Religious associate professionals
NKPD code: 3413
Description
Religious associate professionals provide support to priests and religious communities, undertake religious work, prayer and propagation of religious teachings, and strive to improve living conditions through the power of faith and spiritual guidance. Religious associate professionals perform the following main tasks: • undertaking religious work; • preaching and propagating religious teachings; • assisting in public worship and religious rites; • providing religious education, spiritual guidance and moral support to individuals and communities; • organising and participating in programmes to provide food, clothing and shelter to those in need; • advising communities and individuals on matters of right conduct and faith to preserve and improve their wellbeing. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Parish worker – Religious worker – Monk – Nun Excludes: – Parish priest – 2636 – Imam – 2636 – Pastor – 2636 – Rabbi – 2636 – Herbalist – 3230 – Folk healer – 3230 – Practitioner, unconventional methods beneficial to individual health – 3230