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6564 – Other personal service occupations

This unit group includes occupations, not elsewhere classified, that provide psychic consulting, fortune telling, astrological services and other personal services. They are employed by call centres and personal service establishments, or are self-employed.

Profile

Index of titles Example job titles

  • Astrologer
  • Astrologist
  • Card reader
  • Chat line agent
  • Clairvoyant
  • Consultant, dating agency
  • Consultant, dating service
  • Crystal ball reader
  • Dating agency consultant
  • Dating service consultant
  • Escort
  • Feng shui practitioner
  • Fortune teller
  • Massager
  • Masseur/masseuse
  • Medium
  • Mental telepathist
  • Numerologist
  • Palm reader
  • Phone agent, personal services
  • Phrenologist
  • Psychic
  • Psychic consultant
  • Psychic reader
  • Reiki master
  • Tarot card reader
  • Tea leaf reader
  • Telepath
  • Telephone agent, personal services
  • Astrologer
  • Chat line agent
  • Dating service consultant
  • Fortune teller
  • Psychic consultant
  • Psychic reader

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

  • The following is a summary of main duties for some occupations in this unit group:
    • Astrologers chart and interpret stellar and planetary positions on a horoscope to predict future events and trends for a client or the general public.
    • Psychic consultants and related advisors provide personal advice to clients based on various schools of thought.
    • Other service providers included in this group offer a wide variety of personal services not elsewhere classified.

Employment requirements

  • A period of training under the guidance of a practitioner is usually required.

Additional information

    Exclusions

    • Image, social and other personal consultants (6561)

    Breakdown summary

    Broad occupational category
    6 – Sales and service occupations
    Skill level
    C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
    Major group
    65 – Service representatives and other customer and personal services occupations
    Minor group
    656 – Other occupations in personal service
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    NOC 2011 Version 1.0