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MINOR GROUP 513: PERSONAL CARE AND RELATED WORKERS
 


    Personal care and related workers provide child care and help in looking after schoolchildren, perform various tasks in order to assist medical and nursing professionals and associate professionals in their duties at hospitals and other institutions, provide home-based personal care, or help veterinary, pharmaceutical or other professionals in their tasks.

    Tasks performed usually include: taking care of employers' children and helping teachers by taking care of children at lunch or other school breaks or outings; providing rudimentary nursing and related care in hospitals and similar institutions, or to patients at home; helping veterinary and pharmaceutical professionals in their duties. Supervision of other workers may be included.

    Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

    5131 Child-care workers

    5132 Institution-based personal care workers

    5133 Home-based personal care workers

    5139 Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified

   
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 Updated 18 September 2004, by VA.