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Health Promotion Practitioner
OFO Code: 325301
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 325301
- Occupation
- Health Promotion Practitioner
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 3253 · Community Health Workers
Official description
Community health workers provide health education, referral and follow up, case management, and basic preventive health care and home visiting services to specific communities. They provide support and assistance to individuals and families in navigating the health and social services system.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Aids Educator, Public Health Officer, Asthma Educator, Childbirth Educator, Diabetes Educator, Tuberculosis Educator, Health Education Officer, Health Educator, Community Health Worker
- Visiting families who do not usually access medical establishments to monitor on a regular basis certain conditions, such as progress with pregnancy, child growth and development, and environmental sanitation
- Distributing to households medical supplies for the prevention and treatment of endemic diseases such as malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoeal diseases, and instructing family and community members in the use of these products
- Visiting families in their homes to provide information on the health, social and other services available and support them in gaining access to these services
- Collecting data from households and communities who do not usually access medical establishments for purposes of patient monitoring and referral and reporting to meet health regulations
2. Demand status
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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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