Practitioner of Alternative Medicine
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Job description
These individuals are practitioners of natural treatments. Their methods consider all aspects of the person and seek to act not on the symptom, but on the cause. Their treatments provide clients with a complementary method of health care. They have a dual mission as therapists and health educators.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Restore each person’s inherent self-healing abilities by building on strengths to counterbalance weaknesses.
- Measure the level of vitality and estimate overloads and deficiencies.
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners
- Assess conditions, physiological disorders, and injuries of individuals.
- Treat people using various remedies (herbs, food supplements, acupuncture, etc.).
Acupuncturists
- Assess symptoms, physiological disorders, and injuries of individuals.
- Treat people by inserting acupuncture needles or apply other stimulation techniques (e.g. application of suction cups).
Herbalists
- Assess and advise individuals on herbal medicines that help in the treatment of various conditions (arthritis, asthma, stomach disorders, etc.).
- Cultivate these plants as well as make and sell products that are made with them, where appropriate.
Homeopaths
- Assess and treat diseases by administering tiny doses of the disease itself.
- Recommend lifestyle changes to individuals.
Reflexologists
- Apply light pressure with fingers to specific areas on the feet or hands of people.
- Promote relaxation.
Advancement and mobility
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners may include acupuncture or the practice of herbal medicine as part of their healing techniques.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
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Limited
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Very good
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All of Québec
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Very good
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Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
700
All of Québec
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Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 76.3% Female
- 23.7% Male
Not available.
- 76.3% Female
- 23.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$11,500
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for men
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62382% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 455% of jobs
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NAICS 813% of jobs
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NAICS 613% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11522% of jobs
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Others5% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 621, 622, 62382% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 455% of jobs
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NAICS 813% of jobs
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NAICS 613% of jobs
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 11522% of jobs
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Others5% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
College
DCS in techniques de physiothérapie
Code : 144A1
Placement rate: 66.2%
33.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Specific training for the type of practice and supervised practical training.
Acupuncturists
- Membership in the Ordre des acupuncteurs du Québec (Quebec Order of Acupuncturists).
Sometimes required
Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners
- A diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine is usually required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Active listening
- Critical thought
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Oral expression
- Judgment and decision-making
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Written expression
- Information processing
- Active learning
- Coordination
- Solving complex problems
Abilities
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Oral comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Speech recognition
- Digital dexterity
- Written expression
- Processing flexibility
- Classification
- Hand-arm stability
- Information organization
- Visualization
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Attention to detail
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Respect others
- Sense of observation
- Tolerance to routine work
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Self-employment
- Assist and advise
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 32209
Other practitioners of natural healing
Job titles
- Herbal practitioner
- Homeopath
- Hypnotherapist
- Naturotherapist
- Aromatherapist
- Auriculotherapist
- Shaman
- Clinical hypnotherapist
- Rolfing movement teacher
- Iridologist
- Certified iridologist
- Traditional naturopath
- Ayurvedic practitioner
- Osteopathic manual practitioner
- Naturopathic practitioner
- Holistic practitioner
- Reflexologist
- Certified reflexologist
- Certified rolfer
- Rolfer
- Shiatsu therapist
- Acupressure therapist
- Osteopathic manual therapist
- Reflexologist therapist
Skill type
Health
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