Explore occupational profile

Version:
OaSIS 2025 Version 1.0
Search the OaSIS

32209.06 – Naturotherapists

Naturotherapists assess and treat illness and injury through the use of holistic approaches such as herbal remedies, massage, as well as counselling in nutrition and exercise.

Overview

Example job titles

  • Naturotherapist
  • Traditional naturopath

Core competencies

  • Evaluation to continually evaluate clients' progress and response to treatment to adjust plans as needed
  • Social Perceptiveness to tailor treatment plans to meet clients' individual needs and preferences
  • Oral Communication: Active Listening to address barriers to change and provide ongoing support to clients throughout treatment process
  • Pattern Identification to recognize recurring patterns in patients' symptoms, lifestyle habits and health history to identify underlying causes of illness and injury
  • Problem Identification and Deductive Reasoning to assess patients' health concerns and develop appropriate treatment strategies to improve quality of life and prevent diseases based on findings
  • Concern for Others to provide supportive therapeutic environment by demonstrating empathy, compassion and understanding
  • Knowledge in Biology to understand physiology and holistic healing practices to develop treatments and address clients' specific health needs

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Assess and treat illness and injury through the use of holistic approaches such as herbal remedies, massage, as well as counselling in nutrition and exercise.

Additional information

No data has been provided for this section.

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Dietitians and nutritionists (31121)
  • Doctors of naturopathics medicine (31209.03)
  • Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists (32200)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

3 – Health occupations

TEER

2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations

Major group

32 – Technical occupations in health

Sub-major group

322 – Practitioners of natural healing

Minor group

3220 – Practitioners of natural healing

Unit group

32209 – Other practitioners of natural healing

Occupational profile

32209.06 – Naturotherapists

O*NET in-it

This page includes information from the O*NET 27.2 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. Employment and Social Development Canada has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.