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XEMP2020SOC1_1.1.1

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Field description Field abbreviation Field version Field length Field type
Employment - Standard Occupational Classification 2020 major grouping XEMP2020SOC1 1.1.1 1 Char

Valid entries

Code Label
1 Managers, directors and senior officials
2 Professional occupations
3 Associate professional occupations
4 Administrative and secretarial occupations
5 Skilled trades occupations
6 Caring, leisure and other service occupations
7 Sales and customer service occupations
8 Process, plant and machine operatives
9 Elementary occupations
X Not known/Not applicable

Dependent fields

  • XWRK2020SOC1

Depend upon fields

  • XEMP2020SOC

Additional information

These aggregations represent the nine major groups of the SOC as summarised in the Standard Occupation Classification 2020 Structure and description of unit groups. (https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/standardoccupationalclassificationsoc/soc2020)

Technical Specification

XEMP2020SOC (CHAR 4) Value of XEMP2020SOC1
0001 X
First character is a 1 1
First character is a 2 2
First character is a 3 3
First character is a 4 4
First character is a 5 5
First character is a 6 6
First character is a 7 7
First character is a 8 8
First character is a 9 9
Otherwise X

Revision history

Date Version Notes
2020-12-01 1.1.1 Created

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