Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1994

Variable Details

VariableSOCLAST
LabelOccupation (last job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 11
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 74
102 102 gen managers - local government 75
103 103 administrators - national government 32
110 110 production,works managers 160
111 111 building/contract managers 65
112 112 clerks of works 7
113 113 mining & energy managers 16
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 32
121 121 marketing & sales managers 183
122 122 purchasing managers 19
123 123 advertising etc managers 27
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 51
125 125 organisational managers 2
126 126 computer systems etc managers 31
127 127 company secretaries 49
130 130 credit controllers 33
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 69
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 61
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 160
140 140 transport managers 40
141 141 stores controllers 48
142 142 warehouse etc managers 41
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 8
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 0
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 4
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 4
154 154 prison principal officers and above 2
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 96
169 169 other farming etc managers 12
170 170 property & estate managers 19
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 19
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 8
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 60
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 114
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 132
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 46
177 177 travel agency managers 16
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 17
179 179 service industry managers etc 481
190 190 trade union etc officials 35
191 191 education registrars etc 20
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 121
200 200 chemists 20
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 32
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 15
209 209 other natural scientists nes 15
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 44
211 211 mechanical engineers 49
212 212 electrical engineers 22
213 213 electronic engineers 9
214 214 software engineers 9
215 215 chemical engineers 4
216 216 design & development engineers 36
217 217 process & production engineers 16
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 31
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 44
220 220 medical practitioners 51
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 13
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 2
223 223 dental practitioners 13
224 224 veterinarians 2
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 52
231 231 further education teachers etc 75
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 12
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 182
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 215
235 235 special education teachers etc 22
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 28
240 240 judges & officers of the court 7
241 241 barristers & advocates 1
242 242 solicitors 17
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 56
251 251 management accountants 10
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 8
253 253 management,business consultants etc 12
260 260 architects 23
261 261 town planners 6
262 262 general practice surveyors 33
270 270 librarians 8
271 271 archivists & curators 3
290 290 psychologists 0
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 2
292 292 clergy 19
293 293 social workers,probation officers 76
300 300 laboratory technicians 58
301 301 engineering technicians 25
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 12
303 303 architectural etc technicians 12
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 11
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 40
310 310 draughtspersons 43
311 311 building inspectors 4
312 312 quantity surveyors 18
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 2
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 56
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 2
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 8
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 22
340 340 nurses 279
341 341 midwives 21
342 342 medical radiographers 1
343 343 physiotherapists 6
344 344 chiropodists 7
345 345 dispensing opticians 1
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 12
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 17
348 348 environmental health officers 11
349 349 other health professionals nes 6
350 350 legal service & related occupations 14
360 360 estimators,valuers 21
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 58
362 362 taxation experts 4
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 37
364 364 organisational etc officers 20
370 370 matrons,houseparents 48
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 65
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 42
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 45
382 382 industrial designers 11
383 383 clothing designers 9
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 60
385 385 musicians 12
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 46
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 23
390 390 information officers 21
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 54
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 15
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 17
394 394 factory inspectors etc 3
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 6
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 17
399 399 other associate professionals nes 15
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 149
401 401 local government clerical staff 87
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 524
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 276
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 26
420 420 filing and record clerks 298
421 421 library assistants etc 29
430 430 clerks nes 634
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 63
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 342
450 450 medical secretaries 17
451 451 legal secretaries 43
452 452 typists & word processor operators 128
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 498
460 460 receptionists 141
461 461 reception telephonists 93
462 462 telephone operators 82
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 30
490 490 computer etc operators 145
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 4
500 500 bricklayers,masons 162
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 52
502 502 plasterers 59
503 503 glaziers 7
504 504 builders,building contractors 84
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 46
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 24
507 507 painters & decorators 244
509 509 other construction trades nes 85
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 30
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 10
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 19
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 8
514 514 press setters,operators 6
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 34
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 285
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 24
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 3
519 519 other setters,operators nes 33
520 520 electrical production fitters 16
521 521 electricians etc 162
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 2
523 523 telephone fitters 46
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 15
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 15
526 526 computer engineers etc 9
529 529 other electrical trades nes 40
530 530 smiths & forge workers 8
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 17
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 110
533 533 sheet metal workers 26
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 41
535 535 steel erectors 38
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 8
537 537 welding trades 106
540 540 motor mechanics etc 155
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 9
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 17
543 543 auto electricians 3
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 11
550 550 weavers 12
551 551 knitters 19
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 17
553 553 sewing machinists etc 300
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 27
555 555 shoe repairers etc 40
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 14
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 22
559 559 other textile workers nes 10
560 560 originators & compositors 19
561 561 printers 14
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 17
563 563 screen printers 14
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 50
570 570 carpenters & joiners 270
571 571 cabinet makers 22
572 572 case & box makers 4
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 4
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 10
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 31
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 45
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 17
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 28
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 23
592 592 dental technicians 8
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 1
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 138
595 595 horticultural trades 50
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 45
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 80
598 598 other machinery mechanics 2
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 34
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 19
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 2
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 35
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 12
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 12
613 613 customs,immigration officers 13
614 614 traffic wardens 9
615 615 security guards etc 193
619 619 other security personnel nes 42
620 620 chefs,cooks 293
621 621 waiters,waitresses 221
622 622 bar staff 265
630 630 travel & flight attendants 52
631 631 railway station staff 12
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 179
641 641 hospital ward assistants 31
642 642 ambulance staff 21
643 643 dental nurses 32
644 644 care assistants & attendants 399
650 650 nursery nurses 64
651 651 playgroup leaders 20
652 652 educational assistants 70
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 234
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 198
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 12
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 25
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 12
672 672 caretakers 137
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 94
690 690 undertakers 2
691 691 bookmakers 9
699 699 other personal services nes 96
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 8
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 31
702 702 importers & exporters 2
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 1
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 138
719 719 other sales representatives nes 125
720 720 sales assistants 1454
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 244
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 22
730 730 collectors & credit agents 37
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 66
732 732 market,street traders etc 27
733 733 scrap dealers etc 5
790 790 merchandisers 24
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 20
792 792 telephone salespersons 31
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 61
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 9
802 802 tobacco process operatives 9
809 809 other food etc process operatives 170
810 810 tannery production operatives 12
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 5
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 11
813 813 winders,reelers 16
814 814 other textiles operatives 25
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 76
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 15
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 12
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 5
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 26
825 825 plastic operatives etc 63
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 5
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 16
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 11
831 831 metal drawers 2
832 832 rollers 5
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 4
834 834 electroplaters etc 12
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 20
840 840 machine tool operatives 88
841 841 automatic machine operatives 57
842 842 metal polishers 14
843 843 metal dressing operatives 9
844 844 shot blasters 7
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 167
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 94
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 87
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 109
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 78
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 460
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 36
864 864 routine laboratory testers 22
869 869 other routine operatives nes 34
870 870 bus inspectors 7
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 5
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 430
873 873 bus & coach drivers 98
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 105
875 875 bus conductors 4
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 9
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 14
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 38
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 7
884 884 shunters & points operatives 5
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 32
886 886 crane drivers 39
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 78
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 37
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 6
891 891 printing machine minders 48
892 892 water etc plant attendants 11
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 27
894 894 lubricators etc 11
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 15
896 896 construction operatives 107
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 36
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 11
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 97
900 900 farm workers 102
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 21
902 902 other related farming occupations 44
903 903 fishing & related workers 15
904 904 forestry workers 10
910 910 coal mine labourers 20
911 911 foundry labourers 6
912 912 engineering etc labourers 26
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 46
919 919 making,processing labourers 37
920 920 woodworkers mates 12
921 921 building trade mates 35
922 922 rail construction etc workers 23
923 923 road construction etc workers 40
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 13
929 925 other building etc labourers 289
930 930 stevedores,dockers 19
931 931 goods porters 90
932 932 slingers 7
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 27
934 934 drivers mates 6
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 105
941 941 messengers,couriers 64
950 950 hospital porters 24
951 951 hotel porters 17
952 952 Kitchen porters 254
953 953 catering assistants 375
954 954 shelf fillers 69
955 955 lift & car park attendants 18
956 956 window cleaners 17
957 957 road sweepers 10
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1470
959 959 other sales,service occupations 25
990 990 all other labourers etc 191
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 14
-9 Does not apply 135350
-8 No answer 36
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, March - May, 1994