National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2006

• E - Occupations in Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion
• E2 - Paralegals, Social Services Workers and Occupations in Education and Religion, n.e.c.
• E21 - Paralegals, Social Services Workers and Occupations in Education and Religion, n.e.c.

E216 - Other Religious Occupations

This unit group includes 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 or in institutions such as schools, hospitals and prisons.

• Example Titles

  • animator - spiritual guidance
  • brother / sister - religion
  • cantor
  • Christian Science nurse - non-medical
  • Christian science practitioner
  • Christian science worker
  • church worker
  • deacon
  • deaconess
  • exegete
  • faith healer
  • gospel worker
  • hazzan
  • healer, faith
  • 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

• Exclusion

  • Ministers of religion (See E024 Ministers of Religion)