Other Personnel Related to Religion
Job description
These individuals perform certain functions associated with the practice of a religion. This group includes brothers, nuns, monks, and religious education workers. It also includes others who assist a minister or religious community. They are self-employed or work for:
- Places of worship (churches, synagogues, temples, etc.).
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Correctional facilities
- Private companies
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Assist in worship services and religious ceremonies.
- Provide religious education and spiritual and moral support to members of a religious community.
- Administer food, clothing, and shelter assistance programs.
- Carry out awareness-raising activities and foster community involvement.
- Plan, organize, and lead, as required, religious services and church activities for a specific audience.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 57.3% Female
- 42.7% Male
- 57.3% Female
- 42.7% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 8159% of jobs
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NAICS 6123% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 62311% of jobs
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NAICS 712% of jobs
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NAICS 6242% of jobs
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Others3% of jobs
All of Québec
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NAICS 8159% of jobs
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NAICS 6123% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 62311% of jobs
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NAICS 712% of jobs
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NAICS 6242% of jobs
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Others3% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Religious studies or theology
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 35.3%
44.1% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 69.2%
30.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Sometimes required
- Requirements and qualifications vary according to profession or religion.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Service oriented
- Social perception
- Reading comprehension
- Written expression
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- Data collection
- Active learning
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Critical thought
- Learning strategies
- Time management
- Coordination
- Solving complex problems
- Operation analysis
- Systems evaluation
- Human resource management
- Information processing
- System analysis
- Material resource management
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Awareness of issues
- Speech recognition
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Written expression
- Idea generation
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Information organization
- Originality
- Memorization
- Near vision
- Classification
- Selective attention
- Distance vision
- Time sharing
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to work in a team
- Friendliness
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Respect others
- Availability
- Capacity to facilitate a group
- Open-mindedness
- Knowledge of philosophy and theology
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Assist and advise
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Official name of the NOC 42204
Religion workers
Job titles
- Pastoral animator
- Animator - spiritual guidance
- Brother/sister - religion
- Monk
- Religious education worker
- Salvation army captain
- Cantor
- Deaconess
- Deacon
- Home mission worker - religion
- Exegete
- Christian science nurse - non-medical
- Faith healer
- Ragi
- Panthee
- Hazzan
- Corporate intercessor
- Church worker
- Salvation army worker
- Salvation army field worker
- Mother superior/religious superior
- Missionary
- Mohel
- Nun
- Novice - religion
- Postulant
- Christian science worker
- Christian science practitioner
- Gospel worker
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
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Last update: January 29, 2026