Combined student/module record 05/06
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05011: Occupation code
Field Information
| Number: | 025 |
| Name: | Occupation code |
| Abbreviation: | OCCCODE |
| Length: | 4 |
| Status: | Compulsory for undergraduate students entering through UCAS with a UCAS number year identifier less than 02. |
| Description: | The Occupation code field is used to record the occupation of the student or the student's parent or guardian from the OPCS 1990 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). It can be derived from the UCAS admissions system for UCAS entrants. UCAS codes are 4 digit codes. The first digit is a socio-economic indicator. Digits 2, 3 and 4 give the SOC code. SOC codes are given in the valid entries. |
| Notes: | This field relates to the student on entry to the programme of study. Institutions will have this information sent via the *J from UCAS for students entering through UCAS, including deferred entrants. UCAS codes 0000 'Not stated', 0007 'Retired', 0008 'Unemployed' and 0009 'Not known' will be accepted as valid entries. Continuing students from before the re-development of the Student Record for 1998/99 (i.e. field 26, Date of commencement of programme, before 1 August 1998) need not have a social-economic indicator but the SOC code will need to be prefixed with a leading zero. If not available this field should be coded "0009". This field should be left blank for direct entrants for whom the field is not being completed. Where a SOC code is being provided it should be prefixed with a leading zero. The new SOC 2000 standard occupational code classification was introduced with the 2001 Census. The new SOC is 4 characters. Students entering through UCAS from 2002/03 will have an associated SOC 2000 code, as well as a single character code indicating the new Social Class based on SOC 2000. For students entering through UCAS this information will be available from UCAS via the *J transaction. These will be recorded in new fields 167/152, Socio-economic classification and 168/153, Occupation code 2. Field 25, Occupation code, should continue to be used for entrants coded by UCAS prior to 2002 only, i.e. those with a UCAS number year identifier less than 02. |
| Reason Required: | Obsolescent with introduction of SEC and SOC2000, will drop out of use as student cohorts clear the system. |
Valid Entries
| 000 | Not stated |
| 007 | Retired (unspecified) |
| 008 | Unemployed (unspecified) |
| 009 | Not known |
| 100 | General administrators; national government (Assistant Secretary/Grade 5 and above) |
| 101 | General managers; large companies and organisations |
| 102 | Local government officers (administrative and executive functions) |
| 103 | General administrators; national government (HEO to Senior Principal/Grade 6) |
| 110 | Production, works and maintenance managers |
| 111 | Managers in building and contracting |
| 112 | Clerks of works |
| 113 | Managers in mining and energy industries |
| 120 | Treasurers and company financial managers |
| 121 | Marketing and sales managers |
| 122 | Purchasing managers |
| 123 | Advertising and public relations managers |
| 124 | Personnel, training and industrial relations managers |
| 125 | Organisation and methods and work study managers |
| 126 | Computer systems and data processing managers |
| 127 | Company secretaries |
| 130 | Credit controllers |
| 131 | Bank, Building Society and Post Office managers (except self-employed) |
| 132 | Civil Service executive officers |
| 139 | Other financial institution and office managers n.e.c. |
| 140 | Transport managers |
| 141 | Stores controllers |
| 142 | Managers in warehousing and other materials handling |
| 150 | Officers in UK armed forces |
| 151 | Officers in foreign and Commonwealth armed forces |
| 152 | Police officers (inspector and above) |
| 153 | Fire service officers (station officer and above) |
| 154 | Prison officers (principal officer and above) |
| 155 | Customs and excise, immigration service officers (customs: chief preventive officer and above; excise: surveyor and above) |
| 160 | Farm owners and managers, horticulturists |
| 169 | Other managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing n.e.c . |
| 170 | Property and estate managers |
| 171 | Garage managers and proprietors |
| 172 | Hairdressers' and barbers' managers and proprietors |
| 173 | Hotel and accommodation managers |
| 174 | Restaurant and catering managers |
| 175 | Publicans, innkeepers and club stewards |
| 176 | Entertainment and sports managers |
| 177 | Travel agency managers |
| 178 | Managers and proprietors of butchers and fishmongers |
| 179 | Managers and proprietors in service industries n.e.c. |
| 190 | Officials of trade associations, trade unions, professional bodies and charities |
| 191 | Registrars and administrators of educational establishments |
| 199 | Other managers and administrators n.e.c. |
| 200 | Chemists |
| 201 | Biological scientists and biochemists |
| 202 | Physicists, geologists and meteorologists |
| 209 | Other natural scientists n.e.c. |
| 210 | Civil, structural, municipal, mining and quarrying engineers |
| 211 | Mechanical engineers |
| 212 | Electrical engineers |
| 213 | Electronic engineers |
| 214 | Software engineers |
| 215 | Chemical engineers |
| 216 | Design and development engineers |
| 217 | Process and production engineers |
| 218 | Planning and quality control engineers |
| 219 | Other engineers and technologists n.e.c. |
| 220 | Medical practitioners |
| 221 | Pharmacists/pharmacologists |
| 222 | Ophthalmic opticians |
| 223 | Dental practitioners |
| 224 | Veterinarians |
| 230 | University and polytechnic teaching professionals |
| 231 | Higher and further education teaching professionals |
| 232 | Education officers, school inspectors |
| 233 | Secondary (and middle school deemed secondary) education teaching professionals |
| 234 | Primary (and middle school deemed primary) and nursery education teaching professionals |
| 235 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 239 | Other teaching professionals n.e.c. |
| 240 | Judges and officers of the Court |
| 241 | Barristers and advocates |
| 242 | Solicitors |
| 250 | Chartered and certified accountants |
| 251 | Management accountants |
| 252 | Actuaries, economists and statisticians |
| 253 | Management consultants, business analysts |
| 260 | Architects |
| 261 | Town planners |
| 262 | Building, land, mining and 'general practice' surveyors |
| 270 | Librarians |
| 271 | Archivists and curators |
| 290 | Psychologists |
| 291 | Other social and behavioural scientists |
| 292 | Clergy |
| 293 | Social workers, probation officers |
| 300 | Laboratory technicians |
| 301 | Engineering technicians |
| 302 | Electrical/electronic technicians |
| 303 | Architectural and town planning technicians |
| 304 | Building and civil engineering technicians |
| 309 | Other scientific technicians n.e.c. |
| 310 | Draughtspersons |
| 311 | Building inspectors |
| 312 | Quantity surveyors |
| 313 | Marine, insurance and other surveyors |
| 320 | Computer analyst/programmers |
| 330 | Air traffic planners and controllers |
| 331 | Aircraft flight deck officers |
| 332 | Ship and hovercraft officers |
| 340 | Nurses |
| 341 | Midwives |
| 342 | Medical radiographers |
| 343 | Physiotherapists |
| 344 | Chiropodists |
| 345 | Dispensing opticians |
| 346 | Medical technicians, dental auxiliaries |
| 347 | Occupational and speech therapists, psychotherapists, therapists n.e.c. |
| 348 | Environmental health officers |
| 349 | Other health associate professionals n.e.c. |
| 350 | Legal service and related occupations |
| 360 | Estimators, valuers |
| 361 | Underwriters, claims assessors, brokers, investment analysts |
| 362 | Taxation experts |
| 363 | Personnel and industrial relations officers |
| 364 | Organisation and methods and work study officers |
| 370 | Matrons, houseparents |
| 371 | Welfare, community and youth workers |
| 380 | Authors, writers, journalists |
| 381 | Artists, commercial artists, graphic designers |
| 382 | Industrial designers |
| 383 | Clothing designers |
| 384 | Actors, entertainers, stage managers, producers and directors |
| 385 | Musicians |
| 386 | Photographers, camera, sound and video equipment operators |
| 387 | Professional athletes, sports officials |
| 390 | Information officers |
| 391 | Vocational and industrial trainers |
| 392 | Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists |
| 393 | Driving instructors (excluding HGV) |
| 394 | Inspectors of factories, utilities and trading standards |
| 395 | Other statutory and similar inspectors n.e.c. |
| 396 | Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety) |
| 399 | Other associate professional and technical occupations n.e.c. |
| 400 | Civil Service administrative officers and assistants |
| 401 | Local government clerical officers and assistants |
| 410 | Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks |
| 411 | Counter clerks and cashiers |
| 412 | Debt, rent and other cash collectors |
| 420 | Filing, computer and other records clerks (including legal conveyancing) |
| 421 | Library assistants/clerks |
| 430 | Clerks (n.o.s.) |
| 440 | Stores, despatch and production control clerks |
| 441 | Storekeepers and warehousemen/women |
| 450 | Medical secretaries |
| 451 | Legal secretaries |
| 452 | Typists and word processor operators |
| 459 | Other secretaries, personal assistants, typists, word processor operators n.e.c |
| 460 | Receptionists |
| 461 | Receptionist/telephonists |
| 462 | Telephone operators |
| 463 | Radio and telegraph operators, other office communication system operators |
| 490 | Computer operators, data processing operators, other office machine operators |
| 491 | Tracers, drawing office assistants |
| 500 | Bricklayers, masons |
| 501 | Roofers, slaters, tilers, sheeters, cladders |
| 502 | Plasterers |
| 503 | Glaziers |
| 504 | Builders, building contractors |
| 505 | Scaffolders, stagers, steeplejacks, riggers |
| 506 | Floorers, floor coverers, carpet fitters and planners, floor and wall tilers |
| 507 | Painters and decorators |
| 509 | Other construction trades n.e.c. |
| 510 | Centre, capstan, turret and other lathe setters and setter-operators |
| 511 | Boring and drilling machine setters and setter-operators |
| 512 | Grinding machine setters and setter-operators |
| 513 | Milling machine setters and setter-operators |
| 514 | Press setters and setter-operators |
| 515 | Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out |
| 516 | Metal working production and maintenance fitters |
| 517 | Precision instrument makers and repairers |
| 518 | Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers |
| 519 | Other machine tool setters and setter-operators n.e.c. (including CNC setter-operators) |
| 520 | Production fitters (electrical/electronic) |
| 521 | Electricians, electrical maintenance fitters |
| 522 | Electrical engineers (not professional) |
| 523 | Telephone fitters |
| 524 | Cable jointers, lines repairers |
| 525 | Radio, TV and video engineers |
| 526 | Computer engineers, installation and maintenance |
| 529 | Other electrical/electronic trades n.e.c. |
| 530 | Smiths and forge workers |
| 531 | Moulders, core makers, die casters |
| 532 | Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers and related trades |
| 533 | Sheet metal workers |
| 534 | Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters |
| 535 | Steel erectors |
| 536 | Barbenders, steel fixers |
| 537 | Welding trades |
| 540 | Motor mechanics, auto engineers (including road patrol engineers) |
| 541 | Coach and vehicle body builders |
| 542 | Vehicle body repairers, panel beaters |
| 543 | Auto electricians |
| 544 | Tyre and exhaust fitters |
| 550 | Weavers |
| 551 | Knitters |
| 552 | Warp preparers, bleachers, dyers and finishers |
| 553 | Sewing machinists, menders, darners and embroiderers |
| 554 | Coach trimmers, upholsterers and mattress makers |
| 555 | Shoe repairers, leather cutters and sewers, footwear lasters, makers and finishers, other leather making and repairing |
| 556 | Tailors and dressmakers |
| 557 | Clothing cutters, milliners, furriers |
| 559 | Other textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c. |
| 560 | Originators, compositors and print preparers |
| 561 | Printers |
| 562 | Bookbinders and print finishers |
| 563 | Screen printers |
| 569 | Other printing and related trades n.e.c. |
| 570 | Carpenters and joiners |
| 571 | Cabinet makers |
| 572 | Case and box makers |
| 573 | Pattern makers (moulds) |
| 579 | Other woodworking trades n.e.c. |
| 580 | Bakers, flour confectioners |
| 581 | Butchers, meat cutters |
| 582 | Fishmongers, poultry dressers |
| 590 | Glass product and ceramics makers |
| 591 | Glass product and ceramics finishers and decorators |
| 592 | Dental technicians |
| 593 | Musical instrument makers, piano tuners |
| 594 | Gardeners, groundsmen/groundswomen |
| 595 | Horticultural trades |
| 596 | Coach painters, other spray painters |
| 597 | Face trained coalmining workers, shotfirers and deputies |
| 598 | Office machinery mechanics |
| 599 | Other craft and related occupations n.e.c. |
| 600 | NCOs and other ranks, UK armed forces |
| 601 | NCOs and other ranks, foreign and Commonwealth armed forces |
| 610 | Police officers (sergeant and below) |
| 611 | Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below) |
| 612 | Prison service officers (below principal officer) |
| 613 | Customs and excise officers, immigration officers (customs: below chief preventive officer; excise: below surveyor) |
| 614 | Traffic wardens |
| 615 | Security guards and related occupations |
| 619 | Other security and protective service occupations n.e.c. |
| 620 | Chefs, cooks |
| 621 | Waiters, waitresses |
| 622 | Bar staff |
| 630 | Travel and flight attendants |
| 631 | Railway station staff |
| 640 | Assistant nurses, nursing auxiliaries |
| 641 | Hospital ward assistants |
| 642 | Ambulance staff |
| 643 | Dental nurses |
| 644 | Care assistants and attendants |
| 650 | Nursery nurses |
| 651 | Playgroup leaders |
| 652 | Educational assistants |
| 659 | Other childcare and related occupations n.e.c. |
| 660 | Hairdressers, barbers |
| 661 | Beauticians and related occupations |
| 670 | Domestic housekeepers and related occupations |
| 671 | Housekeepers (non-domestic) |
| 672 | Caretakers |
| 673 | Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers |
| 690 | Undertakers |
| 691 | Bookmakers |
| 699 | Other personal and protective service occupations n.e.c. |
| 700 | Buyers (retail trade) |
| 701 | Buyers and purchasing officers (not retail) |
| 702 | Importers and exporters |
| 703 | Air, commodity and ship brokers |
| 710 | Technical and wholesale sales representatives |
| 719 | Other sales representatives n.e.c. |
| 720 | Sales assistants |
| 721 | Retail cash desk and check-out operators |
| 722 | Petrol pump forecourt attendants |
| 730 | Collector salespersons and credit agents |
| 731 | Roundsmen/women and van salespersons |
| 732 | Market and street traders and assistants |
| 733 | Scrap dealers, scrap metal merchants |
| 790 | Merchandisers |
| 791 | Window dressers, floral arrangers |
| 792 | Telephone salespersons |
| 800 | Bakery and confectionery process operatives |
| 801 | Brewery and vinery process operatives |
| 802 | Tobacco process operatives |
| 809 | Other food, drink and tobacco process operatives n.e.c. |
| 810 | Tannery production operatives |
| 811 | Preparatory fibre processors |
| 812 | Spinners, doublers, twisters |
| 813 | Winders, reelers |
| 814 | Other textiles processing operatives |
| 820 | Chemical, gas and petroleum process plant operatives |
| 821 | Paper, wood and related process plant operatives |
| 822 | Cutting and slitting machine operatives (paper products etc) |
| 823 | Glass and ceramics furnace operatives, kilnsetters |
| 824 | Rubber process operatives, moulding machine operatives, tyre builders |
| 825 | Plastics process operatives, moulders and extruders |
| 826 | Synthetic fibre makers |
| 829 | Other chemicals, paper, plastics and related process operatives n.e.c. |
| 830 | Furnace operatives (metal) |
| 831 | Metal drawers |
| 832 | Rollers |
| 833 | Annealers, hardeners, temperers (metal) |
| 834 | Electroplaters, galvanisers, colour coaters |
| 839 | Other metal making and treating process operatives n.e.c. |
| 840 | Machine tool operatives (including CNC machine tool operatives) |
| 841 | Press stamping and automatic machine operatives |
| 842 | Metal polishers |
| 843 | Metal dressing operatives |
| 844 | Shot blasters |
| 850 | Assemblers/lineworkers (electrical/electronic goods) |
| 851 | Assemblers/lineworkers (vehicles and other metal goods) |
| 859 | Other assemblers/lineworkers n.e.c. |
| 860 | Inspectors, viewers and testers (metal and electrical goods) |
| 861 | Inspectors, viewers, testers and examiners (other manufactured goods) |
| 862 | Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers |
| 863 | Weighers, graders, sorters |
| 864 | Routine laboratory testers |
| 869 | Other routine process operatives n.e.c. |
| 870 | Bus inspectors |
| 871 | Road transport depot inspectors and related occupations |
| 872 | Drivers of road goods vehicles |
| 873 | Bus and coach drivers |
| 874 | Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs |
| 875 | Bus conductors |
| 880 | Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat operatives |
| 881 | Rail transport inspectors, supervisors and guards |
| 882 | Rail engine drivers and assistants |
| 883 | Rail signal operatives and crossing keepers |
| 884 | Shunters and points operatives |
| 885 | Mechanical plant drivers and operatives (earth moving and civil engineering) |
| 886 | Crane drivers |
| 887 | Fork lift and mechanical truck drivers |
| 889 | Other transport and machinery operatives n.e.c. |
| 890 | Washers, screeners and crushers in mines and quarries |
| 891 | Printing machine minders and assistants |
| 892 | Water and sewerage plant attendants |
| 893 | Electrical, energy, boiler and related plant operatives and attendants |
| 894 | Oilers, greasers, lubricators |
| 895 | Mains and service pipe layers, pipe jointers |
| 896 | Construction and related operatives |
| 897 | Woodworking machine operatives |
| 898 | Mine (excluding coal) and quarry workers |
| 899 | Other plant and machine operatives n.e.c. |
| 900 | Farm workers |
| 901 | Agricultural machinery drivers and operatives |
| 902 | All other occupations in farming and related |
| 903 | Fishing and related workers |
| 904 | Forestry workers |
| 910 | Coal mine labourers |
| 911 | Labourers in foundries |
| 912 | Labourers in engineering and allied trades |
| 913 | Mates to metal/electrical and related fitters |
| 919 | Other labourers in making and processing industries n.e.c. |
| 920 | Mates to woodworking trades workers |
| 921 | Mates to building trades workers |
| 922 | Rail construction and maintenance workers |
| 923 | Road construction and maintenance workers |
| 924 | Paviors, kerb layers |
| 929 | Other building and civil engineering labourers n.e.c. |
| 930 | Stevedores, dockers |
| 931 | Goods porters |
| 932 | Slingers |
| 933 | Refuse and salvage collectors |
| 934 | Driver's mates |
| 940 | Postal workers, mail sorters |
| 941 | Messengers, couriers |
| 950 | Hospital porters |
| 951 | Hotel porters |
| 952 | Kitchen porters, hands |
| 953 | Counterhands, catering assistants |
| 954 | Shelf fillers |
| 955 | Lift and car park attendants |
| 956 | Window cleaners |
| 957 | Road sweepers |
| 958 | Cleaners, domestics |
| 959 | Other occupations in sales and services n.e.c. |
| 990 | All other labourers and related workers |
| 999 | All others in miscellaneous occupations n.e.c. |
Validation Rules
| 027530 | This field must contain a valid SOC1990 code or be blank. (Severity: 99) |
(M_VALIDCODE4FIELDN(uiCurFieldNo,1,3) && IsValidInteger(uiCurFieldNo,0000L,9999L)) || M_EMPTY | |
| 027632 | If the year indicator (first 2 digits) of UCASNUM is less than 02 and UCASNUM digits 3-8 are in the range 000001-599999 and QUALAIM = 18 to 52, 61 or 97, then this field must not be blank. (Severity: 99) |
!IsEmpty(_UCASNUM_) && (M_STRCMP(M_GETFIELDN(_UCASNUM_,0,2),"02")<0 || M_STRCMP(M_GETFIELDN(_UCASNUM_,0,2),"08")>0) &&M_STRCMP(M_GETFIELDN(_UCASNUM_,2,6),"000000")>0 && M_STRCMP(M_GETFIELDN(_UCASNUM_,2,6),"600000")<0 && (IsValidInteger(_QUALAIM_,18L,52L)||M_ISFIELD(_QUALAIM_,"61") ||M_ISFIELD(_QUALAIM_,"97")) ? M_NOTEMPTY : M_TRUE | |
| 027650 | If this field is completed, the first character cannot be 7, 8 or 9. (Severity: 99) |
!M_EMPTY ? !(M_ISFIELDN(uiCurFieldNo,"7",0,1) ||M_ISFIELDN(uiCurFieldNo,"8",0,1) ||M_ISFIELDN(uiCurFieldNo,"9",0,1)) : M_TRUE |
