Standard Occupational Classification 2000
1112 = 1112 Directors and chief executives of major organisations
1113 = 1113 Senior officials in local government
1114 = 1114 Senior officials of special interest organisations
1121 = 1121 Production, works and maintenance managers
1131 = 1131 Financial managers and chartered secretaries
1134 = 1134 Advertising and public relations managers
1135 = 1135 Personnel, training and industrial relations managers
1136 = 1136 Information and communication technology managers
1161 = 1161 Transport and distribution managers
1172 = 1172 Police officers (inspectors and above)
1173 = 1173 Senior officers in fire, ambulance, prison and related
1181 = 1181 Hospital and health service managers
1212 = 1212 Natural environment and conservation managers
1219 = 1219 Managers in animal husbandry, forestry and fishing n.e.
1224 = 1224 Publicans and managers of licensed premises
1231 = 1231 Property, housing and land managers
1233 = 1233 Hairdressing and beauty salon managers and proprietors
1234 = 1234 Shopkeepers and wholesale/retail dealers
1235 = 1235 Recycling and refuse disposal managers
1239 = 1239 Managers and proprietors in other services n.e.c.
2112 = 2112 Biological scientists and biochemists
2113 = 2113 Physicists, geologists and meteorologists
2128 = 2128 Planning and quality control engineers
2131 = 2131 IT strategy and planning professionals
2311 = 2311 Higher education teaching professionals
2312 = 2312 Further education teaching professionals
2313 = 2313 Education officers, school inspectors
2314 = 2314 Secondary education teaching professionals
2315 = 2315 Primary and nursery education teaching professionals
2316 = 2316 Special needs education teaching professionals
2317 = 2317 Registrars and senior administrators of educational est
2411 = 2411 Solicitors and lawyers, judges and coroners
2421 = 2421 Chartered and certified accountants
2423 = 2423 Management consultants, actuaries, economists and stati
2434 = 2434 Chartered surveyors (not quantity surveyors)
2441 = 2441 Public service administrative professionals
3114 = 3114 Building and civil engineering technicians
3119 = 3119 Science and engineering technicians n.e.c.
3121 = 3121 Architectural technologists and town planning technicia
3312 = 3312 Police officers (sergeant and below)
3313 = 3313 Fire service officers (leading fire officer and below)
3314 = 3314 Prison service officers (below principal officer)
3319 = 3319 Protective service associate professionals n.e.c.
3416 = 3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
3422 = 3422 Product, clothing and related designers
3431 = 3431 Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors
3434 = 3434 Photographers and audio-visual equipment operators
3442 = 3442 Sports coaches, instructors and officials
3449 = 3449 Sports and fitness occupations n.e.c.
3512 = 3512 Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
3534 = 3534 Finance and investment analysts/advisers
3537 = 3537 Financial and accounting technicians
3539 = 3539 Business and related associate professionals n.e.c.
3551 = 3551 Conservation and environmental protection officers
3561 = 3561 Public service associate professionals
3562 = 3562 Personnel and industrial relations officers
3563 = 3563 Vocational and industrial trainers and instructors
3564 = 3564 Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists
3565 = 3565 Inspectors of factories, utilities and trading standard
3567 = 3567 Occupational hygienists and safety officers (health and
4112 = 4112 Civil Service administrative officers and assistants
4113 = 4113 Local government clerical officers and assistants
4114 = 4114 Officers of non-governmental organisations
4122 = 4122 Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financia
4131 = 4131 Filing and other records assistants/clerks
4215 = 4215 Personal assistants and other secretaries
5113 = 5113 Gardeners and groundsmen/ groundswomen
5119 = 5119 Agricultural and fishing trades n.e.c.
5214 = 5214 Metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters
5221 = 5221 Metal machining setters and setter-operators
5222 = 5222 Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out
5223 = 5223 Metal working production and maintenance fitters
5224 = 5224 Precision instrument makers and repairers
5232 = 5232 Vehicle body builders and repairers
5245 = 5245 Computer engineers, installation and maintenance
5314 = 5314 Plumbers, heating and ventilating engineers
5316 = 5316 Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters
5419 = 5419 Textiles, garments and related trades n.e.c.
5421 = 5421 Originators, compositors and print preparers
5491 = 5491 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers
5492 = 5492 Furniture makers, other craft woodworkers
5494 = 5494 Musical instrument makers and tuners
5495 = 5495 Goldsmiths, silversmiths, precious stone workers
6112 = 6112 Ambulance staff (excluding paramedics)
6114 = 6114 Houseparents and residential wardens
6122 = 6122 Childminders and related occupations
6219 = 6219 Leisure and travel service occupations n.e.c.
6222 = 6222 Beauticians and related occupations
6231 = 6231 Housekeepers and related occupations
6291 = 6291 Undertakers and mortuary assistants
7112 = 7112 Retail cashiers and check-out operators
7121 = 7121 Collector salespersons and credit agents
7122 = 7122 Debt, rent and other cash collectors
7123 = 7123 Roundsmen/women and van salespersons
7124 = 7124 Market and street traders and assistants
8111 = 8111 Food, drink and tobacco process operatives
8112 = 8112 Glass and ceramics process operatives
8114 = 8114 Chemical and related process operatives
8117 = 8117 Metal making and treating process operatives
8123 = 8123 Quarry workers and related operatives
8126 = 8126 Water and sewerage plant operatives
8129 = 8129 Plant and machine operatives n.e.c.
8132 = 8132 Assemblers (vehicles and metal goods)
8135 = 8135 Tyre, exhaust and windscreen fitters
8139 = 8139 Assemblers and routine operatives n.e.c.
8143 = 8143 Rail construction and maintenance operatives
8217 = 8217 Seafarers (merchant navy); barge, lighter and boat oper
8229 = 8229 Mobile machine drivers and operatives n.e.c.
9119 = 9119 Fishing and agriculture related occupations n.e.c.
9121 = 9121 Labourers in building and woodworking trades
9129 = 9129 Labourers in other construction trades n.e.c.
9132 = 9132 Industrial cleaning process occupations
9133 = 9133 Printing machine minders and assistants
9134 = 9134 Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers
9139 = 9139 Labourers in process and plant operations n.e.c.
9149 = 9149 Other goods handling and storage occupations n.e.c.
9211 = 9211 Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers
9219 = 9219 Elementary office occupations n.e.c.
9229 = 9229 Elementary personal services occupations n.e.c.
9239 = 9239 Elementary cleaning occupations n.e.c.
9241 = 9241 Security guards and related occupations
9249 = 9249 Elementary security occupations n.e.c.
9259 = 9259 Elementary sales occupations n.e.c.

UK Employment Status
0 = Not known/simplified
1 = Employers - large organisations
2 = Employers - small organisations [default for Reduced Form
3 = Self-employed, no employees
4 = Managers - large organisations
5 = Managers - small organisations
6 = Supervisors
7 = Other employees

Standardised Employment Status
0 = Status unknown
2 = Self-employed (principals)
3 = Own account
4 = Employer
6 = Employee

National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification
1.1 = 1.1 Large employers and higher managerial occupations
1.2 = 1.2 Higher professional occupations
2 = 2 Lower managerial and professional occupations
3 = 3 Intermediate occupations
4 = 4 Small employers and own account workers
5 = 5 Lower supervisory and technical occupations
6 = 6 Semi-routine occupations
7 = 7 Routine occupations

Operational Categories
1 = L1 Employers in large organisations
2 = L2 Higher managerial occupations
3.1 = L3.1 'Traditional' higher professional employees
3.2 = L3.2 'New' higher professional employees
3.3 = L3.3 'Traditional' higher professional self-employed
3.4 = L3.4 'New' higher professional self-employed
4.1 = L4.1 'Traditional' lower professional and higher technical e
4.2 = L4.2 'New' lower professional and higher technical employees
4.3 = L4.3 'Traditional' lower professional and higher technical s
4.4 = L4.4 'New' lower professional and higher technical self-empl
5 = L5 Lower managerial occupations
6 = L6 Higher supervisory occupations
7.1 = L7.1 Intermediate clerical and administrative
7.2 = L7.2 Intermediate sales and service
7.3 = L7.3 Intermediate technical and auxiliary
7.4 = L7.4 Intermediate engineering
8.1 = L8.1 Employers in small organisations (non-professional)
8.2 = L8.2 Employers in small organisations (agriculture)
9.1 = L9.1 Own account workers (non-professional)
9.2 = L9.2 Own account workers (agriculture)
10 = L10 Lower supervisory occupations
11.1 = L11.1 Lower technical craft
11.2 = L11.2 Lower technical process operative
12.1 = L12.1 Semi-routine sales
12.2 = L12.2 Semi-routine service
12.3 = L12.3 Semi-routine technical
12.4 = L12.4 Semi-routine operative
12.5 = L12.5 Semi-routine agricultural
12.6 = L12.6 Semi-routine clerical
12.7 = L12.7 Semi-routine childcare
13.1 = L13.1 Routine sales and service
13.2 = L13.2 Routine production
13.3 = L13.3 Routine technical
13.4 = L13.4 Routine operative
13.5 = L13.5 Routine agricultural

(Approximate) Registrar-General's Social Class
1 = I Professional, etc. occupations
2 = II Managerial and Technical occupations
3.1 = IIIN Skilled occupations - non-manual
3.2 = IIIM Skilled occupations - manual
4 = IV Partly skilled occupations
5 = V Unskilled occupations

(Approximate) Socio-Economic Group
1.1 = Employers in industry, commerce, etc. - large establishments
1.2 = Managers in government, industry, commerce, etc. - large est
2.1 = Employers in industry, commerce, etc. - small establishments
2.2 = Managers in industry, commerce, etc. - small establishments
3 = Professional workers - self-employed
4 = Professional workers - employees
5.1 = Ancillary workers and artists
5.2 = Foremen and supervisors non - manual
6 = Junior non-manual workers
7 = Personal service workers
8 = Foremen and supervisors - manual
9 = Skilled manual workers
10 = Semi-skilled manual workers
11 = Unskilled manual workers
12 = Own account workers (other than professional)
13 = Farmers - employers and managers
14 = Farmers - own account
15 = Agricultural workers
16 = Members of armed forces