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6564 – Other personal service occupations

Workers in other personal service occupations provide psychic consulting, fortune-telling, astrological services and other personal services. They are employed by call centres and personal service establishments, or are self-employed.

Profile

Index of titles Example job titles

  • Astrologer
  • Astrologist
  • Card reader
  • Chat line agent
  • Clairvoyant
  • Crystal ball reader
  • Dating agency consultant
  • Dating service consultant
  • Escort - personal services
  • Feng shui practitioner
  • Fortune teller
  • Massager
  • Masseur/masseuse
  • Medium
  • Mental telepathist
  • Numerologist
  • Palm reader
  • Phone agent - personal services
  • Phrenologist
  • Psychic
  • Psychic consultant
  • Psychic reader
  • Reiki master
  • Tarot card reader
  • Tea leaf reader
  • Telepath
  • Telephone agent - personal services
  • Astrologer
  • Chat line agent
  • Dating service consultant
  • Fortune teller
  • Psychic consultant
  • Psychic reader

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • Astrologers
    • Chart and interpret stellar and planetary positions on a horoscope to predict future events and trends for a client or the general public.
  • Psychic consultants and related advisors
    • Provide personal advice to clients based on various schools of thought.
  • Other service providers
    • Offer a wide variety of personal services not elsewhere classified.

Employment requirements

  • A period of training under the guidance of a practitioner is usually required.

Additional information

    Exclusions

    • Image, social and other personal consultants (6561)
    • Massage therapists (3236)

    Breakdown summary

    Broad occupational category
    6 – Sales and service occupations
    Skill level
    C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
    Major group
    65 – Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations
    Minor group
    656 – Other occupations in personal service
    Associated Career Handbook profiles
    6564.1 – Astrologers6564.2 – Psychic consultants6564.3 – Other service providers
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    NOC 2016 Version 1.3