Type of Occupational Class
Occupational Class 1 – Professionals and persons engaged in executive, administrative or
clerical duties
Please note occupations listed below are not exhaustive, some examples are:
Type of Occupation
Accountants Clerks Librarians
Actors & Actresses Coroners Managers
Agents (Financial products) Dealers (Financial products & Marketing Professionals
cars)
Acupuncturists Dentists MRT Staff (except technicians
and doing underground work)
Advertising Professionals Designers Music Industry Professionals
Analysts Doctors Opticians
Architects Editors Principals
Artists Executives Physios
Auditors Home Makers Receptionists
Authors Insurance Professionals Retirees
Banking Professionals IT Professionals Sales Executives
Brokers Jewellers (Retail Only) Social Workers
Buyers Journalists (Not covering war) Students
Cashiers Lawyers Teachers
Chiropractors Lecturers Welfare Professionals
Occupational Class 2 – Persons engaged in skilled or semi-skilled work and not exposed to
hazardous conditions.
Please note occupations listed below are not exhaustive, some examples are:
Type of Occupation
Agents (Insurance, property or Coaches/Instructors Market Merchants
tour) (Any sports except airborne, (Selling drinks, fruits or dried
car, deep sea diving, extreme foodstuff)
sports or skiing)
Appliance Repairmen Engineers Models
(Except worksite/offshore
work)
Assembly Line Work Florists Money Changers
(Not using tools or machinery)
Bakers Food/Drink Stall Nurses
Owners/Assistants
Barbers Foreman Photographers
(Non-construction)
Beauticians Goldsmiths Pet Shop Dealers/Owners/
Assistants
Bowling Attendants Guides Referees (All sports)
Car Park Attendants Hairstylists Seamstresses
Car Washers Hawkers (Not cooking) Surveyors
Caterers (Not cooking) Laboratory Staff Work Tailors
Chemists Manicurists & Pedicurists Waiters/Waitresses
Type of Occupational Class
Occupational Class 3 – Persons engaged in occupations requiring manual labour or heavy
machinery or exposure to certain hazardous conditions
Please note occupations listed below are not exhaustive, some examples are:
Type of Occupation
Air Con Repairmen Domestic Helpers Masseuse
Bartenders Drivers (Personal, taxi or bus Mechanics
requiring class 3 licenses)
Boat Drivers/Operators Driving Instructors (Teaching Nurses (Based in IMH)
class 3 vehicles)
Carpenters Electricians Painters (interior of building or
house only)
Caterers (Cooking) Factory Workers Paramedics
Chefs Furniture Workers or Movers Plumbers
Contractors Foreman (Construction) Technicians
Couriers Hawkers (Cooking) Security Guard (Unarmed)
Cleaners Lifeguards Veterinarian
Deliverymen Market Merchants (Selling Zookeepers
pork, poultry or seafood)
Declined Occupations – Persons engaged in occupations with exposure to highly hazardous
conditions
Please note occupations listed below are not exhaustive, some examples are:
• Construction site workers or unskilled workers at construction site
• Divers or occupations involving deep sea diving
• Occupations or work involving exposure to oil rig platform and/or offshore work
• Occupations or work involving fire fighters, police, military, naval or air force service and
operations
• Occupations involving manual work in hazardous places (construction site, dock, hangar, oil
refinery, shipyard and the like)
• Occupations or work involving wood or timber working, welding, working at heights 30 feet
above ground level, underground & Handling hazardous chemical or explosive materials
• Occupations or work requiring use of heavy machinery (cranes, forklifts, bulldozers and the
like, vehicles requiring Class 4 license and above)
• Pilots, air stewards, stewardesses or air crew
• Shipbreakers
• Ship crew or workers on board vessels (stationery or offshore)
• Stevedores
