Professionals · code 2230
Traditional and complementary medicine professionals
Traditional and complementary medicine professionals examine patients, prevent and treat illness, disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments and maintain general health in humans by applying knowledge, skills and practices acquired through extensive study of the theories, beliefs and experiences, originating in specific cultures. Tasks include - (a) conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status; (b) developing and implementing treatment plans for physical, mental and psychosocial ailments using applications such as acupuncture, ayurvedic, homeopathic and herbal medicine; (c) evaluating and documenting patients’ progress through treatment plans; (d) providing health, nutrition and lifestyle advice to individuals, families and communities; (e) prescribing and preparing traditional medicines, such as herbal, plant, mineral and animal extracts, to stimulate the body’s capacity for self-healing; (f) exchanging information about patients with other health care workers as needed to ensure continuing and comprehensive health care; (g) conducting research into traditional and complementary medicines and treatments and disseminating findings such as through scientific papers and reports. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Acupuncturist - Ayurvedic practitioner - Chinese herbal medicine practitioner - Homeopath - Naturopath - Unani practitioner Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Chiropractor - 2269 - Osteopath - 2269 - Acupuncture technician - 3230 - Ayurvedic technician - 3230 - Herbalist - 3230 - Homeopathy technician - 3230 - Scraping and cupping therapist - 3230 - Village healer - 3230 - Witch doctor - 3230 - Acupressure therapist - 3255 - Hydrotherapist - 3255 - Shiatsu therapist - 3255 - Faith healer - 3413 Notes Occupations in traditional and complementary medicine for which competent performance requires an extensive understanding of the benefits and applications of traditional and complementary therapies, developed as the result of extended formal study of these techniques as well as human anatomy and elements of modern medicine, are classified in Unit Group 2230: Traditional and Complementary Medicine Professionals. Those occupations whose practice requires a less extensive understanding based on relatively short periods of formal or informal education and training, or informally through the traditions and practices of the communities where they originated, are included in Unit Group 3230: Traditional and Complementary Medicine Associate Professionals. Practitioners working in the singular application of approaches to herbal medicines, spiritual therapies or manual therapeutic techniques are excluded from Unit Group 2230.
A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 261 of 427 for holding up against AI.
Also known as
- complementary therapist
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against AI Minimal Exposure
AI could take on 32.4 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 32.4 = 67.6
That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.
out of 100
From O*NET, averaged across 3 US jobs
and cramped
finger skill 45.1 · hand skill 36.6 · cramped spaces 18.3 · averaged
Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on
Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.
estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement
What this number leaves out This job rates 28.9 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.
The tasks behind the score
The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.
The task AI could do most of scores 48.8, while the average is 32.4. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.
- 48.8
Conducting research into traditional and complementary medicines and treatments and disseminating findings such as through scientific papers and reports.
Low - 38.5
Providing health, nutrition and lifestyle advice to individuals, families and communities
Low - 36.8
Exchanging information about patients with other health care workers as needed to ensure continuing and comprehensive health care
Low - 36.3
Evaluating and documenting patients' progress through treatment plans
Low - 26.5
Prescribing and preparing traditional medicines, such as herbal, plant, mineral and animal extracts, to stimulate the body's capacity for self-healing
Low - 21.5
Developing and implementing treatment plans for physical, mental and psychosocial ailments using applications such as acupuncture, ayurvedic, homeopathic and herbal medicine
Very Low - 18.5
Conducting physical examinations of patients and interviewing them and their families to determine their health status
Very Low
7 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's
from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting
Helped, or replaced?
The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.
One Australian job matches, but only partly: not everyone in it does this job. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.
- AI helps you
- 64
- AI does it for you
- 28
Helping wins by 36 points.
estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 2522
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