NOC 2021 · 33109 · TEER 3
Other assisting occupations in support of health services
Unit group 33109 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Other assisting workers in support of health services provide services and assistance to health care professionals and other health care staff. They are employed in hospitals, medical clinics, offices of health care professionals, nursing homes, optical retail stores and laboratories, and medical pathology laboratories.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- activationist - health support services
- activities coordinator - health support services
- activity aide - health support services
- activity leader - seniors
- activity worker - health support services
- acupuncture assistant
- acupuncture attendant
- adjuvant
- audiometric aide
- audiometric assistant
- audiometric technician
- autopsy assistant
- autopsy attendant
- autopsy technician
- blood donor clinic assistant
- blood donor clinic attendant
- blood donor clinic helper
- blood sampling attendant
- cast room technician
- central service room worker - hospital
- central supply aide
- central supply aide - medical
- central supply room supervisor - hospital
- central supply room technician - hospital
- certified ophthalmic assistant
- chiropractic aide
- chiropractic assistant
- chiropractic health assistant
- chiropractic office assistant
- chiropractor aide
- clinic assistant - medical
- clinical laboratory helper
- emergency room attendant
- emergency-entry attendant - hospital
- fracture room attendant
- health aide
- herbal medicine assistant
- industrial audiometric technician
- instrument sterilizer - medical
- lens grinder-polisher setter
- lens marker - health support services
- lens marker - ophthalmic
- medical clinic assistant
- medical device reprocessing technician
- medical device reprocessor
- medical instrument sterilizer
- medical material handler
- morgue attendant
- morgue technician
- occupational therapy aide
- occupational therapy helper
- ophthalmic assistant
- ophthalmic goods antireflection (AR) coating technician
- ophthalmic goods bench worker
- ophthalmic goods lens coating technician
- ophthalmic goods lens cutter
- ophthalmic goods lens tinter
- ophthalmic lab technician - retail
- ophthalmic laboratory technician - retail
- ophthalmic lens bench worker
- ophthalmic lens cutter
- ophthalmic lens edge grinder
- ophthalmic lens grinder
- ophthalmic lens grinder and polisher
- ophthalmic lens grinder-polisher setter
- ophthalmic lens inspector
- ophthalmic lens marker
- ophthalmic medical assistant
- ophthalmologist assistant
- optical and ophthalmic goods lens picker
- optical goods inspector
- optical lab mechanic - retail
- optical laboratory assistant
- optical laboratory technician
- optical laboratory technician - retail
- optical lens grinder and polisher
- optical lens inspector
- optical mechanic
- optical technician
- optometric assistant
- optometric technician
- optometrist assistant
- orthopedic assistant
- orthopedic physician assistant
- orthopedic supervisor
- orthopedic technician
- orthopedic technologist
- orthopedist aide
- physical therapy attendant
- physiotherapy attendant
- physiotherapy helper
- phytotherapy assistant
- plaster room aide
- plaster room attendant
- polishing pad mounter
- post-mortem attendant
- radiology aide
- recreation aide - health services
- recreation therapist aide
- recreational therapy aide
- registered central service technician - medical
- registered orthopedic technologist
- rehabilitation aide
- senior adjuvant
- sterile processing technician
- sterile processing worker
- sterile supply room attendant
- sterilization attendant
- sterilization processing attendant
- supply, processing and distribution aide - medical
- surgical assistant
- surgical assistant - non-nursing
- surgical technician - non-nursing
- therapy aide
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.