Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1996

Variable Details

VariableSOCLAST
LabelOccupation (last job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 8
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 71
102 102 gen managers - local government 49
103 103 administrators - national government 34
110 110 production,works managers 169
111 111 building/contract managers 88
112 112 clerks of works 14
113 113 mining & energy managers 13
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 33
121 121 marketing & sales managers 188
122 122 purchasing managers 21
123 123 advertising etc managers 25
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 49
125 125 organisational managers 2
126 126 computer systems etc managers 36
127 127 company secretaries 48
130 130 credit controllers 34
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 69
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 43
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 166
140 140 transport managers 42
141 141 stores controllers 36
142 142 warehouse etc managers 31
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 8
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 0
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 12
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 11
154 154 prison principal officers and above 0
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 0
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 85
169 169 other farming etc managers 7
170 170 property & estate managers 28
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 16
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 19
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 69
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 107
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 113
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 33
177 177 travel agency managers 3
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 24
179 179 service industry managers etc 407
190 190 trade union etc officials 27
191 191 education registrars etc 24
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 106
200 200 chemists 23
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 33
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 9
209 209 other natural scientists nes 13
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 36
211 211 mechanical engineers 37
212 212 electrical engineers 20
213 213 electronic engineers 11
214 214 software engineers 13
215 215 chemical engineers 3
216 216 design & development engineers 20
217 217 process & production engineers 8
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 39
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 28
220 220 medical practitioners 45
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 16
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 0
223 223 dental practitioners 14
224 224 veterinarians 1
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 62
231 231 further education teachers etc 115
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 12
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 197
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 238
235 235 special education teachers etc 36
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 39
240 240 judges & officers of the court 3
241 241 barristers & advocates 3
242 242 solicitors 22
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 43
251 251 management accountants 6
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 12
253 253 management,business consultants etc 17
260 260 architects 30
261 261 town planners 4
262 262 general practice surveyors 22
270 270 librarians 10
271 271 archivists & curators 6
290 290 psychologists 4
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 1
292 292 clergy 24
293 293 social workers,probation officers 59
300 300 laboratory technicians 57
301 301 engineering technicians 34
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 18
303 303 architectural etc technicians 8
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 10
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 40
310 310 draughtspersons 51
311 311 building inspectors 2
312 312 quantity surveyors 6
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 4
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 45
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 5
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 5
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 15
340 340 nurses 310
341 341 midwives 14
342 342 medical radiographers 5
343 343 physiotherapists 13
344 344 chiropodists 2
345 345 dispensing opticians 0
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 16
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 31
348 348 environmental health officers 8
349 349 other health professionals nes 8
350 350 legal service & related occupations 27
360 360 estimators,valuers 22
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 59
362 362 taxation experts 4
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 28
364 364 organisational etc officers 27
370 370 matrons,houseparents 57
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 91
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 49
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 55
382 382 industrial designers 5
383 383 clothing designers 11
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 58
385 385 musicians 16
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 17
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 14
390 390 information officers 18
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 75
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 12
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 14
394 394 factory inspectors etc 6
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 10
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 17
399 399 other associate professionals nes 22
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 163
401 401 local government clerical staff 133
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 540
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 224
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 28
420 420 filing and record clerks 254
421 421 library assistants etc 20
430 430 clerks nes 519
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 49
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 320
450 450 medical secretaries 22
451 451 legal secretaries 33
452 452 typists & word processor operators 89
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 495
460 460 receptionists 177
461 461 reception telephonists 63
462 462 telephone operators 63
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 15
490 490 computer etc operators 122
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 3
500 500 bricklayers,masons 110
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 39
502 502 plasterers 40
503 503 glaziers 9
504 504 builders,building contractors 84
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 33
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 24
507 507 painters & decorators 196
509 509 other construction trades nes 63
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 16
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 10
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 6
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 9
514 514 press setters,operators 5
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 24
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 213
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 18
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 2
519 519 other setters,operators nes 25
520 520 electrical production fitters 15
521 521 electricians etc 143
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 5
523 523 telephone fitters 44
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 15
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 8
526 526 computer engineers etc 13
529 529 other electrical trades nes 34
530 530 smiths & forge workers 11
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 16
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 114
533 533 sheet metal workers 23
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 19
535 535 steel erectors 16
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 10
537 537 welding trades 85
540 540 motor mechanics etc 105
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 3
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 9
543 543 auto electricians 8
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 13
550 550 weavers 4
551 551 knitters 13
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 13
553 553 sewing machinists etc 257
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 17
555 555 shoe repairers etc 41
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 16
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 25
559 559 other textile workers nes 21
560 560 originators & compositors 18
561 561 printers 7
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 17
563 563 screen printers 2
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 62
570 570 carpenters & joiners 165
571 571 cabinet makers 16
572 572 case & box makers 2
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 2
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 5
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 39
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 37
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 15
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 25
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 12
592 592 dental technicians 6
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 1
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 148
595 595 horticultural trades 28
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 27
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 31
598 598 other machinery mechanics 3
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 44
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 23
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 6
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 31
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 13
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 7
613 613 customs,immigration officers 2
614 614 traffic wardens 4
615 615 security guards etc 170
619 619 other security personnel nes 27
620 620 chefs,cooks 265
621 621 waiters,waitresses 193
622 622 bar staff 259
630 630 travel & flight attendants 30
631 631 railway station staff 11
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 173
641 641 hospital ward assistants 25
642 642 ambulance staff 15
643 643 dental nurses 34
644 644 care assistants & attendants 481
650 650 nursery nurses 77
651 651 playgroup leaders 23
652 652 educational assistants 80
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 233
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 135
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 18
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 33
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 11
672 672 caretakers 122
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 74
690 690 undertakers 3
691 691 bookmakers 13
699 699 other personal services nes 74
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 6
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 30
702 702 importers & exporters 5
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 5
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 114
719 719 other sales representatives nes 78
720 720 sales assistants 1317
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 220
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 16
730 730 collectors & credit agents 27
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 35
732 732 market,street traders etc 33
733 733 scrap dealers etc 2
790 790 merchandisers 12
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 22
792 792 telephone salespersons 52
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 46
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 6
802 802 tobacco process operatives 1
809 809 other food etc process operatives 145
810 810 tannery production operatives 4
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 8
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 10
813 813 winders,reelers 9
814 814 other textiles operatives 20
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 52
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 11
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 6
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 4
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 15
825 825 plastic operatives etc 75
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 4
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 15
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 9
831 831 metal drawers 4
832 832 rollers 0
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 4
834 834 electroplaters etc 13
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 24
840 840 machine tool operatives 57
841 841 automatic machine operatives 41
842 842 metal polishers 6
843 843 metal dressing operatives 16
844 844 shot blasters 5
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 136
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 73
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 56
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 96
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 59
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 398
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 26
864 864 routine laboratory testers 14
869 869 other routine operatives nes 24
870 870 bus inspectors 3
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 8
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 405
873 873 bus & coach drivers 90
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 93
875 875 bus conductors 3
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 16
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 10
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 29
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 3
884 884 shunters & points operatives 0
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 37
886 886 crane drivers 29
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 75
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 22
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 5
891 891 printing machine minders 35
892 892 water etc plant attendants 13
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 26
894 894 lubricators etc 5
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 23
896 896 construction operatives 83
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 27
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 9
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 89
900 900 farm workers 79
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 13
902 902 other related farming occupations 45
903 903 fishing & related workers 8
904 904 forestry workers 18
910 910 coal mine labourers 10
911 911 foundry labourers 7
912 912 engineering etc labourers 12
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 33
919 919 making,processing labourers 37
920 920 woodworkers mates 5
921 921 building trade mates 23
922 922 rail construction etc workers 19
923 923 road construction etc workers 27
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 12
929 925 other building etc labourers 214
930 930 stevedores,dockers 23
931 931 goods porters 70
932 932 slingers 3
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 20
934 934 drivers mates 4
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 100
941 941 messengers,couriers 71
950 950 hospital porters 23
951 951 hotel porters 17
952 952 Kitchen porters 208
953 953 catering assistants 322
954 954 shelf fillers 64
955 955 lift & car park attendants 10
956 956 window cleaners 20
957 957 road sweepers 14
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1361
959 959 other sales,service occupations 24
990 990 all other labourers etc 200
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 11
-9 Does not apply 130919
-8 No answer 32
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, September - November, 1996