Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 19. - Family and consumer sciences/human sciences
• 19.04 - Family and consumer economics and related services

19.0403 - Consumer services and advocacy

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on providing end-use advice and representational services to individuals and groups within a variety of settings, and the analytical and research techniques needed to protect consumers from unsafe, unreliable, and/or unhealthy products and services. These programs include courses in consumer advocacy, family management systems, ecological impacts of consumption practices, and analyzing and testing product quality and safety.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • consumer protection
  • consumer services
  • consumer advocacy
  • consumer education and advocacy

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • community advocacy(44.0201)
  • consumer studies(19.0201)
  • family and consumer sciences communications(19.0202)