Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1995

Variable Details

Variablesocmain
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 37
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 347
102 102 gen managers - local government 280
103 103 administrators - national government 155
110 110 production,works managers 835
111 111 building,contract managers 340
112 112 clerks of works 23
113 113 mining & energy managers 19
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 259
121 121 marketing & sales managers 1201
122 122 purchasing managers 83
123 123 advertising etc managers 137
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 264
125 125 organisational managers 30
126 126 computer systems etc managers 329
127 127 company secretaries 191
130 130 credit controllers 109
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 260
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 177
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 718
140 140 transport managers 178
141 141 stores controllers 176
142 142 warehouse etc managers 168
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 66
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 12
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 36
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 17
154 154 prison principal officers and above 3
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 2
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 603
169 169 other farming etc managers 45
170 170 property & estate managers 149
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 135
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 45
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 226
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 334
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 199
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 119
177 177 travel agency managers 53
178 178 butchers,fishmongers managers etc 39
179 179 service industry managers etc 1561
190 190 trade union etc officials 78
191 191 education registrars etc 76
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 551
200 200 chemists 82
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 158
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 51
209 209 other natural scientists nes 54
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 169
211 211 mechanical engineers 158
212 212 electrical engineers 88
213 213 electronic engineers 74
214 214 software engineers 210
215 215 chemical engineers 18
216 216 design & development engineers 207
217 217 process & production engineers 80
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 186
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 201
220 220 medical practitioners 329
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 92
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 19
223 223 dental practitioners 67
224 224 veterinarians 13
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 246
231 231 further education teachers etc 350
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 40
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 904
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 913
235 235 special education teachers etc 139
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 199
240 240 judges & officers of the court 21
241 241 barristers & advocates 32
242 242 solicitors 250
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 434
251 251 management accountants 88
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 64
253 253 management,business consultants etc 145
260 260 architects 113
261 261 town planners 31
262 262 general practice surveyors 162
270 270 librarians 57
271 271 archivists & curators 13
290 290 psychologists 34
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 8
292 292 clergy 113
293 293 social workers,probation officers 354
300 300 laboratory technicians 251
301 301 engineering technicians 147
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 63
303 303 architectural etc technicians 43
304 302 civil engineering etc technicians 34
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 157
310 310 draughtspersons 159
311 311 building inspectors 14
312 312 quantity surveyors 87
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 10
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 463
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 12
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 26
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 45
340 340 nurses 1313
341 341 midwives 102
342 342 medical radiographers 52
343 343 physiotherapists 70
344 344 chiropodists 31
345 345 dispensing opticians 18
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 84
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 120
348 348 environmental health officers 35
349 349 other health professionals nes 54
350 350 legal service & related occupations 76
360 360 estimators,valuers 105
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 382
362 362 taxation experts 52
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 142
364 364 organisational etc officers 109
370 370 matrons,houseparents 151
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 259
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 239
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 234
382 382 industrial designers 47
383 383 clothing designers 25
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 143
385 385 musicians 62
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 109
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 100
390 390 information officers 94
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 173
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 48
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 61
394 394 factory inspectors etc 17
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 26
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 44
399 399 other associate professionals nes 91
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 566
401 401 local government clerical staff 423
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1655
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 832
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 90
420 420 filing and record clerks 780
421 421 library assistants etc 118
430 430 clerks nes 1642
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 104
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 852
450 450 medical secretaries 124
451 451 legal secretaries 144
452 452 typists & word processor operators 189
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 1476
460 460 receptionists 459
461 461 reception telephonists 188
462 462 telephone operators 111
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 73
490 490 computer etc operators 343
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 5
500 500 bricklayers,masons 241
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 83
502 502 plasterers 77
503 503 glaziers 42
504 504 builders,building contractors 331
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 42
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 94
507 507 painters & decorators 367
509 509 other construction trades nes 139
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 72
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 9
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 22
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 19
514 514 press setters,operators 10
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 99
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 955
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 81
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 20
519 519 other setters,operators nes 106
520 520 electrical production fitters 53
521 521 electricians etc 668
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 9
523 523 telephone fitters 124
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 38
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 50
526 526 computer engineers etc 104
529 529 other electrical trades nes 197
530 530 smiths & forge workers 27
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 16
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 392
533 533 sheet metal workers 58
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 46
535 535 steel erectors 67
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 10
537 537 welding trades 271
540 540 motor mechanics etc 492
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 38
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 64
543 543 auto electricians 30
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 28
550 550 weavers 24
551 551 knitters 28
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 26
553 553 sewing machinists etc 355
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 61
555 555 shoe repairers etc 91
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 29
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 42
559 559 other textile workers nes 46
560 560 originators & compositors 60
561 561 printers 46
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 34
563 563 screen printers 23
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 177
570 570 carpenters & joiners 581
571 571 cabinet makers 65
572 572 case & box makers 5
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 12
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 35
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 76
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 118
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 35
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 86
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 50
592 592 dental technicians 23
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 6
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 324
595 595 horticultural trades 90
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 86
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 29
598 598 other machinery mechanics 13
599 599 other craft & related occupations ne 98
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 220
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 28
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 384
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 98
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 76
613 613 customs,immigration officers 28
614 614 traffic wardens 14
615 615 security guards etc 356
619 619 other security personnel nes 86
620 620 chefs,cooks 669
621 621 waiters,waitresses 430
622 622 bar staff 452
630 630 travel & flight attendants 113
631 631 railway station staff 28
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 456
641 641 hospital ward assistants 75
642 642 ambulance staff 61
643 643 dental nurses 83
644 644 care assistants & attendants 1212
650 650 nursery nurses 249
651 651 playgroup leaders 87
652 652 educational assistants 271
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 671
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 388
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 55
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 46
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 24
672 672 caretakers 219
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 124
690 690 undertakers 19
691 691 bookmakers 33
699 699 other personal services nes 195
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 33
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 100
702 702 importers & exporters 19
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 15
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 533
719 719 other sales representatives nes 351
720 720 sales assistants 3246
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 606
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 32
730 730 collectors & credit agents 56
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 118
732 732 market,street traders etc 90
733 733 scrap dealers etc 5
790 790 merchandisers 43
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 41
792 792 telephone salespersons 112
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 87
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 11
802 802 tobacco process operatives 6
809 809 other food etc process operatives 311
810 810 tannery production operatives 8
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 20
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 18
813 813 winders,reelers 17
814 814 other textiles operatives 51
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 167
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 35
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 26
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 13
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 50
825 825 plastic operatives etc 173
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 12
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 38
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 21
831 831 metal drawers 6
832 832 rollers 12
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 8
834 834 electroplaters etc 21
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 60
840 840 machine tool operatives 226
841 841 automatic machine operatives 62
842 842 metal polishers 15
843 843 metal dressing operatives 25
844 844 shot blasters 5
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 322
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 200
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 138
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 185
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 122
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 546
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 42
864 864 routine laboratory testers 53
869 869 other routine operatives nes 43
870 870 bus inspectors 8
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 23
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 1327
873 873 bus & coach drivers 261
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 340
875 875 bus conductors 1
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 37
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 24
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 51
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 16
884 884 shunters & points operatives 6
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 120
886 886 crane drivers 37
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 250
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 68
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 9
891 891 printing machine minders 128
892 892 water etc plant attendants 19
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 32
894 894 lubricators etc 15
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 38
896 896 construction operatives 181
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 87
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 33
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 209
900 900 farm workers 299
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 55
902 902 other related farming occupations 113
903 903 fishing & related workers 25
904 904 forestry workers 43
910 910 coal mine labourers 7
911 911 foundry labourers 8
912 912 engineering etc labourers 38
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 42
919 919 making,processing labourers 64
920 920 woodworkers mates 15
921 921 building trade mates 28
922 922 rail construction etc workers 18
923 923 road construction etc workers 83
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 12
929 925 other building etc labourers 262
930 930 stevedores,dockers 25
931 931 goods porters 166
932 932 slingers 3
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 39
934 934 drivers mates 7
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 381
941 941 messengers,couriers 195
950 950 hospital porters 39
951 951 hotel porters 29
952 952 Kitchen porters 373
953 953 catering assistants 588
954 954 shelf fillers 194
955 955 lift & car park attendants 17
956 956 window cleaners 66
957 957 road sweepers 25
958 958 cleaners,domestics 2113
959 959 other sales,service occupations 45
990 990 all other labourers etc 307
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 22
-9 Does not apply 86964
-8 No answer 125
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationQuarterly Labour Force Survey, October - December, 1995