Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified

Definition

This unit group covers providers of routine health and personal care support services not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 532: Personal Care Workers in Health Services. For instance, the group includes occupations such as dental aid, sterilization aid, hospital orderly, medical imaging assistant, and pharmacy aid. In such cases tasks would include - (a) cleaning and sterilizing surgical, dental and pharmaceutical instruments, bottles, beakers and other equipment; (b) labelling drugs, chemicals and other pharmaceutical preparations and replenishing stock on shelves; (c) lifting, turning and moving patients and transporting them in wheelchairs or on moveable beds; (d) preparing patients for examination or treatment; (e) setting up instrument trays, preparing materials, and assisting dentists or radiographers during procedures; (f) exposing diagnostic X-rays. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Dental aide - First aid attendant - Hospital orderly - Medical imaging assistant - Pharmacy aide - Phlebotomist - Sterilization aide Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Pharmaceutical assistant - 3213 - Dental technician - 3214 - Dental assistant - 3251