Occupation Codes: South Africa 2001

NOT APPLICABLE

999

NIU (under 10 years, not employed or economically inactive)

LEGISLATORS, SENIOR OFFICIALS AND MANAGERS

111

Legislators

112

Senior government officers

113

Traditional chiefs and heads of villages

114

Senior officers of special-interest organisations

119

Legislators and senior officers not elsewhere classified

121

Directors and chief executives

122

Production and operations managers/department managers

123

Other managers/department managers

129

Corporate managers not elsewhere classified

131

General managers

139

General managers not elsewhere classified

PROFESSIONALS

211

Physicists; chemists and related professionals

212

Mathematicians; statisticians and related professionals

213

Computing professionals

214

Architects; engineers and related professionals

215

Physical sciences technologists

219

Physical; mathematical and engineering science professionals not elsewhere classified

221

Life science professionals

222

Health professionals (except nursing)

223

Nursing and midwifery professionals

229

Life science and health professionals not elsewhere classified

231

College; university and higher education institutions teaching professionals

232

Secondary education institutions teaching professionals

233

Primary and pre-primary education institutions teaching professionals

234

Special education institutions teaching professionals

235

Other teaching institutions professionals

239

Other education professionals not elsewhere classified

241

Business professionals

242

Legal professionals

243

Archivists; librarians and related information professionals

244

Social science and related professionals

245

Writers and creative or performing artists

246

Religious professionals

249

Other professionals not elsewhere classified

TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS

311

Natural and engineering science technicians

312

Computer associate professionals

313

Optical and electronic equipment operators

314

Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians

315

Safety and quality inspectors

319

Physical and engineering science associate professionals not elsewhere classified

321

Life science technicians and related associate professionals

322

Modern health associate professionals (except nursing)

323

Nursing and midwifery associate professionals

324

Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers

329

Life science and health associate professionals not elsewhere classified

331

Primary education teaching associate professionals

332

Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals

333

Special education teaching associate professionals

334

Other teaching associate professionals

339

Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified

341

Finance and sales associate professionals

342

Business services agents and trade brokers

343

Administrative associate professionals

344

Customs; tax and related government associate professionals

345

Police inspectors and detectives

346

Social work associate professionals

347

Artistic; entertainment and sports associate professionals

348

Religious associate professionals

349

Other associate professionals not elsewhere classified

CLERKS

411

Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks

412

Numerical clerks

413

Material-recording and transport clerks

414

Library; mail and related clerks

419

Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks)

421

Cashiers; tellers and related clerks

422

Client information clerks

429

Customer services clerks not elsewhere classified

SERVICE WORKERS AND SHOP AND MARKET SALES

511

Travel attendants and related workers

512

Housekeeping and restaurant services workers

513

Personal care and related workers

514

Other personal services workers

515

Astrologers; fortune-tellers and related workers

516

Protective services workers

519

Personal and protective services workers not elsewhere classified

521

Fashion and other models

522

Shop salespersons and demonstrators

523

Stall and market salespersons

529

Models; salespersons and demonstrators not elsewhere classified

SKILLED AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY WORKERS

611

Market gardeners and crop growers

612

Market-oriented animal producers and related workers

613

Market-oriented crop and animal producers

614

Forestry and related workers

615

Fishery workers; hunters and trappers

619

Market-oriented skilled agricultural and fishery workers not elsewhere classified

621

Subsistence agricultural and fishery workers

CRAFTS AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS

711

Miners; shot-firers; stone cutters and carvers

712

Building frame and related trades workers

713

Building finishers and related trades workers

714

Painters; building structure cleaners and related trades workers

719

Extraction and building trades workers not elsewhere classified

721

Metal moulders; welders; sheet-metal workers; structural metal preparers and related trades work

722

Blacksmiths; tool-makers and related trades workers (excluding apprentices/trainees)

723

Machinery mechanics and fitters

724

Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters

729

Metal; machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified

731

Precision workers in metal and related materials

732

Potters; glass-makers and related trades workers

733

Handicraft workers in wood; textile; leather and related materials

734

Printing and related trades workers

739

Precision; handicraft; printing and related trades workers not elsewhere classified

741

Food processing and related trades workers

742

Wood treaters; cabinetmakers and related trades workers

743

Textile; garment and related trades workers

744

Pelt; leather and shoemaking trades workers

749

Other craft and related trades workers not elsewhere classified

PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS

811

Mining and mineral processing plant operators

812

Metal-processing plant operators

813

Glass; ceramics and related plant operators

814

Wood-processing and papermaking plant operators

815

Chemical-processing plant operators

816

Power-production and related plant operators

817

Automated assembly-line and industrial-robot operators

819

Stationary-plant and related operators not elsewhere classified

821

Metal and mineral-products machine operators

822

Chemical-products machine operators

823

Rubber and plastic products machine operators

824

Wood products machine operators

825

Printing; binding and paper products machine operators

826

Textile; fur and leather products machine operators

827

Food and related products machine operators

828

Assemblers

829

Other machine operators and assemblers not elsewhere classified

831

Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers

832

Motor vehicle drivers and related workers

833

Agricultural and other mobile plant operators

834

Ships' deck crews and related workers

839

Drivers and mobile plant operators not elsewhere classified

ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS

911

Street vendors and related workers

912

Shoe-cleaning and other elementary street services occupations

913

Domestic and related helpers; cleaners and launderers

914

Building caretakers and window and related cleaners

915

Messengers; porters; doorkeepers and related workers

916

Garbage collectors and related labourers

919

Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified

921

Agricultural; fishery and related labourers

929

Agricultural; fishery and related labourers not elsewhere classified

931

Mining and construction labourers

932

Manufacturing labourers

933

Transport labourers and freight handlers

939

Labourers in mining; construction; manufacturing and transport not elsewhere classified

UNKNOWN OR NON-IDENTIFIABLE OCCUPATIONS

997

Non-identifiable occupations

998

Unknown

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