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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

Five digit level

SOC2000 - 5 digit level