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Standard Occupational Classification: SOC2000
Major groups | Sub-major groups | Minor groups | Five digit level
Major groups
- 1 Managers and Senior Officials
- 2 Professional Occupations
- 3 Associate Professional and Technical Occupations
- 4 Administrative and Secretarial Occupations
- 5 Skilled Trades Occupations
- 6 Personal Service Occupations
- 7 Sales and Customer Service Occupations
- 8 Process, Plant and Machine Operatives
- 9 Elementary Occupations
Sub-major groups
- 11 Corporate managers
- 12 Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services
- 21 Science and technology professionals
- 22 Health professionals
- 23 Teaching and research professionals
- 24 Business and public service professionals
- 31 Science and technology associate professionals
- 32 Health and social welfare associate professionals
- 33 Protective service occupations
- 34 Culture, media and sports occupations
- 35 Business and public service associate professionals
- 41 Administrative occupations
- 42 Secretarial and related occupations
- 51 Skilled agricultural trades
- 52 Skilled metal and electrical trades
- 53 Skilled construction and building trades
- 54 Textiles, printing and other skilled trades
- 61 Caring personal service occupations
- 62 Leisure and other personal service occupations
- 71 Sales occupations
- 72 Customer service occupations
- 81 Process, plant and machine operatives
- 82 Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives
- 91 Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations
- 92 Elementary administration and service occupations
Minor groups
- 111 Corporate managers and senior officials
- 112 Production managers
- 113 Functional managers
- 114 Quality and customer care managers
- 115 Financial institution and office managers
- 116 Managers in distribution, storage and retailing
- 117 Protective service officers
- 118 Health and social services managers
- 121 Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing
- 122 Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services
- 123 Managers and proprietors in other service industries
- 211 Science professionals
- 212 Engineering professionals
- 213 Information and communication technology professionals
- 221 Health professionals
- 231 Teaching professionals
- 232 Research professionals
- 241 Legal professionals
- 242 Business and statistical professionals
- 243 Architects, town planners, surveyors
- 244 Public service professionals
- 245 Librarians and related professionals
- 311 Science and engineering technicians
- 312 Draughtspersons and building inspectors
- 313 IT service delivery occupations
- 321 Health associate professionals
- 322 Therapists
- 323 Social welfare associate professionals
- 331 Protective service occupations
- 341 Artistic and literary occupations
- 342 Design associate professionals
- 343 Media associate professionals
- 344 Sports and fitness occupations
- 351 Transport associate professionals
- 352 Legal associate professionals
- 353 Business and finance associate professionals
- 354 Sales and related associate professionals
- 355 Conservation associate professionals
- 356 Public service and other associate professionals
- 411 Administrative occupations: Government and related organisations
- 412 Administrative occupations: Finance
- 413 Administrative occupations: Records
- 414 Administrative occupations: Communications
- 415 Administrative occupations: General
- 421 Secretarial and related occupations
- 511 Agricultural trades
- 521 Metal forming, welding and related trades
- 522 Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades
- 523 Vehicle trades
- 524 Electrical trades
- 531 Construction trades
- 532 Building trades
- 541 Textiles and garments trades
- 542 Printing trades
- 543 Food preparation trades
- 549 Skilled trades N.E.C.
- 611 Healthcare and related personal services
- 612 Childcare and related personal services
- 613 Animal care services
- 621 Leisure and travel service occupations
- 622 Hairdressers and related occupations
- 623 Housekeeping occupations
- 629 Personal services occupations N.E.C.
- 711 Sales assistants and retail cashiers
- 712 Sales related occupations
- 721 Customer service occupations
- 811 Process operatives
- 812 Plant and machine operatives
- 813 Assemblers and routine operatives
- 814 Construction operatives
- 821 Transport drivers and operatives
- 822 Mobile machine drivers and operatives
- 911 Elementary agricultural occupations
- 912 Elementary construction occupations
- 913 Elementary process plant occupations
- 914 Elementary goods storage occupations
- 921 Elementary administration occupations
- 922 Elementary personal services occupations
- 923 Elementary cleaning occupations
- 924 Elementary security occupations
- 925 Elementary sales occupations