First Destinations Supplement 00/01
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00016: Standard Occupational Classification
Field Information
| Number: | 012 |
| Name: | Standard Occupational Classification |
| Abbreviation: | SOC |
| Length: | 6 |
| Status: | Compulsory if field 5, Main activity is coded as either 01 or 02. |
| Description: | |
| Notes: | Exceptionally this field may be coded as 9999 and left justified provided that field, 11,Standard Industrial Classification is completed with a value other than 9999. This field maybe be completed if code 03 is used in field 5, but if not compulsory in these circumstances. Where Standard Occupational Classification is not applicable, i.e. codes 04, 05, 06 or 07 are returned in field 5, please return a blank in this field. The coding of this field may be assisted by the use of the CASOC (Computer-assisted Standard Occupational Classification) software. |
| Reason Required: | To determine the nature of employment of HE leavers. |
Valid Entries
| A valid entry from the Standard Occupational Classification for the FDS (SOC (FDS)) | |
| 1000 | General administrators; national government (Assistant Secretary/Grade 5 and above) |
| 1010 | General Managers; large companies and organisations |
| 1020 | Local government officers (administrative and executive functions) |
| 1030 | General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6) |
| 1100 | Production, works and maintenance managers |
| 1101 | Production and works managers: engineering and metal mfr. |
| 1102 | Production and works managers: chemicals, oil |
| 1103 | Production and works managers: food, drink and tobacco |
| 1104 | Production and works managers: paper and printing |
| 1105 | Production and works managers: products n.e.c. |
| 1106 | Maintenance managers (factory production) |
| 1107 | Assistant managers, engineers (factory production) |
| 1110 | Managers in building contracting |
| 1111 | Managers (contracts: construction/building) |
| 1112 | Site agents |
| 1113 | Site engineers (construction) |
| 1114 | General foremen (construction) |
| 1115 | Maintenance managers (building and contracting) |
| 1116 | Inspectors of works (civil engineering) |
| 1120 | Clerks of works |
| 1130 | Managers in mining and energy industries |
| 1131 | Mine managers |
| 1132 | Mine overmen |
| 1133 | Quarry managers |
| 1134 | Drilling managers |
| 1135 | Gas supply managers |
| 1136 | Water supply managers |
| 1137 | Electricity supply managers |
| 1200 | Treasurers and company financial managers |
| 1201 | Finance managers and directors n.e.c. |
| 1202 | Local government treasurers |
| 1203 | Accounts officers (national government) |
| 1204 | Trust administrators and officers |
| 1205 | Investment/merchant bankers |
| 1210 | Marketing and sales managers |
| 1211 | Marketing managers |
| 1212 | Sales managers |
| 1213 | Market research managers and analysts |
| 1214 | Sales advisers, consultants and planners |
| 1215 | Export managers |
| 1220 | Purchasing managers |
| 1230 | Advertising and public relations managers |
| 1231 | Advertising managers (company managers) |
| 1232 | Agency managers (agents) |
| 1233 | Account executives |
| 1234 | Media planners |
| 1235 | Advertisement managers (media managers) |
| 1236 | Publicity and public relations agents, managers and officers |
| 1237 | Appeals organisers |
| 1240 | Personnel, training and industrial relations managers |
| 1241 | Personnel managers (department heads) |
| 1242 | Industrial relations managers |
| 1243 | Training managers |
| 1250 | Organisation and methods and work study managers |
| 1251 | Operational research managers |
| 1252 | Organisation and methods managers |
| 1253 | Work and method study managers |
| 1260 | Computer systems and data processing managers |
| 1261 | Data processing managers |
| 1262 | Computer operations managers |
| 1270 | Company secretaries |
| 1271 | Company secretaries |
| 1272 | Secretaries (nationalised industries, health authorities) |
| 1273 | Company registrars |
| 1300 | Credit controllers |
| 1310 | Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed) |
| 1311 | Bank managers |
| 1312 | Building society managers |
| 1313 | Post office managers |
| 1320 | Civil service executive officers |
| 1321 | Civil service executive officers, n.e.c. |
| 1322 | Civil service executive officers: employment and social security |
| 1323 | Civil service executive officers: tax collection |
| 1390 | Other financial institutions and office managers n.e.c. |
| 1391 | Office managers (general accounts etc.) |
| 1392 | Insurance managers |
| 1393 | Telecommunications managers |
| 1394 | Booking office managers |
| 1395 | Employment agents |
| 1400 | Transport managers n.e.c. |
| 1410 | Stores controllers |
| 1411 | Stock controllers |
| 1412 | Stores managers, controllers and inspectors |
| 1420 | Managers in warehousing and other materials handling |
| 1500 | Officers in UK armed forces |
| 1501 | Army officers (UK) |
| 1502 | Royal Navy officers (UK) |
| 1503 | Royal Air Force officers (UK) |
| 1510 | Officers in foreign and Commonwealth armed forces |
| 1511 | Army officers (not UK) |
| 1512 | Navy officers (not UK) |
| 1513 | Air force officers (not UK) |
| 1520 | Police officer (inspector and above) |
| 1530 | Fire service officers (station officer and above) |
| 1540 | Prison officers (principal officer and above) |
| 1550 | Customs and excise, immigration service officers (customs: chief preventive officers excise: surveyors and above) |
| 1600 | Farm owners and managers, horticulturists |
| 1690 | Other managers in farming, forestry and fishing n.e.c. |
| 1691 | Fishing managers |
| 1692 | Animal establishment (not livestock) managers |
| 1693 | Forestry and tree felling managers |
| 1700 | Property and estate managers |
| 1701 | Estate agents and surveyors |
| 1702 | Land agents |
| 1703 | Property company managers, landlords, etc. |
| 1710 | Garage managers and proprietors |
| 1720 | Hairdressers' and barbers' managers and proprietors |
| 1721 | Hairdressing managers |
| 1722 | Beauty treatment managers |
| 1730 | Hotel and accommodation managers |
| 1731 | Hotel managers |
| 1732 | Guest house or boarding house managers |
| 1733 | Pursers |
| 1734 | Wardens of hostels, etc. |
| 1735 | Head housekeepers |
| 1736 | Proprietors and managers of flats, caravan sites, etc. |
| 1740 | Restaurant and catering managers |
| 1750 | Publicans, innkeepers and club stewards |
| 1760 | Entertainment and sports managers |
| 1761 | Recreation and sports facilities managers |
| 1762 | Culture and entertainment organisers and managers |
| 1763 | Leisure activity centre n.e.c. managers (clubs, bingo etc.) |
| 1764 | Theatre and cinema managers |
| 1770 | Travel and tour agency managers |
| 1780 | Managers and proprietors of butchers and fishmongers |
| 1790 | Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c. |
| 1791 | Wholesale managers and dealers |
| 1792 | Managers in large retail organisations |
| 1793 | Shop keepers, managers of small retail establishments |
| 1794 | Laundry/dry cleaning works managers |
| 1900 | Officials of trade associations, trade unions, professional bodies and charities |
| 1901 | Trade union officers |
| 1902 | Employers association officers |
| 1903 | Trade association, chamber of trade, etc. officials |
| 1904 | Professional association officials, n.e.c. |
| 1905 | Charity officers |
| 1906 | Political party officials |
| 1910 | Registrars and administrators of educational establishments |
| 1911 | General administrators |
| 1912 | Financial administrators |
| 1990 | Other managers and administrators n.e.c. |
| 1991 | Local government/public services |
| 1992 | Security managers |
| 1993 | Hire of plant, equipment, vehicles etc. managers |
| 1994 | Small equipment servicing managers |
| 1995 | Postal services managers |
| 1996 | Health services managers |
| 1997 | Company directors n.e.c. |
| 2000 | Chemists |
| 2010 | Biological scientists and biochemists |
| 2011 | Biochemists, medical scientists |
| 2012 | Biologists |
| 2013 | Bacteriologists, microbiologists etc. |
| 2014 | Botanists |
| 2015 | Pathologists |
| 2016 | Agricultural scientists |
| 2020 | Physicists, geologists and meteorologists |
| 2021 | Physicists |
| 2022 | Geologists, mineralogists etc. |
| 2023 | Meteorologists |
| 2024 | Astronomers |
| 2025 | Mathematicians |
| 2026 | Biophysicists |
| 2090 | Other natural scientists n.e.c. |
| 2100 | Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers |
| 2101 | Civil engineers n.e.c. |
| 2102 | Local government civil engineers |
| 2103 | Mining, quarrying and drilling engineers |
| 2110 | Mechanical engineers |
| 2111 | Mechanical engineers |
| 2112 | Aeronautical engineers |
| 2113 | Automobile engineers |
| 2114 | Naval architects |
| 2115 | Other mechanical engineers |
| 2120 | Electrical engineers |
| 2121 | Electrical engineers n.e.c. |
| 2122 | Electrical engineers: telecommunications |
| 2130 | Electronic engineers |
| 2131 | Electronic engineers n.e.c. |
| 2132 | Electronic engineers: telecommunications |
| 2140 | Software engineers |
| 2150 | Chemical engineers |
| 2160 | Design and development engineers |
| 2170 | Process and production engineers |
| 2180 | Planning and quality control engineers |
| 2181 | Planning engineers |
| 2182 | Quality control engineers |
| 2190 | Other engineers and technologists n.e.c. |
| 2191 | Metallurgists |
| 2192 | Patents examiners, agents and officers |
| 2193 | Heating and ventilating engineers (professional) |
| 2194 | Agricultural engineers (professional) |
| 2195 | Other professional engineers |
| 2196 | Food and drink technologists |
| 2197 | Fuel technologists |
| 2200 | Medical practitioners |
| 2201 | General practitioners and doctors |
| 2202 | House officers (hospital) |
| 2203 | Registrars (hospital) |
| 2204 | Consultants (hospital) |
| 2205 | Medical administrators |
| 2206 | Medically qualified teachers |
| 2207 | Psychiatrists |
| 2210 | Pharmacists/pharmacologists |
| 2211 | Pharmacists |
| 2212 | Pharmacologists |
| 2220 | Ophthalmic opticians |
| 2230 | Dental practitioners |
| 2231 | Dentists (general practice) |
| 2232 | Dental consultants |
| 2233 | Dental teachers |
| 2240 | Veterinarians |
| 2241 | Veterinary practitioners |
| 2242 | Veterinary inspectors |
| 2243 | Veterinary research workers |
| 2300 | University teaching professionals |
| 2301 | University and higher education professors |
| 2302 | University and higher education lecturers |
| 2303 | Teacher training establishment lecturers |
| 2310 | Further education teaching professionals |
| 2320 | Education officers, school inspectors |
| 2321 | Directors of education |
| 2322 | Education officers |
| 2323 | Education advisors |
| 2324 | Education inspectors |
| 2330 | Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals |
| 2331 | Secondary school head teachers |
| 2332 | Secondary school teachers n.e.c. |
| 2333 | Secondary school teachers: non-academic subjects |
| 2334 | Private secondary school head teachers |
| 2335 | Private secondary school teachers |
| 2340 | Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals |
| 2341 | Primary and nursery school head teachers |
| 2342 | Primary school teachers n.e.c. |
| 2343 | Nursery and pre-primary school teachers |
| 2344 | Private primary and nursery school head teachers |
| 2345 | Private primary and nursery school teachers |
| 2350 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 2351 | Special school head teachers |
| 2352 | Special school teachers |
| 2390 | Other teaching professionals n.e.c. |
| 2391 | Principals of education institutes n.e.c. |
| 2392 | Inspectors (training and education: n.e.c.) |
| 2393 | Physical training instructors |
| 2394 | Teachers of music and dancing |
| 2395 | Instructors (subjects and establishments n.e.c.) |
| 2400 | Judges and officers of the court |
| 2401 | Judges |
| 2402 | Stipendiary magistrates |
| 2403 | Sheriffs |
| 2404 | Clerks of court, junior officers of court |
| 2405 | Officers of superior Court |
| 2410 | Barristers and advocates |
| 2411 | Barristers and advocates |
| 2412 | Barristers employed as legal advisers in non-law firms |
| 2420 | Solicitors |
| 2421 | Solicitors (public practice) |
| 2422 | Legal executives and managing clerks (if qualified solicitors) |
| 2423 | Solicitors employed as legal advisers in non-law firms |
| 2500 | Chartered and certified accountants |
| 2501 | Chartered accountants |
| 2502 | Certified accountants |
| 2503 | Public finance accountants |
| 2510 | Management accountants |
| 2520 | Actuaries, economists and statisticians |
| 2521 | Economists |
| 2522 | Statisticians |
| 2523 | Actuaries |
| 2524 | Actuarial assistants |
| 2525 | Pension advisers and planners |
| 2530 | Management consultants, business analysts |
| 2531 | Management consultants |
| 2532 | Business analysts |
| 2600 | Architects |
| 2601 | Architects |
| 2602 | Landscape architects |
| 2610 | Town planners |
| 2620 | Building, land, mining and 'general practice' surveyors |
| 2621 | General practice surveyors |
| 2622 | Land surveyors |
| 2623 | Mining surveyors |
| 2624 | Building surveyors |
| 2700 | Librarians |
| 2710 | Archivists and curators |
| 2711 | Archivists |
| 2712 | Curators (museum etc.) |
| 2713 | Museum and art gallery assistants |
| 2714 | Zoo curators |
| 2715 | Ancient monuments inspectors |
| 2900 | Psychologists |
| 2901 | Education psychologists |
| 2902 | Clinical psychologists |
| 2903 | Occupational psychologists |
| 2910 | Other social and behavioural scientists |
| 2911 | Social scientists n.e.c. |
| 2912 | Archaeologists |
| 2913 | Historians |
| 2914 | Philologists |
| 2920 | Clergy |
| 2930 | Social workers, probation officers |
| 2931 | Social workers |
| 2932 | Probation officers |
| 3000 | Laboratory technicians |
| 3001 | Laboratory technicians n.e.c. |
| 3002 | Laboratory technicians (non-medical): analysis |
| 3003 | Medical laboratory technicians |
| 3010 | Engineering technicians |
| 3011 | Mechanical engineering technicians n.e.c. |
| 3012 | Technical inspectors |
| 3013 | Industrial radiographers |
| 3020 | Electrical/electronic technicians |
| 3021 | Electrical technicians |
| 3022 | Electronic technicians |
| 3030 | Architectural and town planning technicians |
| 3031 | Town planning assistants, technicians |
| 3032 | Architectural technicians, assistants |
| 3040 | Building and civil engineering technicians |
| 3090 | Other scientific technicians n.e.c. |
| 3100 | Draughtspersons |
| 3101 | Draughtspersons |
| 3102 | Design draughtsperson |
| 3103 | Draughtspersons (mechanical engineering etc) |
| 3104 | Cartographical draughtspersons |
| 3105 | Map editors, checkers |
| 3110 | Building inspectors |
| 3120 | Quantity surveyors |
| 3121 | Quantity surveyors |
| 3122 | Quantity surveyors' assistants |
| 3130 | Marine, insurance and other surveyors |
| 3131 | Insurance surveyors, inspectors |
| 3132 | Hydrographic surveyors |
| 3133 | Government inspectors, surveyors n.e.c. |
| 3200 | Computer analyst/programmers |
| 3201 | Systems analysts (including analyst-programmers) |
| 3202 | Computer programmers |
| 3203 | Computer/IT consultants |
| 3300 | Air traffic planners and controllers |
| 3301 | Air traffic planners |
| 3302 | Air traffic controllers |
| 3310 | Aircraft flight deck officers |
| 3311 | Aircraft pilots |
| 3312 | Aircraft navigators |
| 3313 | Flight engineers |
| 3314 | Flying instructors |
| 3320 | Ship and hovercraft officers |
| 3400 | Nurses |
| 3401 | Hospital matrons and nurse administrators |
| 3402 | Senior hospital staff nurses (SRN, RGN) |
| 3403 | Hospital staff nurses (SEN) |
| 3404 | Non-hospital nurses |
| 3405 | Nursing teachers (full-time) |
| 3410 | Midwives |
| 3411 | Senior midwives |
| 3412 | Midwives |
| 3413 | Midwifery teachers |
| 3420 | Medical radiographers |
| 3430 | Physiotherapists |
| 3431 | Physiotherapists (qualified) |
| 3432 | Physiotherapy assistants |
| 3440 | Chiropodists |
| 3450 | Dispensing opticians |
| 3460 | Medical technicians, dental auxiliaries |
| 3470 | Occupational and speech therapists, psychotherapists, therapists n.e.c. |
| 3471 | Occupational therapists |
| 3472 | Speech therapists |
| 3473 | Orthoptists |
| 3474 | Osteopaths |
| 3475 | Psychotherapists |
| 3476 | Audiologists |
| 3480 | Environmental health officers |
| 3490 | Other health associate professionals n.e.c. |
| 3491 | Animal health nurses |
| 3492 | Animal technicians |
| 3493 | Health education officers |
| 3500 | Legal service and related occupations |
| 3501 | Housing and town planning inspectors |
| 3502 | Adjudicators n.e.c. |
| 3503 | Barrister's clerks |
| 3504 | Solicitor's clerks, legal executives |
| 3505 | Judge's clerks |
| 3506 | Coroners (medically qualified) |
| 3507 | Qualified legal specialists, n.e.c. |
| 3508 | Reporters to children's panel |
| 3600 | Estimators, valuers |
| 3601 | Estimators |
| 3602 | Rating, valuation officers |
| 3603 | Surveyors and valuers, valuers n.e.c. |
| 3604 | Rent officers |
| 3610 | Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts |
| 3611 | Stockbrokers |
| 3612 | Sharedealers |
| 3613 | Authorised clerks (stockbroking) |
| 3614 | Other financial brokers |
| 3615 | Investment advisers, analysts |
| 3616 | Insurance brokers |
| 3617 | Insurance underwriters |
| 3618 | Insurance claims officials adjusters |
| 3620 | Taxation experts |
| 3621 | Tax inspectors |
| 3622 | Tax consultants, advisers |
| 3630 | Personnel and industrial relations officers |
| 3631 | Personnel officers |
| 3632 | Industrial relations officers |
| 3633 | Personnel consultants, advisers, analysts |
| 3634 | Conciliation officers |
| 3640 | Organisation and methods and work study officers |
| 3641 | Operational research officers |
| 3642 | Organisation and methods officers |
| 3643 | Work study, method study officers |
| 3644 | Time study, work measurement, rate fixing officers |
| 3645 | Other organisational specialist officers |
| 3700 | Matrons, houseparents |
| 3701 | Nursery matrons |
| 3702 | Matrons, houseparents (institutions for young people) |
| 3703 | Matrons, houseparents (institutions for old people) |
| 3710 | Welfare, community and youth workers |
| 3800 | Authors, writers, journalists |
| 3801 | Editors |
| 3802 | Authors |
| 3803 | Journalists |
| 3804 | Advertising and publicity writers |
| 3805 | Technical authors |
| 3806 | Translators |
| 3807 | Interpreters |
| 3808 | Literary and press agents |
| 3810 | Artists, commercial artists, graphic designers |
| 3811 | Artists, painters (fine art and general artists) |
| 3812 | Graphic artists and designers |
| 3813 | Sculptors |
| 3814 | Engravers, etchers (artists) |
| 3815 | Interior decoration designers |
| 3816 | Set designers (stage, etc) |
| 3817 | Window display artists |
| 3818 | Restorers (painting, objets d'art) |
| 3820 | Industrial designers and textile designers |
| 3821 | Industrial designers |
| 3822 | Textile designers |
| 3830 | Clothing designers |
| 3831 | Clothing designers |
| 3832 | Clothing advisers, consultants |
| 3840 | Actors, entertainers, stage managers, producers and directors |
| 3841 | Directors, producers and theatre managers |
| 3842 | Stage managers etc. |
| 3843 | Actors |
| 3844 | Singers |
| 3845 | Dancers |
| 3846 | Entertainers n.e.c. |
| 3847 | Broadcasters (announcers, disc jockeys, news readers) |
| 3848 | Agents, personal managers (entertainment) |
| 3850 | Musicians |
| 3851 | Composers, arrangers |
| 3852 | Musical directors, conductors |
| 3853 | Musical instrument players |
| 3854 | Street musicians |
| 3860 | Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators |
| 3861 | Photographers |
| 3862 | TV and film camera operators |
| 3863 | Audio-visual aid operators |
| 3864 | Projectionists |
| 3865 | Video, telecine and film recorder operators |
| 3866 | Sound recordists, technicians, assistants |
| 3870 | Professional athletes, sports officials |
| 3871 | Professional sportsmen, players n.e.c. |
| 3872 | Sports trainers, coaches |
| 3900 | Information officers and technical librarians |
| 3901 | Information, research officers/scientists |
| 3902 | Intelligence officers (government) |
| 3903 | Technical and assistant librarians |
| 3910 | Vocational and industrial trainers |
| 3920 | Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists |
| 3921 | Youth and local authority careers advisers |
| 3922 | University and higher education careers advisers |
| 3930 | Driving instructors (not hgv) |
| 3931 | Principals of driving schools |
| 3932 | Driving instructors |
| 3940 | Inspectors of factories, utilities and trading standards |
| 3941 | Factory inspectors (HMFI) |
| 3942 | Local government inspectors |
| 3950 | Other statutory and similar inspectors n.e.c. |
| 3951 | Driving and traffic examiners |
| 3952 | Water, river inspectors |
| 3953 | Water Bailiffs, fishery officers |
| 3954 | Ships surveyors, inspectors |
| 3955 | RSPCA inspectors |
| 3956 | Mining inspectors |
| 3960 | Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety) |
| 3961 | Industrial safety officers |
| 3962 | Occupational hygienists |
| 3963 | Road safety officers |
| 3990 | Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c. |
| 3991 | Committee clerks, secretaries |
| 3992 | Researchers etc. n.e.c. (media & government) |
| 3993 | Appraisers |
| 3994 | Trade mark agents |
| 3995 | Materials planners |
| 3996 | Inventors |
| 3997 | Advisers (marine, tariff, transport) |
| 3998 | Environmental officers |
| 4000 | Civil Service administrative officers and assistants |
| 4001 | Government clerks n.e.c. |
| 4002 | Employment and social security clerks (government) |
| 4003 | Taxation and customs clerks |
| 4010 | Local government clerical officers and assistants |
| 4100 | Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks |
| 4110 | Counter clerks and cashiers |
| 4120 | Debt, rent and other cash collectors |
| 4200 | Filing, computer and other records clerks (inc. legal conveyancing) |
| 4210 | Library assistants/clerks |
| 4300 | Clerks (n.o.s.) |
| 4400 | Stores, despatch and production control clerks |
| 4410 | Storekeepers, warehousemen/women |
| 4500 | Medical secretaries |
| 4510 | Legal secretaries |
| 4520 | Typists and work processor operators |
| 4521 | Shorthand typists |
| 4522 | Typists |
| 4523 | Word processor operators |
| 4590 | Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c. |
| 4591 | Secretaries |
| 4592 | Personal assistants |
| 4593 | Secretary-typists |
| 4600 | Receptionists |
| 4610 | Receptionists/telephonist |
| 4620 | Telephone operators |
| 4630 | Radio and telegraph operators, other office communication system operators |
| 4900 | Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators |
| 4901 | Office machine operators |
| 4902 | Computer operators |
| 4910 | Tracers, drawing officer assistants |
| 5000 | Bricklayers, masons |
| 5010 | Roofers, slaters, tilers, sheeters, cladders |
| 5020 | Plasterers |
| 5030 | Glaziers |
| 5040 | Builders, building contractors |
| 5050 | Scaffolders, stagers, steeplejacks, riggers |
| 5060 | Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters and planners, floor and wall tile fitters |
| 5070 | Painters and decorators |
| 5090 | Other construction trades n.e.c. |
| 5100 | Centre, capstan, turret and other lathe setters and setter-operators |
| 5110 | Boring and drilling machine setters and setter-operators |
| 5120 | Grinding machine setters and setter-operators |
| 5130 | Milling machine setters and setter-operators |
| 5140 | Press setters and setter-operators |
| 5150 | Tool makers, tool fitters, markers out |
| 5160 | Metal working production and maintenance fitters |
| 5170 | Precision instrument makers and repairers |
| 5180 | Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers |
| 5190 | Other machine tool setters and setter-operators |
| 5200 | Production fitters (electrical/electronic) |
| 5210 | Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters |
| 5220 | Electrical engineers (not professional) |
| 5230 | Telephone fitters |
| 5240 | Cable jointers, lines repairers |
| 5250 | Radio, TV and video engineers |
| 5260 | Computer engineers, installation and maintenance |
| 5290 | Other electrical/electronic trades n.e.c. |
| 5300 | Smiths and forge workers |
| 5310 | Moulders, core makers, die casters |
| 5320 | Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades |
| 5330 | Sheet metal workers |
| 5340 | Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters |
| 5350 | Steel erectors |
| 5360 | Barbenders, steel fixers |
| 5370 | Welding trades |
| 5400 | Motor mechanics, auto engineers (inc. road patrol engineers) |
| 5410 | Coach and vehicle body builders |
| 5420 | Vehicle body repairers, panel beaters |
| 5430 | Auto electricians |
| 5440 | Tyre and exhaust fitters |
| 5500 | Weavers |
| 5510 | Knitters |
| 5520 | Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers |
| 5530 | Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers |
| 5540 | Coach trimmers, upholsterers and mattress makers |
| 5550 | Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and |
| 5560 | Tailors, dressmakers |
| 5570 | Clothing cutters, milliners, furriers |
| 5590 | Other textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. |
| 5600 | Originators, compositors and print preparers |
| 5610 | Printers |
| 5620 | Book binders and print finishers |
| 5630 | Screen printers |
| 5690 | Other printing and related trades n.e.c. |
| 5700 | Carpenters and joiners |
| 5710 | Cabinet makers |
| 5720 | Case and box makers |
| 5730 | Pattern makers (moulds) |
| 5790 | Other woodworking trades n.e.c. |
| 5800 | Bakers, flour confectioners |
| 5810 | Butchers, meat cutters |
| 5820 | Fishmongers, poultry dressers |
| 5900 | Glass product and ceramics makers |
| 5910 | Glass product and ceramics finishers and decorators |
| 5920 | Dental technicians |
| 5930 | Musical instrument makers, piano tuners |
| 5931 | Musical instrument makers and repairers |
| 5932 | Musical instrument tuners |
| 5940 | Gardeners, groundsmen/women |
| 5950 | Horticultural trades |
| 5960 | Coach painters, other spray painters |
| 5970 | Face trained coalmining workers, shotfirers and deputies |
| 5980 | Office machinery mechanics |
| 5990 | Other craft and related occupations n.e.c. |
| 6000 | NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces |
| 6010 | NCOs and other ranks, foreign and commonwealth armed forces |
| 6100 | Police officers (sergeant and below) |
| 6101 | Police officers (civil police) |
| 6102 | Police officers (other statutory forces) |
| 6110 | Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below) |
| 6120 | Prison service officers (below principal officer) |
| 6121 | Prison officers |
| 6122 | Other detention centre officers |
| 6130 | Customs and excise officers, immigration officers (customs: below chief preventive officer; excise: below surveyor) |
| 6131 | Customs and excise officers, preventive officers |
| 6132 | Immigration officers |
| 6133 | VAT officers |
| 6140 | Traffic wardens |
| 6141 | Traffic wardens |
| 6142 | Parking meter attendants |
| 6150 | Security guards and related occupations |
| 6190 | Other security and protective service occupations n.e.c. |
| 6200 | Chefs, cooks |
| 6210 | Waiters, waitresses |
| 6220 | Bar staff |
| 6300 | Travel and flight attendants |
| 6310 | Railway station staff |
| 6400 | Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries |
| 6410 | Hospital ward assistants |
| 6420 | Ambulance staff |
| 6430 | Dental nurses |
| 6440 | Care assistants and attendants |
| 6500 | Nursery nurses |
| 6501 | Nursery nurses |
| 6502 | Nursery assistants, wardens, creche attendants |
| 6510 | Playgroup leaders |
| 6520 | Educational assistants |
| 6590 | Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c. |
| 6600 | Hairdressers, barbers |
| 6610 | Beauticians and related occupations |
| 6700 | Domestic housekeepers and related occupations |
| 6710 | Housekeepers (non-domestic) |
| 6720 | Caretakers |
| 6730 | Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers |
| 6900 | Undertakers |
| 6910 | Bookmakers |
| 6990 | Other personal and protective service occupations n.e.c. |
| 7000 | Buyers (retail trade) |
| 7010 | Buyers and purchasing officers (not retail) |
| 7011 | Purchasing officers and buyers n.e.c. |
| 7012 | Buyers (wholesale distribution) |
| 7013 | Buyers (advertising) |
| 7014 | Contracts, supply officers (government) |
| 7020 | Importers and exporters |
| 7021 | Exporters |
| 7022 | Importers |
| 7030 | Air, commodity and ship brokers |
| 7031 | Commodity brokers |
| 7032 | Ship brokers |
| 7033 | Airbrokers |
| 7100 | Technical and wholesale sales representatives |
| 7101 | Sales representatives (wholesale goods) |
| 7102 | Technical sales representatives |
| 7190 | Other sales representatives n.e.c. |
| 7191 | Demonstrators |
| 7192 | Property negotiators |
| 7193 | Auctioneers |
| 7194 | Insurance sales representatives |
| 7195 | Commercial services etc. sales representatives |
| 7196 | Cleaning, security etc. sales representatives |
| 7197 | Transport and haulage sales representatives |
| 7198 | Plant and car hire sales representatives |
| 7200 | Sales assistants |
| 7210 | Retail cash desk and check-out operators |
| 7220 | Petrol pump forecourt attendants |
| 7300 | Collectors salespersons and credit agents |
| 7310 | Roundsmen/women and van salespersons |
| 7320 | Market and street traders and assistants |
| 7330 | Scrap dealers, scrap metal merchants |
| 7900 | Merchandisers |
| 7910 | Window dressers, floral arrangers |
| 7911 | Window dressers |
| 7912 | Floral arrangers |
| 7920 | Telephone salespersons |
| 8000 | Bakery and confectionery process operatives |
| 8010 | Brewery and vinery process operatives |
| 8020 | Tobacco process operatives |
| 8090 | Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c. |
| 8100 | Tannery production operatives |
| 8110 | Preparatory fibre processors |
| 8120 | Spinners, doublers, twisters |
| 8130 | Winders, reelers |
| 8140 | Other textiles processing operatives |
| 8200 | Chemical, gas and petroleum process plant operatives |
| 8210 | Paper wood and related process plant operatives |
| 8220 | Cutting and slitting machine operatives (paper products etc) |
| 8230 | Glass and ceramics furnace operatives, kilnsetters |
| 8240 | Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders |
| 8250 | Plastic process operatives, moulders and extruders |
| 8260 | Synthetic fibre makers |
| 8290 | Other chemicals, paper, plastics and related process operatives n.e.c. |
| 8300 | Furnace operatives (metal) |
| 8310 | Metal drawers |
| 8320 | Rollers |
| 8330 | Annealers, hardeners, temperers (metal) |
| 8340 | Electroplaters, galvanisers, colour coaters |
| 8390 | Other metal making and treating process operatives n.e.c. |
| 8400 | Machine tool operatives (inc. CNC machine tool operatives) |
| 8410 | Press stamping and automatic machine operatives |
| 8420 | Metal polishers |
| 8430 | Metal dressing operatives |
| 8440 | Shot blasters |
| 8500 | Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods) |
| 8510 | Assemblers/lineworkers (vehicles and other metal goods) |
| 8590 | Other assemblers/lineworkers n.e.c. |
| 8600 | Inspectors, viewers and testers (metal and electrical goods) |
| 8610 | Inspectors, viewers, testers and examiners (other manufactured goods) |
| 8620 | Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers |
| 8630 | Weighers, graders, sorters |
| 8640 | Routine laboratory testers |
| 8690 | Other routine process operatives n.e.c. |
| 8700 | Bus inspectors |
| 8710 | Road transport depot inspectors and related occupations |
| 8720 | Drivers of road goods vehicles |
| 8730 | Bus and coach drivers |
| 8740 | Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs |
| 8750 | Bus conductors |
| 8800 | Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat operatives |
| 8810 | Rail transport inspectors, supervisors and guards |
| 8820 | Rail engine drivers and assistants |
| 8830 | Rail signal operatives and crossing keepers |
| 8840 | Shunters and point operatives |
| 8850 | Mechanical plant drivers and operatives (earth moving and civil engineering) |
| 8860 | Crane drivers |
| 8870 | Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers |
| 8890 | Other transport machinery operatives n.e.c. |
| 8900 | Washers, screeners and crushers in mines and quarries |
| 8910 | Printing machine minders and assistants |
| 8920 | Water and sewerage plant attendants |
| 8930 | Electrical energy, boiler and related plant operatives and attendants |
| 8940 | Oilers, greasers, lubricators |
| 8950 | Mains and service pipe layers, pipe joiners |
| 8960 | Construction and related operatives |
| 8970 | Woodworking machine operatives |
| 8980 | Mine (excluding coal) and quarry workers |
| 8990 | Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c. |
| 9000 | Farm workers |
| 9010 | Agricultural machinery drivers and operatives |
| 9020 | All other occupations in farming and related |
| 9030 | Fishing and related workers |
| 9040 | Forestry workers |
| 9100 | Coal mine labourers |
| 9110 | Labourers in foundries |
| 9120 | Labourers in engineering and allied trades |
| 9130 | Mates to metal/electrical and related fitters |
| 9190 | Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c. |
| 9200 | Mates to woodworking trades workers |
| 9210 | Mates to building trades workers |
| 9220 | Rail construction and maintenance workers |
| 9230 | Road construction and maintenance workers |
| 9240 | Paviors, kerb layers |
| 9290 | Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c. |
| 9300 | Stevedores, dockers |
| 9310 | Goods porters |
| 9320 | Slingers |
| 9330 | Refuse and salvage collectors |
| 9340 | Driver's mates |
| 9400 | Postal workers, mail sorters |
| 9410 | Messengers, couriers |
| 9500 | Hospital porters |
| 9510 | Hotel porters |
| 9520 | Kitchen porters, hands |
| 9530 | Counterhands, catering assistants |
| 9540 | Shelf fillers |
| 9550 | Lift and car park attendants |
| 9560 | Window cleaners |
| 9570 | Road sweepers |
| 9580 | Cleaners, domestics |
| 9590 | Other occupations in sales and services n.e.c. |
| 9900 | All other labourers and related workers |
| 9990 | All others in miscellaneous occupations n.e.c. |
| 9999 | NOT KNOWN |
Validation Rules
| 016900 | If ACTONE is coded 01 or 02 this field must be completed. If ACTONE is coded as 03 this field can be completed or blank. If ACTONE is not 01, 02 or 03 then this field must be blank. (Severity: 99) |
(M_ISFIELD(_ACTONE_,"01") || M_ISFIELD(_ACTONE_,"02"))? M_NOTEMPTY : ( M_ISFIELD(_ACTONE_,"03")? M_TRUE : M_EMPTY ) | |
| 016901 | This field must contain a valid entry from the SOC field or blank. (Severity: 98) |
M_VALID4SOCSIC || M_VALID2SOCSIC || M_VALIDCASOC || M_EMPTY | |
| 016910 | If SIC is coded as 9999 this field cannot be coded as 9999. (Severity: 98) |
M_ISFIELD(_SIC_,"9999")? !M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"9999") : M_TRUE |
