National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0

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6 - Sales and service occupations

This broad category comprises middle management occupations in wholesale and retail trade, and customer services, as well as occupations concerned with wholesale and retail sales, and customer, personal and support service occupations related to a wide range of industries, such as accommodation and food services, travel, tourism and cleaning services.

65 - Sales and service support occupations

This major group comprises sales and service support occupations. These occupations come with Training, Education, Experience and Responsibility (TEER) identified as TEER 5. Occupations classified in TEER 5, as those included in this group with a 5 as the second digit of their code, are typically accessible with short work demonstration and no formal educational requirements.

652 - Support occupations in food, accommodation and tourism

This sub-major group comprises support occupations in food, accommodation and tourism services, and in personal services.

6520 - Food support occupations

This minor group comprises food support occupations, including food and beverage servers; food counter attendants, kitchen helpers and related support occupations; and meat cutters and fishmongers in retail and wholesale. They are employed by restaurants, cafes, hotels, fast food outlets, cafeterias, hospitals and other establishments.

6521 - Support occupations in accommodation, travel, tourism and amusement services

This minor group comprises support occupations in accommodation, travel and facilities set-up services; and operators and attendants in amusement, recreation and sport. They are employed by hotels, conference centres, retail establishments, passenger transport companies and throughout the public and private sectors; as well as by amusement parks, fairs, exhibitions, carnivals, arenas, billiard parlours, bowling alleys, golf courses, ski centres, tennis clubs, campgrounds and other recreational and sports facilities.

6522 - Support occupations in personal services

This minor group comprises support occupations in personal services, including pet groomers and animal care workers and other support occupations in personal services not elsewhere classified. They are employed by animal hospitals and clinics, animal shelters, breeding and boarding kennels, zoos, laboratories, retail pet shops, dog training schools and pet grooming establishments; or they may be self-employed.

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