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- NOC 2021 Version 1.0
42204 – Religion workers
Religion workers include brothers, nuns, monks, religious education workers and others who provide support to ministers of religion or to a religious community and who perform certain functions associated with the practice of a religion. They may perform these duties in churches, synagogues, temples or other places of worship; in institutions such as schools, hospitals and prisons; or in industrial facilities, corporate enterprises; or they may work in private practice.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Animator - spiritual guidance
- Brother/sister - religion
- Cantor
- Christian Science nurse - non-medical
- Christian science practitioner
- Christian science worker
- Church worker
- Corporate intercessor
- Deacon
- Deaconess
- Exegete
- Faith healer
- Gospel worker
- Hazzan
- Home mission worker - religion
- Missionary
- Mohel
- Monk
- Mother superior/religious superior
- Novice - religion
- Nun
- Panthee
- Pastoral animator
- Postulant
- Ragi
- Religious education worker
- Religious superior - religious community
- Religious superior/mother superior
- Salvation Army captain
- Salvation Army field worker
- Salvation Army worker
- Sister/brother - religion
- Brother/sister - religion
- Christian science practitioner
- Deacon
- Missionary
- Monk
- Nun
- Pastoral animator
- Religious education worker
- Salvation Army field worker
Inclusions
- Cantor
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Assist at services of public worship and religious rites
- Provide religious education, spiritual guidance and moral support to members of a religious community
- Conduct outreach activities and facilitate community involvement
- Administer programs providing food, clothing and shelter
- May plan, organize and lead worship services and church activities for a specific audience.
Employment requirements
- Completion of college, university or other program in religious studies may be required, depending on the particular occupation and religion.
- There may be other employment requirements depending on the particular occupation and religion.
Additional information
Exclusions
- Medical missionary (in 31102 General practitioners and family physicians)
- Religious leaders (41302)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 4 – Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
- TEER
- 2 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years; or supervisory occupations
- Major group
- 42 – Front-line public protection services and paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community, education services
- Sub-major group
- 422 – Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services
- Minor group
- 4220 – Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services
- Version
- NOC 2021 Version 1.0