Health Therapy Professionals
Minor Group
ANZSCO CODE - 252

Dietitians, Medical Imaging Professionals, Occupational and Environmental Health Professionals, Optometrists and Orthoptists, Pharmacists, Health Promotion Officers, and Orthotists or Prosthetists are included in Minor Group 251 Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals.

In Australia and New Zealand:

Occupations in this minor group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

• questioning, examining, observing and testing patients to identify and determine nature of disease, disorder, illness or problem
• designing, developing and implementing treatment plans to address patients’ problems
• providing exercise, dietary, lifestyle and hygiene guidelines and advice, adaptive equipment and correctional aids
• recording patients’ medical histories such as previous injuries, surgeries, general health and lifestyle
• evaluating and documenting patients’ treatment response and progress