Verleners van persoonlijke diensten, niet elders geclassificeerd

ISCO 08 Code 5169     Personal services workers not elsewhere classified

Lead Statement
This unit group covers personal services workers not classified elsewhere in Sub-major group 51 Personal services worker. For instance, those who undertake to treat human ailments using faith and who provide services and companionship as dancing partners, social escorts, and night-club hostesses or hosts are classified here.

Task statement
In such cases tasks would include:

• accompanying clients to restaurants and other outings;
• acting as a dancing partner;
• welcoming clients to a night-club and ensuring that they are entertained well;
• treating human ailments using faith and the power of the human mind alone.

Included occupations
Examples of the occupations classified here:

• Social escort
• Club host
• Club hostess
• Dancing partner

Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:

• Herbalist - 3230
• Village healer - 3230
• Witch doctor- 3230
• Companion - 5162-

Notes
Countries that have a requirement to compile statistics on those who provide sexual services to clients on a commercial basis should include them in unit group 5169, Other personal service workers not elsewhere classified. If there is a need, in national adaptations of ISCO-08, to identify this group separately from other occupational groups included in unit group 5169, use of unit group code 5168 is recommended for this purpose.

ISCO 88 Code(s) 5149
(NCvB; Mei 2010)