Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2000

Variable Details

Variablesocmain1
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 26
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 130
102 102 gen managers - local government 167
103 103 administrators - national government 102
110 110 production,works managers 605
111 111 building/contract managers 246
112 112 clerks of works 8
113 113 mining & energy managers 24
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 163
121 121 marketing & sales managers 820
122 122 purchasing managers 49
123 123 advertising etc managers 96
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 192
125 125 organisational managers 24
126 126 computer systems etc managers 263
127 127 company secretaries 73
130 130 credit controllers 67
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 125
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 122
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 507
140 140 transport managers 105
141 141 stores controllers 98
142 142 warehouse etc managers 103
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 26
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 1
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 23
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 14
154 154 prison principal officers and above 6
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 3
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 196
169 169 other farming etc managers 39
170 170 property & estate managers 86
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 79
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 117
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 69
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 165
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 52
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 87
177 177 travel agency managers 44
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 26
179 179 service industry managers etc 999
190 190 trade union etc officials 68
191 191 education registrars etc 51
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 333
200 200 chemists 52
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 100
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 19
209 209 other natural scientists nes 37
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 112
211 211 mechanical engineers 82
212 212 electrical engineers 61
213 213 electronic engineers 57
214 214 software engineers 252
215 215 chemical engineers 17
216 216 design & development engineers 131
217 217 process & production engineers 35
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 84
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 99
220 220 medical practitioners 189
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 56
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 16
223 223 dental practitioners 33
224 224 veterinarians 18
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 185
231 231 further education teachers etc 201
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 31
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 630
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 650
235 235 special education teachers etc 99
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 161
240 240 judges & officers of the court 7
241 241 barristers & advocates 19
242 242 solicitors 143
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 277
251 251 management accountants 69
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 61
253 253 management,business consultants etc 105
260 260 architects 39
261 261 town planners 35
262 262 general practice surveyors 89
270 270 librarians 31
271 271 archivists & curators 20
290 290 psychologists 19
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 10
292 292 clergy 63
293 293 social workers,probation officers 172
300 300 laboratory technicians 112
301 301 engineering technicians 89
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 50
303 303 architectural etc technicians 19
304 304 civil engineering etc technicians 12
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 99
310 310 draughtspersons 86
311 311 building inspectors 8
312 312 quantity surveyors 75
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 6
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 405
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 6
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 25
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 28
340 340 nurses 805
341 341 midwives 63
342 342 medical radiographers 29
343 343 physiotherapists 51
344 344 chiropodists 19
345 345 dispensing opticians 5
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 70
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 108
348 348 environmental health officers 22
349 349 other health professionals nes 46
350 350 legal service & related occupations 51
360 360 estimators,valuers 45
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 260
362 362 taxation experts 41
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 68
364 364 organisational etc officers 52
370 370 matrons,houseparents 112
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 292
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 147
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 182
382 382 industrial designers 35
383 383 clothing designers 15
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 92
385 385 musicians 38
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 69
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 65
390 390 information officers 40
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 171
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 31
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 39
394 394 factory inspectors etc 12
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 16
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 48
399 399 other associate professionals nes 73
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 356
401 401 local government clerical staff 285
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1139
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 488
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 41
420 420 filing and record clerks 460
421 421 library assistants etc 50
430 430 clerks nes 1103
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 88
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 562
450 450 medical secretaries 75
451 451 legal secretaries 87
452 452 typists & word processor operators 66
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 768
460 460 receptionists 293
461 461 reception telephonists 71
462 462 telephone operators 68
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 31
490 490 computer etc operators 213
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 1
500 500 bricklayers,masons 129
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 66
502 502 plasterers 51
503 503 glaziers 21
504 504 builders,building contractors 183
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 28
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 42
507 507 painters & decorators 199
509 509 other construction trades nes 135
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 37
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 5
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 16
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 8
514 514 press setters,operators 10
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 46
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 538
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 31
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 16
519 519 other setters,operators nes 58
520 520 electrical production fitters 38
521 521 electricians etc 420
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 11
523 523 telephone fitters 67
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 25
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 29
526 526 computer engineers etc 78
529 529 other electrical trades nes 114
530 530 smiths & forge workers 10
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 12
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 245
533 533 sheet metal workers 53
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 24
535 535 steel erectors 18
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 10
537 537 welding trades 138
540 540 motor mechanics etc 297
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 27
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 30
543 543 auto electricians 13
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 11
550 550 weavers 12
551 551 knitters 9
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 16
553 553 sewing machinists etc 163
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 30
555 555 shoe repairers etc 30
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 13
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 11
559 559 other textile workers nes 26
560 560 originators & compositors 34
561 561 printers 34
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 21
563 563 screen printers 9
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 100
570 570 carpenters & joiners 393
571 571 cabinet makers 29
572 572 case & box makers 3
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 9
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 23
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 60
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 65
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 13
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 50
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 14
592 592 dental technicians 7
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 4
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 220
595 595 horticultural trades 33
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 49
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 4
598 598 other machinery mechanics 13
599 599 other craft & related occup. nes 39
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 107
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 16
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 263
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 69
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 72
613 613 customs,immigration officers 16
614 614 traffic wardens 5
615 615 security guards etc 210
619 619 other security personnel nes 61
620 620 chefs,cooks 332
621 621 waiters,waitresses 254
622 622 bar staff 281
630 630 travel & flight attendants 56
631 631 railway station staff 10
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 202
641 641 hospital ward assistants 35
642 642 ambulance staff 51
643 643 dental nurses 60
644 644 care assistants & attendants 828
650 650 nursery nurses 220
651 651 playgroup leaders 45
652 652 educational assistants 366
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 436
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 150
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 37
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 34
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 22
672 672 caretakers 116
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 62
690 690 undertakers 11
691 691 bookmakers 18
699 699 other personal services nes 102
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 9
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 85
702 702 importers & exporters 11
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 7
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 327
719 719 other sales representatives nes 228
720 720 sales assistants 2050
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 347
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 17
730 730 collectors & credit agents 31
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 56
732 732 market,street traders etc 30
733 733 scrap dealers etc 3
790 790 merchandisers 27
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 30
792 792 telephone salespersons 148
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 50
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 6
802 802 tobacco process operatives 4
809 809 other food etc process operatives 192
810 810 tannery production operatives 2
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 4
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 12
813 813 winders,reelers 6
814 814 other textiles operatives 21
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 83
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 43
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 9
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 9
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 26
825 825 plastic operatives etc 96
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 2
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 15
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 12
831 831 metal drawers 2
832 832 rollers 3
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 0
834 834 electroplaters etc 16
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 30
840 840 machine tool operatives 125
841 841 automatic machine operatives 38
842 842 metal polishers 9
843 843 metal dressing operatives 10
844 844 shot blasters 6
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 168
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 104
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 79
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 119
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 56
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 248
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 33
864 864 routine laboratory testers 19
869 869 other routine operatives nes 36
870 870 bus inspectors 4
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 12
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 756
873 873 bus & coach drivers 199
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 218
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 11
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 13
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 22
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 7
884 884 shunters & points operatives 5
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 69
886 886 crane drivers 27
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 138
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 38
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 1
891 891 printing machine minders 48
892 892 water etc plant attendants 16
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 14
894 894 lubricators etc 5
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 23
896 896 construction operatives 127
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 44
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 21
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 110
900 900 farm workers 122
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 18
902 902 other related farming occupations 53
903 903 fishing & related workers 12
904 904 forestry workers 15
910 910 coal mine labourers 6
911 911 foundry labourers 8
912 912 engineering etc labourers 26
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 13
919 919 making,processing labourers 51
920 920 woodworkers mates 5
921 921 building trade mates 15
922 922 rail construction etc workers 12
923 923 road construction etc workers 32
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 8
929 925 other building etc labourers 150
930 930 stevedores,dockers 15
931 931 goods porters 126
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 23
934 934 drivers mates 9
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 256
941 941 messengers,couriers 103
950 950 hospital porters 25
951 951 hotel porters 17
952 952 Kitchen porters 212
953 953 catering assistants 344
954 954 shelf fillers 133
955 955 lift & car park attendants 10
956 956 window cleaners 45
957 957 road sweepers 19
958 958 cleaners,domestics 964
959 959 other sales,service occupations 34
990 990 all other labourers etc 149
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 24
-9 Does not apply 15508
-8 No answer 8
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, January - June, 2000