Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1996

Variable Details

Variablesocmain
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 22
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 269
102 102 gen managers - local government 218
103 103 administrators - national government 149
110 110 production,works managers 859
111 111 building/contract managers 338
112 112 clerks of works 15
113 113 mining & energy managers 33
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 265
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1294
122 122 purchasing managers 81
123 123 advertising etc managers 158
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 258
125 125 organisational managers 16
126 126 computer systems etc managers 310
127 127 company secretaries 173
130 130 credit controllers 87
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 222
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 199
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 768
140 140 transport managers 145
141 141 stores controllers 167
142 142 warehouse etc managers 169
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 63
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 8
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 31
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 24
154 154 prison principal officers and above 6
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 1
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 539
169 169 other farming etc managers 60
170 170 property & estate managers 153
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 97
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 132
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 200
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 371
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 221
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 126
177 177 travel agency managers 49
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 43
179 179 service industry managers etc 1526
190 190 trade union etc officials 87
191 191 education registrars etc 63
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 504
200 200 chemists 75
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 130
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 51
209 209 other natural scientists nes 58
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 188
211 211 mechanical engineers 141
212 212 electrical engineers 91
213 213 electronic engineers 74
214 214 software engineers 234
215 215 chemical engineers 21
216 216 design & development engineers 218
217 217 process & production engineers 74
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 145
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 161
220 220 medical practitioners 335
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 90
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 22
223 223 dental practitioners 64
224 224 veterinarians 24
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 275
231 231 further education teachers etc 313
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 33
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 930
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 904
235 235 special education teachers etc 133
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 218
240 240 judges & officers of the court 15
241 241 barristers & advocates 33
242 242 solicitors 228
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 431
251 251 management accountants 58
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 64
253 253 management,business consultants etc 153
260 260 architects 72
261 261 town planners 31
262 262 general practice surveyors 139
270 270 librarians 47
271 271 archivists & curators 18
290 290 psychologists 25
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 13
292 292 clergy 93
293 293 social workers,probation officers 315
300 300 laboratory technicians 233
301 301 engineering technicians 130
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 62
303 303 architectural etc technicians 35
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 32
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 173
310 310 draughtspersons 154
311 311 building inspectors 13
312 312 quantity surveyors 74
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 9
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 525
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 18
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 33
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 74
340 340 nurses 1309
341 341 midwives 108
342 342 medical radiographers 41
343 343 physiotherapists 75
344 344 chiropodists 29
345 345 dispensing opticians 22
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 83
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 136
348 348 environmental health officers 30
349 349 other health professionals nes 48
350 350 legal service & related occupations 83
360 360 estimators,valuers 75
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 377
362 362 taxation experts 55
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 146
364 364 organisational etc officers 104
370 370 matrons,houseparents 169
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 361
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 247
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 253
382 382 industrial designers 45
383 383 clothing designers 23
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 151
385 385 musicians 70
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 121
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 93
390 390 information officers 93
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 233
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 62
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 84
394 394 factory inspectors etc 25
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 23
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 46
399 399 other associate professionals nes 105
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 550
401 401 local government clerical staff 430
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1647
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 886
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 82
420 420 filing and record clerks 727
421 421 library assistants etc 91
430 430 clerks nes 1712
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 128
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 896
450 450 medical secretaries 111
451 451 legal secretaries 141
452 452 typists & word processor operators 193
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1459
460 460 receptionists 488
461 461 reception telephonists 128
462 462 telephone operators 104
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 66
490 490 computer etc operators 383
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 6
500 500 bricklayers,masons 239
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 83
502 502 plasterers 86
503 503 glaziers 46
504 504 builders,building contractors 317
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 51
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 79
507 507 painters & decorators 398
509 509 other construction trades nes 132
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 60
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 10
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 31
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 28
514 514 press setters,operators 15
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 87
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 886
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 62
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 15
519 519 other setters,operators nes 96
520 520 electrical production fitters 41
521 521 electricians etc 646
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 26
523 523 telephone fitters 103
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 31
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 66
526 526 computer engineers etc 96
529 529 other electrical trades nes 193
530 530 smiths & forge workers 30
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 35
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 371
533 533 sheet metal workers 73
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 39
535 535 steel erectors 42
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 12
537 537 welding trades 272
540 540 motor mechanics etc 529
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 32
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 60
543 543 auto electricians 30
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 19
550 550 weavers 25
551 551 knitters 32
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 44
553 553 sewing machinists etc 355
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 55
555 555 shoe repairers etc 70
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 26
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 30
559 559 other textile workers nes 33
560 560 originators & compositors 64
561 561 printers 59
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 31
563 563 screen printers 20
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 184
570 570 carpenters & joiners 627
571 571 cabinet makers 63
572 572 case & box makers 4
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 9
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 36
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 84
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 106
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 22
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 86
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 33
592 592 dental technicians 21
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 6
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 333
595 595 horticultural trades 70
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 91
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 21
598 598 other machinery mechanics 14
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 77
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 195
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 26
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 369
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 105
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 89
613 613 customs,immigration officers 26
614 614 traffic wardens 13
615 615 security guards etc 388
619 619 other security personnel nes 92
620 620 chefs,cooks 590
621 621 waiters,waitresses 457
622 622 bar staff 484
630 630 travel & flight attendants 120
631 631 railway station staff 20
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 437
641 641 hospital ward assistants 81
642 642 ambulance staff 74
643 643 dental nurses 80
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1216
650 650 nursery nurses 244
651 651 playgroup leaders 79
652 652 educational assistants 343
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 679
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 284
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 60
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 60
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 32
672 672 caretakers 185
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 105
690 690 undertakers 25
691 691 bookmakers 21
699 699 other personal services nes 176
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 35
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 115
702 702 importers & exporters 15
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 11
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 586
719 719 other sales representatives nes 315
720 720 sales assistants 3374
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 609
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 26
730 730 collectors & credit agents 56
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 108
732 732 market,street traders etc 71
733 733 scrap dealers etc 8
790 790 merchandisers 39
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 50
792 792 telephone salespersons 146
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 89
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 7
802 802 tobacco process operatives 8
809 809 other food etc process operatives 290
810 810 tannery production operatives 10
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 8
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 15
813 813 winders,reelers 12
814 814 other textiles operatives 48
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 158
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 54
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 27
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 14
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 44
825 825 plastic operatives etc 187
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 9
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 45
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 20
831 831 metal drawers 7
832 832 rollers 6
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 13
834 834 electroplaters etc 25
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 50
840 840 machine tool operatives 195
841 841 automatic machine operatives 65
842 842 metal polishers 31
843 843 metal dressing operatives 14
844 844 shot blasters 9
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 292
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 166
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 160
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 164
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 124
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 536
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 55
864 864 routine laboratory testers 36
869 869 other routine operatives nes 58
870 870 bus inspectors 11
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 18
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1163
873 873 bus & coach drivers 259
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 404
875 875 bus conductors 4
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 24
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 14
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 49
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 10
884 884 shunters & points operatives 7
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 99
886 886 crane drivers 55
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 253
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 56
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 6
891 891 printing machine minders 107
892 892 water etc plant attendants 17
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 22
894 894 lubricators etc 9
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 40
896 896 construction operatives 172
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 67
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 22
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 262
900 900 farm workers 273
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 43
902 902 other related farming occupations 99
903 903 fishing & related workers 17
904 904 forestry workers 44
910 910 coal mine labourers 8
911 911 foundry labourers 9
912 912 engineering etc labourers 35
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 40
919 919 making,processing labourers 82
920 920 woodworkers mates 13
921 921 building trade mates 25
922 922 rail construction etc workers 18
923 923 road construction etc workers 46
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 5
929 925 other building etc labourers 250
930 930 stevedores,dockers 34
931 931 goods porters 177
932 932 slingers 4
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 33
934 934 drivers mates 10
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 348
941 941 messengers,couriers 179
950 950 hospital porters 41
951 951 hotel porters 27
952 952 Kitchen porters 359
953 953 catering assistants 565
954 954 shelf fillers 243
955 955 lift & car park attendants 23
956 956 window cleaners 67
957 957 road sweepers 25
958 958 cleaners,domestics 1870
959 959 other sales,service occupations 36
990 990 all other labourers etc 241
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 15
-9 Does not apply 85747
-8 No answer 68
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1996