ISCO 08 Code 516       Other personal services workers

Lead Statement
Other personal services workers perform various tasks in order to improve the appearance of individuals, provide companionship or look after the wardrobe and other personal effects of employers, or provide embalming and funeral services.

Tasks performed usually include:

• cutting and dressing hair;
• shaving and trimming beards;
• giving beauty treatment and applying cosmetics and make-up;
• shaping and polishing finger- and toe- nails and treating minor ailments of the human foot;
• attending to clients taking baths and administering elementary massage;
• providing companionship or valet services and other personal services to clients;
• providing embalming and funeral services.

Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:

• 5161 Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers
• 5162 Companions and valets
• 5163 Undertakers and embalmers
• 5164 Pet groomers and animal care workers
• 5165 Driving instructors
• 5169 Personal services workers not elsewhere classified

Comments
ISCO 88 Code(s)
(NCvB; Mei 2010)