Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2000

Variable Details

Variablesocmain1
LabelOccupation (main job)
Responses
100 100 gen managers - national government 27
101 101 gen managers - large organisations 134
102 102 gen managers - local government 155
103 103 administrators - national government 96
110 110 production,works managers 577
111 111 building/contract managers 241
112 112 clerks of works 6
113 113 mining & energy managers 32
120 120 treasurers & financial managers 167
121 121 marketing & sales managers 777
122 122 purchasing managers 49
123 123 advertising etc managers 83
124 124 personnel,training etc managers 179
125 125 organisational managers 23
126 126 computer systems etc managers 254
127 127 company secretaries 81
130 130 credit controllers 77
131 131 banking etc managers (bar self-emp) 138
132 132 Civil Service executive officers 116
139 139 other financial etc managers nes 539
140 140 transport managers 105
141 141 stores controllers 93
142 142 warehouse etc managers 106
150 150 officers in UK armed forces 25
151 151 officers in non-UK armed forces 2
152 152 police officers - inspectors & above 21
153 153 firemen - station officers & above 11
154 154 prison principal officers and above 7
155 155 senior customs & excise etc officers 4
160 160 Farm owners & managers etc 197
169 169 other farming etc managers 28
170 170 property & estate managers 93
171 171 garage managers & proprietors 71
172 172 hairdressing managers & proprietors 106
173 173 hotel & accommodation managers 73
174 174 restaurant & catering managers 189
175 175 publicans, club stewards etc 51
176 176 entertainment & sports managers 88
177 177 travel agency managers 38
178 178 butchers/fishmongers managers etc 26
179 179 service industry managers etc 918
190 190 trade union etc officials 55
191 191 education registrars etc 52
199 199 other managers & administrators nes 341
200 200 chemists 42
201 201 biological scientists & biochemists 104
202 202 physicists, geologists etc 19
209 209 other natural scientists nes 41
210 210 engineers - civil, structural etc 103
211 211 mechanical engineers 89
212 212 electrical engineers 55
213 213 electronic engineers 49
214 214 software engineers 259
215 215 chemical engineers 21
216 216 design & development engineers 111
217 217 process & production engineers 40
218 218 planning & quality control engineers 79
219 219 other engineers & technologists nes 100
220 220 medical practitioners 199
221 221 pharmacists,pharmacologists 53
222 222 ophthalmic opticians 16
223 223 dental practitioners 44
224 224 veterinarians 19
230 230 university,polytechnic teachers etc 174
231 231 further education teachers etc 183
232 232 education officers,school inspectors 37
233 233 secondary education teachers etc 578
234 234 primary,nursery education teachers 619
235 235 special education teachers etc 97
239 239 other teaching professionals nes 157
240 240 judges & officers of the court 2
241 241 barristers & advocates 23
242 242 solicitors 135
250 250 chartered & certified accountants 280
251 251 management accountants 63
252 252 actuaries,economists & statisticians 52
253 253 management,business consultants etc 107
260 260 architects 55
261 261 town planners 36
262 262 general practice surveyors 92
270 270 librarians 33
271 271 archivists & curators 17
290 290 psychologists 19
291 291 other social,behaviourial scientists 10
292 292 clergy 56
293 293 social workers,probation officers 170
300 300 laboratory technicians 115
301 301 engineering technicians 82
302 302 electrical,electronic technicians 53
303 303 architectural etc technicians 18
304 304 civil engineering etc technicians 14
309 309 other scientific technicians nes 89
310 310 draughtspersons 89
311 311 building inspectors 9
312 312 quantity surveyors 66
313 313 marine,insurance & other surveyors 9
320 320 computer analysts,programmers 430
330 330 air traffic planners & controllers 7
331 331 aircraft flight deck officers 26
332 332 ship & hovercraft officers 22
340 340 nurses 800
341 341 midwives 70
342 342 medical radiographers 28
343 343 physiotherapists 50
344 344 chiropodists 21
345 345 dispensing opticians 6
346 346 medical,dental technicians etc 65
347 347 occupational & speech therapists etc 117
348 348 environmental health officers 17
349 349 other health professionals nes 49
350 350 legal service & related occupations 52
360 360 estimators,valuers 52
361 361 underwriters,claims assessors etc 250
362 362 taxation experts 39
363 363 personnel,industrial relations etc 86
364 364 organisational etc officers 59
370 370 matrons,houseparents 96
371 371 welfare,community & youth workers 293
380 380 authors,writers,journalists 131
381 381 artists,graphic designers etc 167
382 382 industrial designers 33
383 383 clothing designers 11
384 384 actors,stage managers etc 90
385 385 musicians 37
386 386 camera,sound etc equipment operators 69
387 387 athletes,sports officials etc 63
390 390 information officers 44
391 391 vocational & industrial trainers 183
392 392 careers advice etc specialists 33
393 393 driving instructors (excluding HGV) 39
394 394 factory inspectors etc 15
395 395 other statutory etc inspectors nes 16
396 396 occupational hygienists etc 39
399 399 other associate professionals nes 69
400 400 Civil Service administrative staff 343
401 401 local government clerical staff 269
410 410 accounts clerks,book-keepers etc 1101
411 411 counter clerks & cashiers 470
412 412 debt,rent & other cash collectors 40
420 420 filing and record clerks 468
421 421 library assistants etc 54
430 430 clerks nes 1056
440 440 stores,control clerks etc 93
441 441 storekeepers & warehousepersons 534
450 450 medical secretaries 73
451 451 legal secretaries 88
452 452 typists & word processor operators 82
459 459 other secretarial personnel nes 713
460 460 receptionists 287
461 461 reception telephonists 65
462 462 telephone operators 66
463 463 radio & telegraph operators 34
490 490 computer etc operators 208
491 491 tracers,drawing office assistants 1
500 500 bricklayers,masons 144
501 501 roofers,tilers,cladders etc 63
502 502 plasterers 60
503 503 glaziers 20
504 504 builders,building contractors 185
505 505 scaffolders,steeplejacks etc 30
506 506 floor,carpet,wall etc fitters 49
507 507 painters & decorators 215
509 509 other construction trades nes 144
510 510 lathe,capstan etc operators 33
511 511 boring,drilling machine operators 7
512 512 grinding machine setters,operators 13
513 513 milling machine setters,operators 9
514 514 press setters,operators 7
515 515 tool makers,fitters etc 51
516 516 metal work,maintenance fitters 509
517 517 precision instrument makers etc 32
518 518 gold,precious stone etc workers 19
519 519 other setters,operators nes 68
520 520 electrical production fitters 34
521 521 electricians etc 408
522 522 electrical engineers (non-prof) 13
523 523 telephone fitters 75
524 524 cable jointers,lines repairers 18
525 525 radio,TV & video engineers 28
526 526 computer engineers etc 74
529 529 other electrical trades nes 122
530 530 smiths & forge workers 6
531 531 moulders,core makers,die casters 12
532 532 plumbers,heating etc engineers 231
533 533 sheet metal workers 54
534 534 metal plate workers,riveters etc 27
535 535 steel erectors 17
536 536 barbenders,steel fixers 7
537 537 welding trades 151
540 540 motor mechanics etc 307
541 541 coach & vehicle body builders 22
542 542 vehicle body repairers etc 28
543 543 auto electricians 13
544 544 tyre & exhaust fitters 14
550 550 weavers 17
551 551 knitters 10
552 552 warp preparers,dyers,finishers etc 14
553 553 sewing machinists etc 146
554 554 coach trimmers,upholsterers etc 30
555 555 shoe repairers etc 29
556 556 tailors & dressmakers 12
557 557 milliners,furriers etc 18
559 559 other textile workers nes 24
560 560 originators & compositors 30
561 561 printers 23
562 562 bookbinders & print finishers 24
563 563 screen printers 11
569 569 other printing & related trades nes 104
570 570 carpenters & joiners 395
571 571 cabinet makers 33
572 572 case & box makers 7
573 573 pattern makers (moulds) 8
579 579 other woodworking trades nes 27
580 580 bakers,flour confectioners 49
581 581 butchers,meat cutters 58
582 582 fishmongers,poultry dressers 11
590 590 glass product & ceramics makers 43
591 591 glass product & ceramic finishers 18
592 592 dental technicians 10
593 593 music instrument makers,piano tuners 5
594 594 gardeners,groundspersons 222
595 595 horticultural trades 37
596 596 coach painters,other spray painters 51
597 597 face trained coalmining workers etc. 4
598 598 other machinery mechanics 10
599 599 other craft & related occup. nes 44
600 600 NCOs & other ranks, UK armed forces 95
601 601 NCOs & other ranks,non-UK forces 14
610 610 police officers (sergeant & below) 253
611 611 firemen (leading officer & below) 67
612 612 prison officers (below principal) 72
613 613 customs,immigration officers 18
614 614 traffic wardens 4
615 615 security guards etc 212
619 619 other security personnel nes 55
620 620 chefs,cooks 350
621 621 waiters,waitresses 253
622 622 bar staff 240
630 630 travel & flight attendants 64
631 631 railway station staff 12
640 640 assistant nurses & auxiliaries 201
641 641 hospital ward assistants 43
642 642 ambulance staff 55
643 643 dental nurses 61
644 644 care assistants & attendants 781
650 650 nursery nurses 187
651 651 playgroup leaders 45
652 652 educational assistants 363
659 659 other childcare occupations nes 437
660 660 hairdressers,barbers 135
661 661 beauticians & related occupations 31
670 670 domestic housekeepers etc 41
671 671 housekeepers (non-domestic) 26
672 672 caretakers 120
673 673 launderers,dry cleaners etc 64
690 690 undertakers 12
691 691 bookmakers 19
699 699 other personal services nes 102
700 700 buyers (retail trade) 13
701 701 buyers etc (non-retail) 90
702 702 importers & exporters 10
703 703 air,commodity & ship brokers 6
710 710 technical & wholesale sales reps 304
719 719 other sales representatives nes 219
720 720 sales assistants 2000
721 721 retail cash & check-out operators 321
722 722 petrol pump forecourt attendants 17
730 730 collectors & credit agents 33
731 731 rounds & van salespersons 54
732 732 market,street traders etc 23
733 733 scrap dealers etc 3
790 790 merchandisers 27
791 791 window dressers, floral arrangers 25
792 792 telephone salespersons 158
800 800 bakery etc process operatives 62
801 801 brewery etc process operatives 8
802 802 tobacco process operatives 3
809 809 other food etc process operatives 195
810 810 tannery production operatives 3
811 811 preparatory fibre processors 3
812 812 spinners,doublers,twisters 12
813 813 winders,reelers 3
814 814 other textiles operatives 18
820 820 other chemical etc operatives nes 77
821 821 paper,wood etc process operatives 38
822 822 cutting etc machine operatives 9
823 823 glass,ceramics furnace operatives 11
824 824 rubber etc process operatives 23
825 825 plastic operatives etc 109
826 826 synthetic fibre makers 4
829 829 other chemical etc operatives 12
830 830 furnace operatives (metal) 9
831 831 metal drawers 5
832 832 rollers 3
833 833 annealers,hardeners etc (metal) 2
834 834 electroplaters etc 14
839 839 other metal process operatives nes 31
840 840 machine tool operatives 117
841 841 automatic machine operatives 31
842 842 metal polishers 5
843 843 metal dressing operatives 8
844 844 shot blasters 5
850 850 assemblers etc (electronic goods) 152
851 851 assemblers etc (vehicles,metal) 99
859 859 other assemblers etc nes 78
860 860 inspectors etc(metal,electrical) 107
861 861 inspectors etc(other goods) 59
862 862 packers,bottlers etc 260
863 863 weighers,graders,sorters 29
864 864 routine laboratory testers 19
869 869 other routine operatives nes 45
870 870 bus inspectors 3
871 871 road transport depot inspectors etc 13
872 872 drivers of road goods vehicles 715
873 873 bus & coach drivers 201
874 874 cab drivers & chauffeurs 216
875 875 bus conductors 2
880 880 seafarers (merchant navy) etc 11
881 881 railway inspectors,guards etc 16
882 882 railway engine drivers etc 28
883 883 railway signal etc operatives 5
884 884 shunters & points operatives 6
885 885 mechanical plant drivers etc 68
886 886 crane drivers 30
887 887 forklift & mechanical truck drivers 144
889 889 other transport & machinery ops nes 38
890 890 washers etc in mines & quarries 0
891 891 printing machine minders 45
892 892 water etc plant attendants 12
893 893 energy etc plant operatives 15
894 894 lubricators etc 5
895 895 service pipe layers & jointers 15
896 896 construction operatives 100
897 897 woodworking machine operatives 44
898 898 mine & quarry workers (non-coal) 16
899 899 other machine etc operatives nes 102
900 900 farm workers 132
901 901 farm machinery drivers etc 19
902 902 other related farming occupations 47
903 903 fishing & related workers 12
904 904 forestry workers 13
910 910 coal mine labourers 5
911 911 foundry labourers 7
912 912 engineering etc labourers 29
913 913 fitters mates (metal,electric) 12
919 919 making,processing labourers 44
920 920 woodworkers mates 10
921 921 building trade mates 16
922 922 rail construction etc workers 6
923 923 road construction etc workers 29
924 924 paviours,kerb layers 7
929 925 other building etc labourers 161
930 930 stevedores,dockers 16
931 931 goods porters 115
932 932 slingers 1
933 933 refuse & salvage collectors 23
934 934 drivers mates 9
940 940 postal workers,mail sorters 244
941 941 messengers,couriers 104
950 950 hospital porters 27
951 951 hotel porters 12
952 952 Kitchen porters 205
953 953 catering assistants 325
954 954 shelf fillers 124
955 955 lift & car park attendants 7
956 956 window cleaners 50
957 957 road sweepers 20
958 958 cleaners,domestics 945
959 959 other sales,service occupations 29
990 990 all other labourers etc 129
999 999 all others (miscellaneous) 16
-9 Does not apply 14861
-8 No answer 3
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationLabour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April - September, 2000