Employment Categories

Professional Occupations
Directors and chief executives of major organisations
Senior officials in local government
Production, works and maintenance managers
Managers in mining and energy
Financial managers and chartered secretaries
Marketing and sales managers
Purchasing managers
Advertising and public relations managers
Personnel, training and industrial relations managers
Information and communication technology managers
Research and development managers
Officers in armed forces
Police officers (inspectors and above)
Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related services
Hospital and health service managers
Social services managers
Natural environment and conservation managers
Property, housing and land managers
Senior officials in national government
Chemists
Biological scientists and biochemists
Physicists, geologists and meteorologists
Civil engineers
Mechanical engineers
Electrical engineers
Electronics engineers
Chemical engineers
Design and development engineers
Engineering professionals
IT strategy and planning professionals
Software professionals
Medical practitioners
Psychologists
Pharmacists/pharmacologists
Dental practitioners
Veterinarians
Higher education teaching professionals
Education officers, school inspectors
Registrars and senior administrators of educational establishments
Scientific researchers
Social science researchers
Researchers
Solicitors and lawyers, judges and coroners
Legal professionals
Chartered and certified accountants
Management accountants
Management consultants, actuaries, economists and statisticians
Architects
Town planners
Chartered surveyors (not quantity surveyors)
Probation officers
Clergy
Speech and language therapists
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
Brokers
Insurance underwriters
Taxation experts
Conservation and environmental protection officers
Environmental health officers

Skilled occupations
Managers in construction
Quality assurance managers
Customer care managers
Financial institution managers
Office managers
Transport and distribution managers
Storage and warehouse managers
Retail and wholesale managers
Security managers
Pharmacy managers
Healthcare practice managers
Residential and day care managers
Farm managers
Conference and exhibition managers
Publicans and managers of licensed premises
Leisure and sports managers
Travel agency managers
Recycling and refuse disposal managers
Managers and proprietors in other services
Production and process engineers
Planning and quality control engineers
Ophthalmic opticians
Further education teaching professionals
Secondary education teaching professionals
Primary and nursery education teaching professionals
Special needs education teaching professionals
Quantity surveyors
Public service administrative professionals
Social workers
Librarians
Archivists and curators
Laboratory technicians
Engineering technicians
Building and civil engineering technicians
Science and engineering technicians
Architectural technologists and town planning technicians
Building inspectors
IT operations technicians
IT user support technicians
Nurses
Midwives
Paramedics
Medical radiographers
Chiropodists
Physiotherapists
Occupational therapists
Therapists
Youth and community workers
Housing and welfare officers
Protective service associate professionals
Artists
Authors, writers
Actors, entertainers
Dancers and choreographers
Musicians
Arts officers, producers and directors
Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors
Broadcasting associate professionals
Public relations officers
Sports players
Sports coaches, instructors and officials
Air traffic controllers
Ship and hovercraft officers
Estimators, valuers and assessors
Finance and investment analysts/advisers
Importers, exporters
Financial and accounting technicians
Business and related associate professionals
Buyers and purchasing officers
Sales representatives
Marketing associate professionals
Estate agents, auctioneers
Public service associate professionals
Personnel and industrial relations officers
Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors
Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists
Inspectors of factories, utilities and trading standards
Statutory examiners
Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and safety)
Civil Service executive officers
Officers of non-governmental organisations
Semi-Skilled Occupations
Electrical/electronics technicians
Draughtspersons
Dispensing opticians
Medical and dental technicians
NCOs and other ranks
Police officers (sergeant and below)
Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below)
Prison service officers (below principal officer)
Graphic designers
Photographers and audio-visual equipment operators
Sports and fitness occupations
Legal associate professionals
Countryside and park rangers
Civil Service administrative officers and assistants
Local government clerical officers and assistants
Credit controllers
Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial clerks
Counter clerks
Filing and other records assistants/clerks
Pensions and insurance clerks
Transport and distribution clerks
Library assistants/clerks
Database assistants/clerks
General office assistants/clerks
Medical secretaries
Legal secretaries
School secretaries
Company secretaries
Personal assistants and other secretaries
Typists
Telecommunications engineers
Computer engineers, installation and maintenance
Electrical/electronics engineers
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants
Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)
Nursery nurses
Travel agents
Air travel assistants
Rail travel assistants
Debt, rent and other cash collectors
Merchandisers and window dressers
Sales related occupations
Call centre agents/operators
Customer care occupations
Routine laboratory testers
Managers in animal husbandry, forestry and fishing
Hotel and accommodation managers
Restaurant and catering managers
Garage managers and proprietors
Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors
Shopkeepers and wholesale/retail dealers
Teaching professionals
Product, clothing and related designers
Farmers
Agricultural and fishing trades
Bricklayers, masons
Roofers, roof tilers and slaters
Carpenters and joiners
Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters
Construction trades
Plasterers
Floorers and wall tilers
Painters and decorators
Musical instrument makers and tuners
Childminders and related occupations
Beauticians and related occupations
Market and street traders and assistants
Taxi, cab drivers and chauffeurs
Driving instructors
Forestry workers
Window cleaners
Quality assurance technicians
Train drivers
Communication operators
Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen
Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out
Metal working production and maintenance fitters
Precision instrument makers and repairers
Motor mechanics, auto engineers
Vehicle body builders and repairers
Auto electricians
Electricians, electrical fitters
Lines repairers and cable jointers
TV, video and audio engineers
Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers
Originators, compositors and print preparers
Printers
Screen printers
Bakers, flour confectioners
Pattern makers (moulds)
Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers
Hand craft occupations
Chemical and related process operatives
Quarry workers and related operatives
Water and sewerage plant operatives
Routine inspectors and testers
Road construction operatives
Rail construction and maintenance operatives
Construction operatives
Rail transport operatives
Air transport operatives
Transport operatives

Manual Work Occupations

Pharmaceutical dispensers
Fitness instructors
Stock control clerks
Market research interviewers
Telephonists
Receptionists
Horticultural trades
Moulders, core makers, die casters
Sheet metal workers
Metal machining setters and setter-operators
Vehicle spray painters
Steel erectors
Tailors and dressmakers
Chefs, cooks
Dental nurses
Houseparents and residential wardens
Care assistants and home carers
Playgroup leaders/assistants
Educational assistants
Veterinary nurses and assistants
Sports and leisure assistants
Housekeepers and related occupations
Caretakers
Undertakers and mortuary assistants
Pest control officers
Sales and retail assistants
Retail cashiers and check-out operators
Telephone salespersons
Collector salespersons and credit agents
Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
Glass and ceramics process operatives
Rubber process operatives
Plastics process operatives
Metal making and treating process operatives
Electroplaters
Process operatives
Paper and wood machine operatives
Energy plant operatives
Metal working machine operatives
Plant and machine operatives
Assemblers (electrical products)
Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)
Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters
Clothing cutters
Scaffolders, stagers, riggers
Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat operatives
Crane drivers
Fork-lift truck drivers
Agricultural machinery drivers
Farm workers
Printing machine minders and assistants
Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers
Elementary office occupations
Hospital porters
Kitchen and catering assistants
Security guards and related occupations
Traffic wardens
Elementary security occupations
Shelf fillers
Elementary sales occupations
Smiths and forge workers
Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters
Welding trades
Pipe fitters
Weavers and knitters
Upholsterers
Leather and related trades
Textiles, garments and related trades
Bookbinders and print finishers
Butchers, meat cutters
Fishmongers, poultry dressers
Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers
Furniture makers, other craft woodworkers
Floral arrangers, florists
Animal care occupations
Travel and tour guides
Leisure and travel service occupations
Hairdressers, barbers
Roundsmen/women and van salespersons
Textile process operatives
Coal mine operatives
Weighers, graders, sorters
Sewing machinists
Assemblers and routine operatives
Heavy goods vehicle drivers
Van drivers
Bus and coach drivers
Mobile machine drivers and operatives
Fishing and agriculture related occupations
Labourers in building and woodworking trades
Labourers in other construction trades
Labourers in foundries
Industrial cleaning process occupations
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers
Labourers in process and plant operations
Stevedores, dockers and slingers
Other goods handling and storage occupations
Hotel porters
Waiters, waitresses
Bar staff
Leisure and theme park attendants
Elementary personal services occupations
Road sweepers
Cleaners, domestics
Launderers, dry cleaners, pressers
Refuse and salvage occupations
Elementary cleaning occupations
School crossing patrol attendants
School mid-day assistants
Car park attendants