Job description Pastoral Animator in the Muskoka–Kawarthas Region
Find out what work is like for a pastoral animator in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Other religious occupations (NOC 42204).
Religion workers
Description
Religion workers include brothers, nuns, monks, religious education workers and others who provide support to ministers of religion or to a religious community and who perform certain functions associated with the practice of a religion. They may perform these duties in churches, synagogues, temples or other places of worship; in institutions such as schools, hospitals and prisons; or in industrial facilities, corporate enterprises; or they may work in private practice.
Work week duration
Religion workers usually work more than 40 hours per week.Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Religion workers have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Assist at services of public worship and religious rites
- Provide religious education, spiritual guidance and moral support to members of a religious community
- Conduct outreach activities and facilitate community involvement
- Administer programs providing food, clothing and shelter
- May plan, organize and lead worship services and church activities for a specific audience.
Physical demands Help - Physical Demands
- Standing
- Sitting
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Religion workers are employed and some of their main characteristics:
- Churches
- Corporate enterprises
- Synagogues
- Institutions such as schools, hospitals and prisons
- Temples
- Private practice
- Industrial facilities
- Places of worship
Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment
- Indoors, environmentally controlled
Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others
- Close (at arm’s length)
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 42204), and a list of similar occupations:
- Christian science practitioner
- Salvation Army field worker
- brother/sister - religion
- deacon
- missionary
- monk
- nun
- pastoral animator
- religious education worker
Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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