Occupation Atlasminister of religion
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ed256ed0-0432-4969-8544-3e5e01a517a9
minister of religion
Ministers of religion lead religious organisations or communities, perform spiritual and religious ceremonies and provide spiritual guidance to members of a particular religious group. They may undertake missionary work, pastoral or preaching work, or work within a religious order or community, such as a monastery or convent. Ministers of religion perform duties such as leading worship services, giving religious education, officiating at funerals and marriages, counselling congregation members and offer a range of other community services, both in conjunction with the organisation they work for, and through their own personal day to day activities.
Job Zone
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- 5
Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SEASocial · Enterprising · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.91
- E Enterprising4.17
- A Artistic3.44
- C Conventional2.89
- I Investigative2.11
- R Realistic2.10
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Clergy (21-2011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply knowledge of human behaviour
- build community relations
- canon law
- engage in debates
- foster dialogue in society
- interpret religious texts
- observe confidentiality
- perform religious ceremonies
- perform religious rituals
- prepare religious services
- promote religious activities
- provide social counselling
- provide spiritual counselling
- represent religious institution
- respond to enquiries
- set organisational policies
- show intercultural awareness
- supervise religious organisations
Optional (46)
- Bible texts
- Christianity
- Islam
- Latin
- assist in church service
- assist missionary work
- conduct educational activities
- conduct public presentations
- coordinate charity services
- cultural customs on food preparation
- cultural practices regarding animal slaughter
- develop educational resources
- develop policies on religion-related matters
- develop professional network
- ensure cross-department cooperation
- establish collaborative relations
- guide conversion
- hinduism
- islamic studies
- judaism
- keep task records
- liaise with local authorities
- manage budgets
- manage fundraising activities
- manage staff
- manage volunteers
- memorise script
- mentor individuals
- officiate weddings
- ordain religious officials
- participate in rabbinical court proceedings
- perform church service
- perform fundraising activities
- perform puja
- perform ritual cleaning activities
- practise singing
- provide charity services
- psychological counselling methods
- quran
- reinforce positive behaviour
- sing
- support volunteers
- teach religious texts
- torah
- train religious professionals
- vocal techniques
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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