DOCUMENT RESUME ED 034 036 VT 009 587 TITLE Internaticnal Standard Classification of Occupaticns. Revised Editicn 1968. INSTITUTION International Labour Cffice, Geneva (Switzerland). Put Late ES Note 361p. Available frcm Internaticnal Labor Office, Washington Branch, 917 15th Street, N.W., Washington, E.C. 200CE ($5.00) ELLS Price ELRS Price ME$1.50 HC$18.15 Descriptors *Classification, International Programs, *Occupational Information, *Cccupations, *Technical Education, *Vocational Education Identifiers *Internaticnal Standard Classification Abstract The Internaticnal Standard Classification of Occupaticns was developed to provide a systematic basis for presentaticn cfcccuFaticnal data relating tc different countries in crder to facilitate international ccmFariscns. A seccnd objective was tc provide a system which developing countries cculd use in formulating their national occupational classificaticns. Occupaticns are classified at the major group level, miner group level, and unit level. The basic principle cf classificaticn is the type of work perfcrmed and represents broad fields cf wcrk rather than specific types cf wcrk. The minor groups and unit groups provide summary classifications suitable fcr organizaticn and presentaticn cf statistical data, such as those derived frcm manpower inquiries and population censuses. The more detailed classificaticn, which has been develcped by the Internaticnal Labour Cffice, subdivides the unit groups into occupations cr occupational categories bearing fivedigit code numbers and is intended to serve such purposes as the organization of employment placement office records. (Author /CE) D reN 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE 01 C2 CZ Lirl INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONS. REVISED EDITION 1968 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. Air Nute, fialblAti AS1,5 1919-1969 GENEVA 1969 I.L.O. publications can be obtained through major booksellers or I.L.O. local offices in many countries, or direct from the International Labour Of (Sales Sectio:i), 1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland.The catalogue and list of booksellers and local offices will be sent free of charge from the above address. Printed in Switzerland by Atar S.A., GenOve PREFACE This volume, International Standard Classification of Occupations (revisededition, 1968), replaces that issued in 1958 and reprinted in 1962. The history of the development of the International Standard Classification of Occu- pations (ISCO) reaches back some 20 years.The first concrete step towards its establish- ment as a basic tool for organising occupational information forinternational purposes was the adoption of a provisional classification (comprising nine major groups) by theSeventh International Conference of Labour Statisticians, which was convened by the International Labour Organisation in 1949.The publication of the first edition of the International Standard Classification of Occupations in 1958 was the culmination of a very difficult task which could be accomplished only through a long and intensive internationaleffort. Many governments contributed by lending expert staff to the I.L.O. and helpingin many other respects.International organisations also gave valuable assistance. A similar collaborative effort marked the work on revision of ISCO, which beganin 1964 with the dispatch of a questionnaire to governments and other interestedparties, requesting their views and recommendations regarding revision of ISCO. Many valuable suggestions were received and many have been implemented in this edition. With a view to issuing an improved and up-to-date ISCO in advance of the 1970 round of population censuses, preliminary draft proposals were prepared by the I.L.O. in 1965 and submitted to a meeting of experts.After further development and refinement the draft revised ISCO proposed by the experts was submitted to the Eleventh International Conference of Labour Statisticians,1966.The Conference introduced some further improvements and adopted the list of major, minor and unit groups given in the present volume. ISCO has been developed to provide a systematic basis for presentation ofoccupational data relating to different countries in order to facilitate international comparisons.A second objective, related to the first, is to provide an internationalstandard classification system which countries may use in developing their nationaloccupational classifications, or in revising their existing classifications, with theaim of achieving convertibility to the international system. The minor groups and unit groups provide summary classifications suitablefor orga- nisation and presentation of statistical data, such as those derived from manpowerinquiries, including population censuses.The more detailed classification, which has been developed by the International Labour Office in the form of a subdivision of theunit groups into "occupations" (or occupational categories bearing five-digit code numbers), isintended to serve other purposes, such as the organisationof records of employment placement offices. In INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONS Since many countries have made use of ISCO (1958 edition),either for reporting of occupational data or as a basis for development of nationaloccupational classification systems, a conversion table has been included in the presentedition.This table shows unit groups of ISCO 1958 in the left-handcolumn and on the right the corresponding unit groups of the revised ISCO. The mainstructural changes made in revising the classifica- tion have also been referred to in the Introduction below, inthe "Notes on Characteristics of Occupational Groups". Iv CONTENTS Page PREFACE I INTRODUCTION 1 Structure and Uses of the Classification 1 Basis of Classification of Occupations 3 Titles, Definitions and Codes 6 Expanded Alphabetical List of Titles 7 Notes on Characteristics of Particular OccupationalGroups 9 Notes on Classification of Supervisors, Foremen,Apprentices and Instructors 21 MAJOR, MINOR AND UNIT GROUPS 25 DEFINITIONS OF TITLES: Major Group 0/1: Professional, Technical and Related Workers 35 Major Group 2: Administrative and Managerial Workers 93 Major Group 3: Clerical and Related Workers 99 Major Group 4: Sales Workers 115 Major Group 5: Service Workers 123 Major Group 6: Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and ForestryWorkers, Fishermen and Hunters 137 Major Group 7/8/9:Production and Related Workers, TransportEquipment Operators and Labourers 149 Major Group X: Workers Not Classifiable by Occupation 265 Armed Forces: Members of the Armed Forces 267 CLASSIFIED LIST OF ISCO TITLESAND CODES 269 CONVERSION TABLE 289 EXPANDED ALPHABETICAL LISTOF TITLES 309 V INTRODUCTION STRUCTURE AND USES OF THE CLASSIFICATION The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) provides a system- atic classification structure covering the occupations of the whole civilianworking popu- lation.The classification structure has four levels, providing successively finer detail, as follows : major groups (8), minor groups (83), unit groups (284) and occupationalcategories (1,506).The classification system is completed by definitions given for each of the 1,881 titles. The decimal method of coding adopted in this system identifies each classinto which a coded and defined occupational categoryfits; for example "typist" is found in major group 3Clerical and related workers; minor group3-2Stenographers, typists and card- and tape-punching machine operators; in unit group 3-21Stenographers, typistsand teletypists; and in occupational category 3-21.40Typist. The major groups comprising ISCO, together with the supplementarymajor category (without a code number) to cover Armed Forces, are as follows : Code Title No. 0/1 Professional, Technical and Related Workers. 2 Administrative and Managerial Workers. 3 Clerical and Related Workers. 4 Sales Workers. 5 Service Workers. 6 Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Forestry Workers, Fishermen and Hunters. 7/8/9 Production and Related Workers, Transport Equipment Operators and Labourers. X Workers Not Classifiable by Occupation. Armed Forces. A list of major, minor and unit group titles follows this Introduction.The full list of titles classified in code order is given towards the end of the volume. Use as an International Statistical Standard The major, minor and unit groups constitute the classification of occupations approved by the Eleventh International Conference of Labour Statisticians(Geneva, 1966) as an international standard for statistical purposes. The objectives which this statistical standard has been designed to serve are--(a) to provide a model for countries developing or revising national classificationsfor use in the 1970 round of population censuses and in other statistical compilationsof occupational 1 INTRODUCTION data; (b) to promote the international comparabilityof statistics; (c) to provide a stand- ard list of occupational groups for international uses,including the exchange of occupational data between countries and the reportingof national occupational data for international publications.In the latter connection, it is specified in "Principlesand Recommendations for the 1970 Population Censuses" 1 that each countryshould report population census data classified according to at least the minor groupsof ISCO.