Mother Craft Nurse
OFO Code: 322102
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 322102
- Occupation
- Mother Craft Nurse
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 3221 · Nursing Associate Professionals
Official description
Nursing associate professionals provide basic nursing and personal care for people in need of such care due to effects of ageing, illness, injury, or other physical or mental impairment. They generally work under the supervision of, and in support of implementation of health care, treatment and referrals plans established by, medical, nursing and other health professionals.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Lactation Consultant
- Assisting in planning and managing the care of individual patients
- Updating information on patients' condition and treatments received in records-keeping systems
- Cleaning wounds and applying surgical dressings
- Assisting in giving first-aid treatment in emergencies
- Providing nursing and personal care and treatment and health advice to patients as per care plans established by health professionals
- Administering medications and other treatments to patients, monitoring patients' condition and responses to treatment, and referring patients and their families to a health professional for specialised care as needed
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
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