NOC 2021 · 33102 · TEER 3
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates
Unit group 33102 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Nurse aides, orderlies and patient service associates assist nurses, hospital staff and physicians in the basic care of patients. They are employed in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted care facilities for the elderly and other health care establishments. Emergency medical care attendant are employed by private ambulance services, urgent care centers or other health facilities.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- anesthetic attendant - hospital
- continuing care assistant
- emergency medical care assistant
- emergency medical care attendant (non-paramedical)
- emergency medical responder (non-paramedical)
- emergency room aide
- environmental assistant - medical
- environmental support person - medical
- escort - health services
- first aid attendant
- first aid attendant - emergency
- geriatric aide
- geriatric health care attendant
- health care aide
- health care assistant
- hospice worker
- hospital aide
- hospital attendant
- hospital orderly
- hospital porter
- hospital service aide - medical
- hospital ward aide
- institutional aide
- long term care aide
- medical aide
- medical attendant - patient transfer
- medical orderly
- neuropsychiatric aide
- nurse aide
- nursery aide - hospital
- nursing assistant (non-registered)
- nursing attendant
- nursing home attendant
- nursing orderly
- nursing services aide
- operating room aide
- orderly
- patient care aide
- patient care assistant
- patient care associate
- patient service aide
- patient service assistant
- patient service associate
- patient service attendant
- patient service worker
- personal care aide - medical
- personal care attendant - medical
- personal care provider - medical
- personal support aide - medical
- personal support worker - nursing care
- psychiatric aide
- registered care aide
- resident care aide - medical
- resident companion - medical
- respite care aide
- service assistant - medical
- service associate - medical
- service attendant - medical
- special care aide - nursing
- special care facility attendant
- special care worker - medical
- support services assistant - medical
- surgical aide
- unit aide - medical
- unit assistant - medical
- unit support technician - medical
- ward aide - medical
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.