National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

F - Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport

Occupations in this broad occupational category are primarily concerned with providing artistic and cultural services and providing direct support to the service providers.

F1 - Technical Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport

Occupations in this major group are primarily concerned with entertaining; graphic art; designing interiors, clothing, theatrical sets; making patterns for textile products; producing handicrafts; operating cameras; laying out artwork; operating broadcasting equipment; operating audio recording equipment; providing support in the performing arts; participating in or officiating at sporting events; coaching athletes; and instructing in athletic or recreational programs.

F14 - Creative Designers and Craftspersons

Occupations in this minor group are primarily concerned with graphic art; designing interiors, clothing and theatrical sets; making patterns for textile products; and producing handicrafts of wood, glass, metal, clay, textiles and other materials.

F141 - Graphic Designers and Illustrators

Graphic designers conceptualize and produce graphic art and visual materials to effectively communicate information for publications, advertising, films, packaging, posters, signs and interactive media such as Web sites and CD-ROMs. They are employed by advertising and graphic design firms, by establishments with advertising or communications departments and by multimedia production companies, or they may be self-employed. Graphic designers who are also supervisors, project managers or consultants are included in this unit group. Illustrators conceptualize and create illustrations to represent information through images. They are almost solely self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • 2D animation artist
  • 2D animator
  • 3D animation artist
  • 3D animator
  • advertising art director
  • advertising art supervisor
  • advertising artist
  • advertising designer
  • advertising illustrator
  • advertising layout designer
  • animated cartoon artist
  • animated cartoon artist - visual arts
  • animated cartoon colourist
  • animation artist
  • animation layout designer
  • animator - animated films
  • animator, graphic design and illustration
  • art layout designer
  • artist, storyboard
  • artistic illustrator
  • assistant animator - animated films
  • background artist
  • bank note designer
  • biological illustrator
  • business forms designer
  • calligrapher
  • calligraphic artist
  • caricaturist
  • cartoon film artist
  • cartoonist
  • cartoonist sketch
  • catalogue illustrator
  • cell animator
  • character animator
  • chief, advertising illustrator
  • colour artist - cartoons
  • colourist - cartoons
  • commercial artist
  • commercial design artist
  • commercial designer
  • communication designer
  • computer animator
  • computer graphics specialist
  • cover designer
  • cover page illustrator
  • cybergraphic designer
  • designer, form layouts
  • digital animator - artist
  • editorial cartoonist
  • electronic games designer
  • fashion illustrator
  • form layout designer
  • forms designer
  • graphic artist
  • graphic arts room supervisor
  • graphic design and illustration animator
  • graphic designer
  • graphic designer - multimedia
  • graphic designer - multimedia, interactive or new media
  • graphic designer and layout artist
  • graphic designer, Web
  • illustrator
  • illustrator and graphic designer
  • interactive media designer
  • Internet graphic designer
  • layout artist
  • layout designer
  • layout designer, animation
  • litho artist
  • medical illustrator
  • multimedia design specialist
  • multimedia designer
  • multimedia illustrator
  • multimedia instructional designer and scriptor
  • multimedia products designer
  • multimedia products designer-ideaman / woman
  • new media graphics designer
  • newspaper illustrator
  • package designer
  • page designer
  • paper securities designer
  • pictographist
  • political caricaturist
  • political cartoonist
  • poster artist
  • registered graphic designer (RGD)
  • RGD (registered graphic designer)
  • scientific illustrator
  • sign designer
  • sports cartoonist
  • storyboard artist
  • supervisor, advertising art
  • supervisor, graphic arts room
  • title artist
  • wallpaper colourist
  • wallpaper designer
  • Web designer - graphic design
  • Web graphic designer
  • Web page designer

• Exclusion

  • Interior designers (See F142 Interior Designers)

F142 - Interior Designers

Interior designers conceptualize and produce aesthetic, functional and safe designs for interior spaces in residential, commercial, cultural, institutional and industrial buildings. They are employed by architectural firms, interior design firms, retail establishments, construction companies, hospitals, airlines, hotel and restaurant chains, and other establishments or they may be self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • aircraft interior designer
  • building space planner
  • business aircraft interior designer
  • certified interior designer
  • designer - interior design
  • interior design project manager
  • interior design technician
  • interior designer
  • interior designer assistant
  • interior space designer
  • kitchen designer
  • licensed interior designer
  • office space planner
  • project manager, interior design
  • registered interior designer
  • retail space planner
  • space management consultant

• Exclusion

  • Designers concerned with visual images and graphic art (See F141 Graphic Designers and Illustrators)
  • Interior decorators (See G211 Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks)

F143 - Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers

Designers in this unit group conceptualize and produce designs for film, television, theatre and video productions, garments and textiles, displays and exhibits, and for other creative items such as jewellery and trophies. Theatre designers are employed by performing arts and broadcasting companies and by festivals; fashion designers are employed by clothing and textiles companies or may be self-employed; and exhibit designers are employed by museums and retail establishments. Other creative designers in this unit group are employed by manufacturing establishments or may be self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • assistant costume designer
  • clothing designer
  • costume designer
  • costume designer - exhibits and theatre
  • couturier - haute couture
  • crest designer
  • designer - theatre
  • designer, clothing
  • designer, displays
  • designer, exhibits
  • designer, museum
  • designer, textile
  • display design supervisor
  • display designer
  • display designer - museums and art galleries
  • display designers supervisor
  • embroidery designer
  • exhibit and display designer
  • exhibit designer
  • exhibit designer - museums and art galleries
  • exhibit designers supervisor
  • exhibition designer - museums and art galleries
  • fabric designer
  • facilities designer
  • fashion co-ordinator
  • fashion designer
  • fashion goods co-ordinator
  • fashion goods exhibit co-ordinator
  • fashion stylist
  • fashion wear designer
  • fishing lure designer
  • flower designer
  • food stylist
  • fur designer
  • garment designer
  • glove designer
  • handbag designer
  • hat designer
  • heraldist
  • jacket designer
  • jewellery designer
  • lighting designer
  • lighting designer - exhibits
  • luggage designer
  • luggage stylist
  • memorial designer
  • museum designer
  • museum exhibit designer
  • novelties stylist
  • pottery designer
  • rug designer
  • scene designer
  • scene designer assistant
  • set decorator - theatre and motion pictures
  • set designer - theatre
  • shoe designer
  • show and demonstration designer
  • sound designer
  • stage scenery designer
  • store display designer
  • supervisor, display design
  • swimming pool designer
  • textile designer
  • theatre designer
  • tile designer
  • toy designer - arts and crafts
  • trophy designer
  • visual merchandiser
  • window display designer
  • women's fashion designer

• Exclusion

  • Graphic designers (See F141 Graphic Designers and Illustrators)
  • Interior designers (See F142 Interior Designers)

F144 - Artisans and Craftspersons

This unit group includes those who use manual and artistic skills to design and make ornamental objects, pottery, stained glass, jewellery, rugs, blankets, other handicrafts and artistic floral arrangements. Makers of stringed musical instruments are also included in this unit group. Most craftspersons are self-employed. Artistic floral arrangers are usually employed in florist shops and floral departments of retail establishments or may be self-employed. Craft instructors are also included in this unit group and are employed by artisan guilds, colleges, private studios and recreational organizations.

• Example Titles

  • Aboriginal art carver
  • Aboriginal craftwork instructor
  • artificial flower maker, hand
  • artificial flower presser
  • artisan
  • artistic bouquet designer
  • artistic floral arranger
  • artistic floral bouquet designer
  • artistic floral designer
  • arts and crafts teacher (except education)
  • bag maker - arts and crafts
  • balalaika maker
  • basket weaver
  • batik artisan
  • beadworker, hand
  • bellows maker
  • bookbinder, hand
  • candle maker, hand
  • caner, custom furniture
  • canoe builder - arts and crafts
  • canoe repairer - arts and crafts
  • carver
  • carver, Native art
  • carver, totem poles
  • case maker, hand
  • cello maker
  • ceramic artist
  • ceramic potter
  • ceramics teacher (except education)
  • ceramist
  • copperplate engraver - artisan
  • craft instructor (except education)
  • craft weaver
  • craftsman / woman
  • craftsperson
  • crocheter, hand
  • custom furniture caner
  • decorative engraver
  • dollmaker, hand
  • embroiderer, hand
  • enameller - arts and crafts
  • enameller, hand
  • enamellist - arts and crafts
  • engraver, hand
  • engraver, metal
  • engraver, pantograph - arts and crafts
  • fabric artisan
  • fabric artist
  • floral arrangements designer
  • floral designer
  • glass blower
  • glass engraver
  • glass novelty maker
  • glass painter
  • glassworker, hand
  • goldsmith
  • guitar maker
  • hand beadworker
  • hand bookbinder
  • hand candle maker
  • hand carver, stones
  • hand carver, woodenware
  • hand case maker
  • hand crocheter
  • hand dollmaker
  • hand embroiderer
  • hand enameller
  • hand engraver
  • hand glassworker
  • hand knitter
  • hand leather worker
  • hand metalworker
  • hand needleworker
  • hand papermaker
  • hand quilter
  • hand rug maker
  • hand silk flower maker
  • hand spinner
  • hand stone carver
  • hand woodworker
  • harpsichord builder
  • instructor, crafts (except education)
  • jewellery artisan, hand
  • jewellery engraver
  • knitter, hand
  • lace weaver - arts and crafts
  • leather worker
  • leather worker, hand
  • machine engraver - arts and crafts
  • mandolin maker
  • master glass blower
  • master glassmaker
  • metal arts worker
  • metal engraver
  • metalworker, hand
  • nameplate engraver
  • Native art carver
  • Native craftwork instructor
  • needleworker, hand
  • pantograph engraver - arts and crafts
  • papermaker, hand
  • pipe organ builder
  • poker-work artisan
  • potter
  • presser, artificial flowers
  • pyrographer
  • quilter, hand
  • rug maker, hand
  • rughooker
  • scientific glass apparatus blower
  • screen printing artisan
  • silk flower maker, hand
  • silversmith
  • silverware engraver
  • spinner, hand
  • stained glass artist
  • stained glass designer
  • stained glass painter
  • steel engraver - arts and crafts
  • stone carver, hand
  • stringed instrument maker
  • teacher, ceramics (except education)
  • tepee maker
  • tie-dye artisan
  • tole painter
  • totem pole carver
  • violin maker
  • weaver - arts and crafts
  • weaving instructor (except education)
  • wood carver
  • woodenware carver, hand
  • woodworker, hand
  • wreath maker

• Exclusion

  • Machine operators and assemblers who produce similar objects in manufacturing (See H Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations; or J Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities)
  • Painters, sculptors and other visual artists (See F036 Painters, Sculptors and Other Visual Artists)

F145 - Patternmakers - Textile, Leather and Fur Products

Patternmakers in this unit group create master patterns for the production of garments, footwear and other textile, leather or fur products. They are employed by pattern manufacturers, textile, leather or fur products manufacturers or they may be self-employed.

• Example Titles

  • canvas goods maker
  • canvas goods pattern designer and patternmaker
  • canvas layer-out - textile products
  • canvas pattern designer
  • canvas patternmaker
  • cartoon embroidery enlarger
  • digitizer operator - textile, leather and fur products
  • doper - fabric products
  • doper and marker
  • dress patternmaker
  • embroidery patternmaker
  • fur garment patternmaker
  • fur patternmaker
  • fur products patternmaker
  • garment patternmaker
  • last-pattern grader
  • layer-out and patternmaker
  • lay-out and patternmaker
  • leather products patternmaker
  • men's and women's wear patternmaker
  • modifier and lay-out marker
  • modifier and marker
  • pattern designer and patternmaker - textile, leather and fur products
  • pattern designer and patternmaker, canvas goods
  • pattern grader
  • pattern marker
  • pattern marker - fabric products
  • pattern modifier
  • pattern modifier - textile, leather and fur products
  • patternmaker - computer assisted
  • patternmaker - textile products
  • patternmaker - textile, leather and fur products
  • patternmaker, shoes
  • sail lay-out and patternmaker
  • sail maker
  • shoe patternmaker
  • shoe-last patternmaker
  • textile identification mark remover
  • textile mark remover
  • textile marker-down
  • textile products patternmaker
  • tracer-patternmaker

• Exclusion

  • Metal patternmakers (See H312 Tool and Die Makers)
  • Sheet metal model makers (See H321 Sheet Metal Workers)