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Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991
Classification
| D3 | Assisting Occupations in Support of Health Services | |
| Occupations in this major group are primarily concerned with providing technical support to medical professional workers. | ||
| D31 | Assisting Occupations in Support of Health Services | |
| Occupations in this minor group are primarily concerned with providing technical support to pathologists, surgeons, pharmacists, dentists and nurses. | ||
| D311 | Dental Assistants | |
| Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with assisting dentists during the examination and treatment of patients, and performing clerical functions in dental offices. | ||
| Exclusions | ||
| ▪ | Dental hygienists are classified in unit group D222 - Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists. | |
| ▪ | Dental technicians are classified in unit group D223 - Dental Technicians and Laboratory Bench Workers. | |
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| D312 | Nurse Aides and Orderlies | |
| Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with assisting nurses and physicians in the basic care of patients. | ||
| Exclusions | ||
| ▪ | Visiting homemakers and housekeepers are classified in unit group G811 - Visiting Homemakers, Housekeepers and Related Occupations. | |
| ▪ | Registered nursing assistants are classified in unit group D233 - Registered Nursing Assistants. | |
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| D313 | Other Aides and Assistants in Support of Health Services | |
| Occupations in this unit group are those, not elsewhere classified, primarily concerned with providing technical and clerical support to surgeons, pharmacists and pathologists. These aides and assistants are employed in hospitals, medical pathology laboratories and pharmacies. Supervisors are included in this unit group. | ||
| Exclusions | ||
| ▪ | Operating room technicians are classified in unit group D233 - Registered Nursing Assistants. | |
| ▪ | Pathologists' assistants are classified in unit group D211 - Medical Laboratory Technologists and Pathologists' Assistants. | |
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