Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012
South Africa, 2012
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Previous occupation (Q315PREVOCCUPATION)
Data file: QLFS_2012_02_rwt2013_F1
Overview
Valid:
84731
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
65
End:
68
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What kind of work did you do in your last job/business? Work includes all the activities mentioned earlier.Record at least two words: Car sales person, Office cleaner, Vegetable farmer, Primary School teacher, etc.
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not applicable |
| 1110 | Legislators |
| 1120 | Senior government officers |
| 1210 | Directors and chief executives |
| 1221 | Production and operations managers/department managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing and mining |
| 1222 | Production and operations managers/department managers in manufacturing |
| 1223 | Production and operations managers/department managers in building and construction |
| 1224 | Production and operations managers/department managers in wholesale and retail trade |
| 1225 | Production and operations managers/department managers in hotels, restaurants and other catering and accommodation services |
| 1226 | Production and operations managers/department managers in transport, storage and communications |
| 1227 | Production and operations managers/department managers in business services |
| 1228 | Production and operations managers/department managers in personal care, cleaning and related services |
| 1229 | Production and operations managers/department managers not elsewhere classified |
| 1231 | Finance and administration managers/department managers |
| 1232 | Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers |
| 1233 | Sales and marketing managers/department managers |
| 1234 | Advertising and public relations managers/department managers |
| 1235 | |
| 1236 | Computing services managers/department managers |
| 1237 | Research and development managers/department managers |
| 1239 | Other managers/department managers not elsewhere classified |
| 1311 | General managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing |
| 1312 | General managers in manufacturing |
| 1313 | General managers in construction |
| 1314 | General managers in wholesale and retail trade |
| 1315 | General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services |
| 1316 | General managers in transport, storage and communication |
| 1317 | General managers of business services |
| 2111 | |
| 2112 | |
| 2113 | |
| 2114 | |
| 2131 | Computer systems designers and analysts |
| 2132 | Computer programmers |
| 2139 | Computing professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 2141 | Architects, town and traffic planners |
| 2142 | |
| 2143 | Electrical engineers |
| 2144 | |
| 2145 | Mechanical engineers |
| 2148 | Land surveyors, Cartographers and other surveyors |
| 2211 | Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals |
| 2213 | Agronomists, food scientists and related professionals, Agriculture, forestry and food scientists, Natural sciences technologists |
| 2221 | Medical practitioners, physicians |
| 2222 | |
| 2223 | |
| 2224 | Pharmacists |
| 2230 | Nursing and midwifery professionals, Nursing services managers and Professional nurses |
| 2310 | Technikon, teacher training, technical and other colleges, university and other higher education institutions teaching professionals and Other post-secondary education teaching professionals |
| 2320 | |
| 2331 | |
| 2332 | Pre-primary education teaching professionals |
| 2340 | Special education teaching professionals |
| 2351 | Education methods specialists |
| 2352 | |
| 2411 | Accountants and related accounting occupations, Accounting occupations not elsewhere classified, Auditors and related occupations and Articled clerks with accountant/auditor |
| 2412 | Personnel and careers professionals, Consultants: management/personnel |
| 2419 | Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants |
| 2421 | Advocates, attorneys and related occupations, Lawyers/attorneys and related occupations, Advocates/barristers, Prosecutors and Articled clerks |
| 2429 | |
| 2432 | |
| 2444 | Philologists, translators and interpreters |
| 2445 | |
| 2446 | Social work professionals |
| 2451 | Authors, journalists and other writers, Editors, Reporters, journalists, Writers, poets, playwrights and Other writers, commentators, proofreaders |
| 2452 | Sculptors, painters and related artists |
| 2455 | Film, stage and related actors and directors |
| 2460 | Religious professionals |
| 3111 | Natural science technicians |
| 3112 | |
| 3113 | Electrical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, electrical, Assistants, technical, electrical engineering |
| 3114 | Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians, Assistants, technical and electronic engineering |
| 3115 | Mechanical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, mechanical, Assistants, technical and mechanical engineering |
| 3117 | |
| 3118 | |
| 3119 | Technicians, physical and engeneering science |
| 3131 | Photographers and image recording equipment operators, Sound recording equipment operators |
| 3132 | Broadcasting and telecommunications equipment operators |
| 3144 | |
| 3151 | Building and fire inspectors |
| 3152 | Safety, health and quality inspectors, Inspectors, safety and health |
| 3213 | Farming and forestry advisers/consultants |
| 3222 | Sanitarians |
| 3223 | Dieticians and nutritionists |
| 3225 | Dental assistants |
| 3226 | Physiotherapists and related associate professionals |
| 3227 | |
| 3228 | |
| 3231 | Nursing associate professionals, Nurses, senior, student, pupil, Nurses, not elsewhere classified (nursing assistants/aids included under personal care and related workers) |
| 3241 | Traditional medicine practitioners |
| 3242 | |
| 3310 | Primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 3320 | Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals |
| 3330 | |
| 3340 | Other teaching associate professionals |
| 3391 | Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 3411 | Securities and finance dealers and brokers |
| 3412 | Insurance representatives |
| 3413 | Estate agents |
| 3415 | Technical and commercial sales representatives |
| 3416 | Buyers |
| 3417 | Appraisers, valuers and auctioneers |
| 3429 | Business services agents and trade brokers not elsewhere classified |
| 3431 | Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals |
| 3432 | Legal and related business associate professionals, Legal business professions and Other business professions |
| 3433 | Bookkeepers |
| 3434 | Statistical, mathematical and related associate professionals |
| 3439 | Administrative associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 3444 | Government licensing officers |
| 3449 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 3450 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 3460 | Social work associate professionals |
| 3471 | Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified |
| 3472 | Radio, television and other announcers |
| 3473 | Street, nightclub and related musicians, singers and dancers |
| 3475 | Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals |
| 3479 | |
| 4111 | Stenographers and typists |
| 4113 | Data entry operators |
| 4115 | Secretaries |
| 4121 | Accounting and bookkeeping clerks |
| 4122 | Statistical finance clerks |
| 4131 | Stock clerks |
| 4132 | Production clerks |
| 4133 | Transport clerks |
| 4141 | Library and filing clerks |
| 4142 | Mail carriers and sorting clerks |
| 4143 | Coding, proof-reading and related clerks |
| 4190 | Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) |
| 4211 | Cashiers and ticket clerks |
| 4212 | Tellers and other counter clerks |
| 4213 | Bookmakers and croupiers |
| 4214 | Pawnbrokers and moneylenders |
| 4215 | Debt-collectors and related workers |
| 4222 | Receptionists and information clerks |
| 4223 | Telephone switchboard operators |
| 4290 | Customer services clerks not elsewhere classified |
| 5112 | Transport conductors and transport occupations nec |
| 5113 | Travel guides |
| 5121 | Housekeepers and related workers |
| 5122 | Cooks |
| 5123 | Waiters, waitresses and bartenders |
| 5124 | Tavern and shebeen operators |
| 5131 | Child-care workers |
| 5132 | Institution-based personal care workers, Nursing aids, Ambulance men and first-aid attendants |
| 5133 | Home-based personal care workers |
| 5139 | Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified |
| 5141 | Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers |
| 5143 | Undertakers and embalmers |
| 5161 | Fire-fighters |
| 5162 | Police officers, traffic officers, Police officers and Traffic officers |
| 5163 | Prison guards |
| 5164 | Armed forces |
| 5169 | Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens |
| 5210 | |
| 5220 | Shop salespersons and demonstrators, Salespersons, Petrol pump and filling station attendants |
| 5230 | Stall and market salespersons |
| 5231 | Spaza shop owner |
| 6111 | Field crop and vegetable growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) |
| 6112 | Tree and shrub crop growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) |
| 6113 | Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) |
| 6114 | Mixed crop growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) |
| 6121 | Dairy and livestock producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) |
| 6129 | Market-oriented animal producers and related workers not elsewhere classified (farm owners and skilled farm workers) |
| 6141 | Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers |
| 6152 | Inland and coastal waters fishery workers |
| 6153 | Deep-sea fishery workers |
| 6211 | Subsistence farmers |
| 7111 | Miners and quarry workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7112 | |
| 7113 | Stone splitters, cutters and carvers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7122 | Bricklayers and stonemasons (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7123 | Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7124 | Carpenters and joiners (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7129 | Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7131 | Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7132 | Floor layers and tile setters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7136 | Plumbers and pipe fitters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7137 | Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7141 | Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7142 | Varnishers and related painters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7211 | Metal moulders and coremakers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7212 | Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7213 | Sheet-metal workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7214 | Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7215 | Riggers and cable splicers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7222 | Tool-makers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7223 | Machine-tool setters and setter-operators (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7224 | Metal wheel-grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7231 | Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7233 | Agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7241 | Electrical mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7242 | Electronics fitters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7243 | Electronics mechanics and servicers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7245 | Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7311 | Precision-instrument/instrument makers and repairers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7313 | |
| 7321 | Abrasive wheel formers, potters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7322 | Glass-makers, cutters, grinders and finishers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7324 | Glass, ceramics and related decorative painters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7331 | Handicraft workers in wood and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7341 | Compositors, typesetters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7345 | Bookbinders and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7346 | Silk-screen, block and textile printers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7411 | Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7412 | Millers, bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7415 | Food and beverage tasters and graders (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7421 | |
| 7422 | Cabinetmakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7424 | |
| 7432 | Weavers, knitters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7433 | Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7435 | Textile, leather and related material pattern-makers and cutters (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7436 | Sewers, embroiderers and related workers (excluding apprentices/trainees) |
| 7437 | Upholsterers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7442 | Shoemakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 7490 | Other craft and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) |
| 8111 | Mining plant operators |
| 8112 | Mineral ore and stone processing plant operators |
| 8113 | Well drillers and borers and related workers |
| 8121 | |
| 8123 | Metal heat-treating plant operators |
| 8131 | |
| 8141 | Wood-processing plant operators |
| 8143 | |
| 8151 | Crushing, grinding and chemical mixing machinery operators |
| 8155 | Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators |
| 8159 | Chemical-processing plant operators not elsewhere classified |
| 8161 | Power-production plant operators |
| 8163 | Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant operators |
| 8211 | Machine-tool operators |
| 8212 | Cement and other mineral products machine operators |
| 8221 | Pharmaceutical and toiletry products machine operators |
| 8223 | Metal finishing, plating and coating machine operators |
| 8231 | Rubber products machine operators |
| 8232 | Plastic products machine operators |
| 8240 | Wood products machine operators |
| 8251 | Printing machine operators |
| 8252 | |
| 8253 | Paper products machine operators |
| 8261 | Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators |
| 8262 | Weaving and knitting machine operators |
| 8263 | Sewing-machine operators |
| 8264 | Bleaching, dyeing and cleaning-machine operators |
| 8265 | |
| 8266 | Shoemaking and related machine operators |
| 8269 | Textile, fur and leather products machine operators not elsewhere classified |
| 8271 | Meat and fish-processing machine operators |
| 8272 | Dairy products machine operators |
| 8273 | Grain and spice milling machine operators |
| 8274 | Baked goods, cereal and chocolate products machine operators |
| 8275 | Fruit, vegetable and nut-processing machine operators |
| 8276 | Sugar production machine operators |
| 8278 | Brewers, wine and other beverage machine operators |
| 8281 | Mechanical machinery assemblers |
| 8282 | Electrical equipment assemblers |
| 8283 | |
| 8285 | |
| 8290 | Other machine operators and assemblers not elsewhere classified |
| 8311 | Locomotive engine drivers |
| 8312 | |
| 8320 | Taxi drivers, informal |
| 8322 | Car, taxi and van drivers |
| 8323 | Bus and tram drivers |
| 8324 | Heavy truck and lorry drivers |
| 8331 | Motorised farm and forestry plant operators |
| 8332 | Earth-moving and related plant operators |
| 8333 | Crane, hoist and related plant operators |
| 8334 | Lifting-truck operators |
| 9111 | Street food vendors and related workers |
| 9112 | Street vendors, non-food products |
| 9113 | Door-to-door and telephone salespersons |
| 9120 | Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations |
| 9131 | Domestic helpers and cleaners |
| 9132 | Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments |
| 9133 | Hand-launderers and pressers |
| 9141 | Building caretakers |
| 9142 | Vehicle, window and related cleaners |
| 9151 | Messengers, package and luggage porters and deliverers |
| 9152 | Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers |
| 9153 | Vending-machine money collectors, meter readers and related workers |
| 9161 | Garbage collectors |
| 9162 | Sweepers and related labourers |
| 9190 | Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified |
| 9211 | Farmhands and labourers |
| 9212 | Forestry labourers |
| 9213 | Fishery, hunting and trapping labourers |
| 9311 | Mining and quarrying labourers |
| 9312 | Construction and maintenance labourers: roads, dams and similar constructions |
| 9313 | Building construction labourers |
| 9321 | Assembling labourers |
| 9322 | Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers |
| 9333 | Freight handlers |
| 9999 | Unspecified |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
Occupation refers to the type of activities/work undertaken by persons working in a business/establishment/factory etc.
Universe
All household members aged 15 years and older, who had worked before and were currently unemployed or not economically active.