of indicators in these occupations. The first part considers the origin of the concept of professional development, coming from the rationalisation caused by the “second modernity”. This part indicates that these occupations are linked to both a strong and a weak rationalisation. The second part presents the framework for professional development that is particularly relevant to the analysis of social interaction and the updating its dilemmas. Starting from empirical research involving the trainers at a school for care assistants, five indicators are proposed for the competencies and professional identity that are sufficiently comparable for the best generalisations, despite all limitations, to support occupations