Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified: how to get into this work

Also called: Anaesthesia technician, Family planning counsellor, HIV counsellor, Respiratory therapy technician

This unit group covers health associate professionals not classified elsewhere in Sub-major Group 32: Health Associate Professionals. For instance, the group includes occupations such as HIV counsellor, family planning counsellor and other health associate professionals.

Main tasks

• Interviewing and examining patients to obtain information on their health status and the nature and extent of injury, illness or other physical or mental health condition
• Providing information and counselling to patients and families about certain health conditions, prevention and treatment options, treatment adherence, and personal behaviours that can affect health outcomes
• Administering therapeutic care and treatment to patients
• Dispensing and advising on dietary supplements, antiretroviral and prophylaxis medications, and other health care products
• Monitoring patients’ progress through treatment plans, and identifying signs and symptoms requiring referral to a medical doctor or other health professional
• Recording information on patients’ health status and responses to treatment in medical record-keeping systems
• Sharing information with other health care providers when required to ensure continuing and comprehensive care

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$27,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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• Ambulance workers
• Dispensing opticians
• Medical records and health information technicians
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• Physiotherapy technicians and assistants
• Environmental and occupational health inspectors and associates

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Questions people ask

Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified: do you need a degree for this work?

Not always. 35% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Health associate professionals not elsewhere classified: will AI change this work?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026