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Other Personnel Related to Religion

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  • Job description
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2022-2026
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

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.

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.

Hourly wage

Not available.

Job prospects for 2022-2026

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Job prospects for 2022-2026

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2021

All of Québec

2,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
56.9% Female
43.1% Male

Not available.
  • 56.9% Female
  • 43.1% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$40,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    68% of jobs
  2. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    16% of jobs
  3. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    7% of jobs
  4. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    1% of jobs
  5. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    7% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Other Services (except Public Administration)
    NAICS 81
    68% of jobs
  2. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    16% of jobs
  3. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    7% of jobs
  4. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    1% of jobs
  5. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    1% of jobs
  6. Others
    7% 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

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 69.2%

30.8% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University

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
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Abilities

  • Verbal skills
  • Speech clarity
  • Speech recognition
  • Awareness of issues
  • Written comprehension
  • Oral comprehension
  • Written expression
  • Idea generation
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Information organization
  • Originality
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Memorization
  • Near vision
  • Classification
  • Selective attention
  • Time sharing
  • Distance vision
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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.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 4217 (42204)

Other religious occupations

Job titles

  • Pastoral animator
  • Animator - spiritual guidance
  • Brother - 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
  • Religious superior - religious community
  • Missionary
  • Mohel
  • Nun
  • Novice - religion
  • Postulant
  • Christian science worker
  • Christian science practitioner
  • Gospel worker
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Skill type

Education, law and social, community and government services

Related occupations

  • Professional occupations in religion

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

Last update: March 27, 2023

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