5 Services And Sales Workers

Personal services workers provide personal services related to travel, housekeeping, catering and hospitality, hairdressing and beauty treatment, animal care grooming and training, companionship and other services of a personal nature. Competent performance in most occupations in this sub-major group requires skills at the second ISCO skill level. Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually include: organizing and providing services in connection with travel and sightseeing; housekeeping; preparing and serving food and beverages; hairdressing and beauty treatment; telling fortunes; embalming and arranging funerals; grooming, caring for and training animals; teaching people to drive motor vehicles; providing companionship and other personal services. Supervision of other workers may be included. Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the following minor groups: 511 Travel Attendants, Conductors and Guides 512 Cooks 513 Waiters and Bartenders 514 Hairdressers, Beauticians and Related Workers 515 Building and Housekeeping Supervisors 516 Other Personal Services Workers.

Sales workers sell and demonstrate goods in wholesale or retail shops, at stalls and markets, door-to-door, via telephone or customer contact centres. They may record and accept payment for goods and services purchased, and may operate small retail outlets. Competent performance in most occupations in this sub-major group requires skills at the second ISCO skill level. Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually include: selling goods in wholesale or retail establishments, at street or market stalls, door-to-door, via telephone or customer contact centres; demonstrating and displaying goods to potential customers; selling and serving food for immediate consumption at counters and in the street; buying or contracting a regular supply of products to be sold; stacking and displaying goods for sale and wrapping or packing goods sold; determining product mix, stock and price levels for goods to be sold; operating cash registers, optical price scanners, computers or other equipment to record and accept payment for the purchase of goods and services. Supervision of other workers may be required in some occupations classified here. Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the following minor groups: 521 Street and Market Salespersons 522 Shop Salespersons 523 Cashiers and Ticket Clerks 524 Other Sales Workers Note Shop managers and sales managers are classified in Major Group 1: Managers. Technical, medical and information and communications technology sales professionals are classified in Major Group 2: Professionals. Commercial sales and insurance representatives, finance and trade brokers, are classified in Major Group 3: Technicians and Associate Professionals. Street vendors (excluding food) are classified in Major Group 9: Elementary Occupations.

Personal care workers provide care, supervision and assistance for children, patients and elderly, convalescent or disabled persons in institutional and residential settings. Competent performance in most occupations in this sub-major group requires skills at the second ISCO skill level. Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually include: assisting with mobility, washing and other personal needs; assisting children individually to learn social skills; supervising and participating in activities that enhance children’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual development; observing and reporting concerns to appropriate health or social service workers. Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the following minor groups: 531 Child Care Workers and Teachers’ Aides 532 Personal Care Workers in Health Services.

Protective services workers protect individuals and property against fire and other hazards, maintain law and order and enforce laws and regulations. Competent performance in most occupations in this sub-major group requires skills at the second ISCO skill level. Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually include: preventing, fighting and extinguishing fires; rescuing people from burning buildings and accident sites and those trapped in dangerous situations; maintaining law and order, enforcing laws and regulations, patrolling public areas and arresting suspected offenders; directing traffic and assuming authority in the event of accidents; watching over and maintaining order among inmates of prisons, reformatories or penitentiaries; patrolling or monitoring premises to guard property against theft and vandalism, controlling access to establishments and maintaining order and enforcing regulations at public events and within establishments. Supervision of other workers may be included. Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the following minor group: 541 Protective Services Workers.