[Questions 14-38 were asked of people 15 years or older.]
28. Place of work's main activity (a description of the activity, products, or services): ____
29. Name the department or division in which you were employed (if exists): ____
30. Describe your work:
28. Main activity of the workplace (Description of activities, products or services):
Examples: Importing food products, manufacturing refrigerators, car body-work, wholesale cloths sale, elementary school, rehabilitation hospital ________
21.1 Activity of the workplace
Describe the activities of the workplace (not the activities of the person in the workplace).
Examples:
B. A person working as a printing worker in advertisement office will write "advertisement office".
21.2 Exact writing
Write the exact activity of the workplace.
Examples:
(Wrong) Electricity work, (Right) Sub-contracting and electricity work in buildings
(Wrong) Electricity works, (Right) Fixing electric home appliances
(Wrong) Cloths, (Right) Manufacturing children's cloths
(Wrong) Government office, (Right) Agriculture Office
21.3 Workplace engaged in several [economic] activities
People who work in a factory that produces products of different types, or is dealing with different kind of activities -- will write the main activity of the factory, institution or agricultural farm.
Examples:
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C. A person who works in a shoemaker's workshop that manufactures and repairs shoes, where most of the workers manufacture shoes -- will write "Shoes manufacturing".
If it is impossible to determine what activity of the workplace is the main one -- write them all.
Examples:
B. A person who works in a company that provides security services and cleaning services - will write "Security and cleaning services".
21.4 Daughter company
A person works in a daughter-company that is engaged in activities different from the mother company (main company), will write the activity of the daughter company.
22. Question 29
29. Name of department or division (if there is) that you have worked in ____
22.1 There is a division to units [in the organizational structure]
In many workplaces there is a division to different [organizational] units.
A. Write the name of the unit (department or division) the person works in.
Examples:
2. A person who works in plastics factory in the department that manufactures children toys will write "Manufacturing department of children toys".
B. A person who works in several departments or divisions will write the one he worked in most of the hours last week.
22.2 There is no division to units
If there is no division to units or the person does not know what department he belongs to, skip over this question and write nothing in it.
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23. Question 30
30. Description of your work
In this question you have to write the actual activities performed by the person at his workplace. This description of activities in the workplace gets, in the data processing stage, a code (number). Each code represents a specific occupation.
Examples: Electric practical engineer is coded "120"and a tailor is coded "741".
It is important to specify exactly the activities of the worker in his work place in order to enable the interpretation of the written answer to a code.
23.1 Description of the work (part a of the question)
A. Write a detailed description of the work.
Examples:
(Wrong) Worker, (Right) Electronics worker
(Wrong) Farmer, (Right) Chicken farmer
(Wrong) Driver, (Right) Bus driver
(Wrong) Lecturer, (Right) Bio-chemistry lecturer
(Wrong) Nurse, (Right) Operation room nurse
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B. If the person performs several work types in the same workplace -- refer to the work he invests most of the time in.
Example: A person who works in a book store as a cashier and also sells book, if most of the time he sells books, write: books seller.
C. Write the actual work the person does in his workplace.
Do not write a profession he learned but is not practicing.
Examples:
- A jurist who works as a tax collector in the IRS will not write "Tax collection clerk".
23.2 Specification of the activities (part b of the question)
A. In this section the respondent has to elaborate on the main work activities he is doing in his workplace.
In order to distinguish between the different types of work, the answer in part a of question 30 is not enough. There is a need for detailed description of the activities done within the framework of the job. The reason for that is that people can do different activities under the same job definition.
Examples:
2. Air conditioners repairman: One can repair car AC, the second, home AC, while the third repair industrial air conditioners.
In the above cases, each type of activity will get a different code, therefore maximum details are required.
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B. The following examples present detailed activities to be written in part b:
If the work described in Part a is "Chicken farmer", Specified activities in Part b is "Orders chicks, check the quality, instruct the workers and make marketing decisions".
If the work described in Part a is "Bus driver", Specified activities in Part b is "Checks the bus, sells tickets to the passengers, and drives the bus between stations".
If the work described in Part a is "Operation room certified nurse", Specified activities in Part b is "Assists the surgeons during the operations".
If the work described in Part a is "Computers technical assistant", Specified activities in Part b is "Advise the customers with the model that suits their needs".
If the work described in Part a is "Construction worker", Specified activities in Part b is "Roof sealing".
If the work described in Part a is "Construction worker", Specified activities in Part b is "Pouring cement".
If the work described in Part a is "Construction worker", Specified activities in Part b is "Floorer".