ISCO Minor Group 226 Other Health Professionals

Definition

Other Health Professionals: Other health professionals provide health services related to dentistry, pharmacy, environmental health and hygiene, occupational health and safety, physiotherapy, nutrition, hearing, speech, vision and rehabilitation therapies. This minor group includes all human health professionals except doctors, traditional and complementary medicine practitioners, nurses, midwives and paramedical professionals.

Tasks performed may include: assessing patients or clients to determine the nature of the disorder, illness or problem; developing and implementing treatment plans and evaluating and documenting patients’ progress; diagnosing and treating diseases, injuries and malformations of the teeth, mouth, jaws and associated tissues; storing, preserving, compounding,testing and dispensing medicinal products and counselling on their proper use and adverse effects; assessing, planning and implementing programmes to recognize, monitor and control environmental factors that can potentially affect human health, to improve or restore human motor functions, maximize movement ability, relieve pain syndromes, or to enhance the impact of food and nutrition on human health; diagnosing, managing and treating physical disorders affecting human hearing, communication or swallowing, or disorders of the eyes and visual system; advising clients about continued treatment and care and providing or arranging rehabilitation services; referring clients to or conferring with other health professionals or associate professionals if required.

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

2261 Dentists

2262 Pharmacists

2263 Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals

2264 Physiotherapists

2265 Dieticians and Nutritionists

2266 Audiologists and Speech Therapists

2267 Optometrists and Ophthalmic Opticians

2269 Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified

Unit Groups

Unit Group	Title
C2262	ISCO Unit Group 2262 Pharmacists
C2261	ISCO Unit Group 2261 Dentists
C2267	ISCO Unit Group 2267 Optometrists And Ophthalmic Opticians
C2269	ISCO Unit Group 2269 Health Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified
C2263	ISCO Unit Group 2263 Environmental And Occupational Health And Hygiene Professionals
C2266	ISCO Unit Group 2266 Audiologists And Speech Therapists
C2264	ISCO Unit Group 2264 Physiotherapists
C2265	ISCO Unit Group 2265 Dieticians And Nutritionists

Higher Level

• ISCO SubMajor Group 22 Health Professionals