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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, First Quarter

South Africa, 2012
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Occupation (Q42OCCUPATION)

Data file: QLFS_2012_01_rwt2013_F1

Overview

Valid: 84255
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 84
End: 87
Width: 4
Range: 0 - 9333
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What kind of work do you usually do in the main job/business that you had during the last week (Monday to Sunday)? 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 Cases
0 Not Applicable 63405
75.3%
1110 Legislators 23
0%
1120 Senior government officers 62
0.1%
1130 Traditional chiefs and heads of villages 3
0%
1142 Senior officers of employers', workers' and other economic-interest organisations 0
0%
1210 Directors and chief executives 94
0.1%
1221 Production and operations managers/department managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing and mining 15
0%
1222 Production and operations managers/department managers in manufacturing 50
0.1%
1223 Production and operations managers/department managers in building and construction 36
0%
1224 Production and operations managers/department managers in wholesale and retail trade 103
0.1%
1225 Production and operations managers/department managers in hotels, restaurants and other catering and accommodation services 41
0%
1226 Production and operations managers/department managers in transport, storage and communications 53
0.1%
1227 Production and operations managers/department managers in business services 60
0.1%
1228 Production and operations managers/department managers in personal care, cleaning and related services 1
0%
1229 Production and operations managers/department managers not elsewhere classified 53
0.1%
1231 Finance and administration managers/department managers 260
0.3%
1232 Personnel and industrial relations managers/department managers 64
0.1%
1233 Sales and marketing managers/department managers 58
0.1%
1234 Advertising and public relations managers/department managers 2
0%
1235 Supply and distribution managers/department managers 9
0%
1236 Computing services managers/department managers 4
0%
1237 Research and development managers/department managers 0
0%
1239 Other managers/department managers not elsewhere classified 32
0%
1311 General managers in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 36
0%
1312 General managers in manufacturing 2
0%
1313 General managers in construction 31
0%
1314 General managers in wholesale and retail trade 80
0.1%
1315 General managers of hotels, restaurants and other catering or accommodation services 47
0.1%
1316 General managers in transport, storage and communication 78
0.1%
1317 General managers of business services 248
0.3%
1318 General managers in personal care, cleaning and related services 2
0%
1390 General managers not elsewhere classified 7
0%
2111 Physicists and astronomers 1
0%
2112 Meteorologists 1
0%
2113 Chemists 0
0%
2114 Geologists and geophysicists 5
0%
2121 Mathematicians and related professionals, Analysts and methodology research 2
0%
2131 Computer systems designers and analysts 47
0.1%
2132 Computer programmers 43
0.1%
2139 Computing professionals not elsewhere classified 11
0%
2141 Architects, town and traffic planners 17
0%
2142 Civil engineers 37
0%
2143 Electrical engineers 20
0%
2144 Electronics and telecommunications engineers 1
0%
2145 Mechanical engineers 25
0%
2146 Chemical engineers 2
0%
2147 Mining engineers, Metallurgists and related professionals 4
0%
2148 Land surveyors, Cartographers and other surveyors 8
0%
2149 Architects, engineers and related professionals not elsewhere classified, Industrial/production engineers, Quantity surveyors, Architects, engineers and related professionals not elsewhere classified 9
0%
2210 Scientist 4
0%
2211 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals 4
0%
2212 Biological sciences, Chemical sciences, Medical sciences, Physical sciences and Veterinary sciences 5
0%
2213 Agronomists, food scientists and related professionals, Agriculture, forestry and food scientists, Natural sciences technologists 4
0%
2221 Medical practitioners, physicians, Medical specialists and Medical occupations not elsewhere classified 52
0.1%
2222 Dentists (general), Dental specialists and Other dental occupations 4
0%
2223 Veterinarians 6
0%
2224 Pharmacists 7
0%
2230 Nursing and midwifery professionals, Nursing services managers and Professional nurses 91
0.1%
2310 Technikon, teacher training, technical and other colleges, university and other higher education institutions teaching professionals and Other post-secondary education teaching professionals 43
0.1%
2320 Secondary education teaching professionals 10
0%
2331 Primary education teaching professionals 4
0%
2332 Pre-primary education teaching professionals 2
0%
2340 Special education teaching professionals 2
0%
2351 Education methods specialists 28
0%
2352 School inspectors 2
0%
2411 Accountants and related accounting occupations, Accounting occupations not elsewhere classified, Auditors and related occupations and Articled clerks with accountant/auditor 126
0.1%
2412 Personnel and careers professionals, Consultants: management/personnel 73
0.1%
2419 Business professionals not elsewhere classified, Consultants 170
0.2%
2421 Advocates, attorneys and related occupations, Lawyers/attorneys and related occupations, Advocates/barristers, Prosecutors and Articled clerks 39
0%
2422 Judges and magistrates, Judges , and Magistrates 3
0%
2429 Legal professionals not elsewhere classified 9
0%
2431 Archivists and curators 2
0%
2432 Librarians and related information professionals 12
0%
2441 Economists 7
0%
2442 Sociologists, anthropologists and related professionals 0
0%
2443 2
0%
2444 Philologists, translators and interpreters 8
0%
2445 Psychologists, Psychometricians and Psycho-technicians 7
0%
2446 Social work professionals 3
0%
2451 Authors, journalists and other writers, Editors, Reporters, journalists, Writers, poets, playwrights and Other writers, commentators, proofreaders 24
0%
2452 Sculptors, painters and related artists 11
0%
2453 Composers, musicians and singers 1
0%
2454 Choreographers and dancers 2
0%
2455 Film, stage and related actors and directors 6
0%
2460 Religious professionals 39
0%
2490 Other professionals not elsewhere classified 0
0%
3111 Natural science technicians 40
0%
3112 Civil engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, civil, Assistants, technical and civil engineering 5
0%
3113 Electrical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, electrical, Assistants, technical, electrical engineering 53
0.1%
3114 Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians, Assistants, technical and electronic engineering 93
0.1%
3115 Mechanical engineering technicians, Technicians, engineering, mechanical, Assistants, technical and mechanical engineering 33
0%
3116 4
0%
3117 Mining and metallurgical technicians 3
0%
3118 Draughtspersons 11
0%
3119 Physical and engineering science technicians not elsewhere classified, Technicians, physical and engeneering science, Assistants, technical, engineering, not elsewhere classified 0
0%
3121 Computer assistants 4
0%
3123 1
0%
3131 Photographers and image recording equipment operators, Sound recording equipment operators 28
0%
3132 Broadcasting and telecommunications equipment operators 5
0%
3133 Medical equipment operators 2
0%
3142 Ships’ deck officers and pilots 3
0%
3143 Aircraft pilots and related associate professionals, Air transport supervisors, Aircraft pilots, Navigators and Flight engineers 6
0%
3144 Air traffic controllers 1
0%
3151 Building and fire inspectors 7
0%
3152 Safety, health and quality inspectors, Inspectors, safety and health 90
0.1%
3211 Life science technicians, Biological science and Medical science 9
0%
3212 Agronomy and forestry technicians, Technicians, agronomy and forestry, Assistants, technical and agriculture 1
0%
3213 Farming and forestry advisers/consultants 1
0%
3220 Optometrist’ assistants 1
0%
3221 Medical assistants 0
0%
3222 Sanitarians 6
0%
3223 6
0%
3224 Optometrists and opticians 2
0%
3225 Dental assistants 6
0%
3226 Physiotherapists and related associate professionals, Physiotherapists, Masseurs, Therapists not elsewhere classified, Radiographers, diagnostic and therapeutic, Chiropractors, Podiatrists and Supplementary medical professions not elsewhere cla 18
0%
3227 Veterinary assistants 5
0%
3228 Pharmaceutical assistants 19
0%
3229 Modern health associate professionals (except nursing) not elsewhere classified, Homeopaths, Therapists, speech, Therapists, occupational and Health services professions not elsewhere classified 5
0%
3231 Nursing associate professionals, Nurses, senior, student, pupil, Nurses, not elsewhere classified (nursing assistants/aids included under personal care and related workers) 267
0.3%
3232 Midwifery associate professionals 0
0%
3241 Traditional medicine practitioners 57
0.1%
3242 Faith healers 1
0%
3310 Primary education teaching associate professionals 513
0.6%
3320 Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals 91
0.1%
3330 Special education teaching associate professionals 9
0%
3340 Other teaching associate professionals 7
0%
3391 Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified 395
0.5%
3411 Securities and finance dealers and brokers 47
0.1%
3412 Insurance representatives 31
0%
3413 Estate agents 27
0%
3414 Travel consultants and organisers 4
0%
3415 Technical and commercial sales representatives 107
0.1%
3416 Buyers 94
0.1%
3417 Appraisers, valuers and auctioneers 14
0%
3421 Trade brokers 10
0%
3422 Clearing and forwarding agents 1
0%
3423 Employment agents and labour contractors 0
0%
3429 Business services agents and trade brokers not elsewhere classified 25
0%
3431 Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals 23
0%
3432 Legal and related business associate professionals, Legal business professions and Other business professions 21
0%
3433 Bookkeepers 70
0.1%
3434 Statistical, mathematical and related associate professionals 9
0%
3439 Administrative associate professionals not elsewhere classified 4
0%
3441 Customs and border inspectors 0
0%
3442 Government tax and excise officers 4
0%
3444 Government licensing officers 6
0%
3449 Customs, tax and related government associate professionals not elsewhere classified 1
0%
3450 Police inspectors and detectives 27
0%
3460 Social work associate professionals 54
0.1%
3461 Social work researcher 2
0%
3471 Decorators and commercial designers, Product, industrial designers, Textile/ clothing/ fashion designers, Interior designers, Graphics designers and Designers not elsewhere classified 48
0.1%
3472 Radio, television and other announcers 6
0%
3473 Street, nightclub and related musicians, singers and dancers 5
0%
3474 Clowns, magicians, acrobats and related associate professionals 0
0%
3475 Athletes, sportspersons and related associate professionals 24
0%
3479 Art, entertainment and sport associate professionals not elsewhere classified 24
0%
3480 Religious associate professionals 3
0%
4111 Stenographers and typists 16
0%
4112 Word-processor and related operators 8
0%
4113 Data entry operators 39
0%
4115 Secretaries 151
0.2%
4121 Accounting and bookkeeping clerks 85
0.1%
4122 Statistical finance clerks 82
0.1%
4131 Stock clerks 168
0.2%
4132 Production clerks 33
0%
4133 Transport clerks 35
0%
4141 Library and filing clerks 90
0.1%
4142 Mail carriers and sorting clerks 63
0.1%
4143 Coding, proof-reading and related clerks 10
0%
4190 Other office clerks and clerks not elsewhere classified (except customer services clerks) 683
0.8%
4211 Cashiers and ticket clerks 470
0.6%
4212 Tellers and other counter clerks 57
0.1%
4213 Bookmakers and croupiers 10
0%
4214 Pawnbrokers and moneylenders 1
0%
4215 Debt-collectors and related workers 26
0%
4221 Travel agency and related clerks 3
0%
4222 Receptionists and information clerks 144
0.2%
4223 Telephone switchboard operators 57
0.1%
4290 Customer services clerks not elsewhere classified 2
0%
5111 Travel attendants and travel stewards 8
0%
5112 Transport conductors and transport occupations nec 1
0%
5113 Travel guides 5
0%
5121 Housekeepers and related workers 60
0.1%
5122 Cooks 365
0.4%
5123 Waiters, waitresses and bartenders 144
0.2%
5124 Tavern and shebeen operators 88
0.1%
5131 Child-care workers 64
0.1%
5132 Institution-based personal care workers, Nursing aids, Ambulance men and first-aid attendants 51
0.1%
5133 Home-based personal care workers 113
0.1%
5139 Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified 38
0%
5141 Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers, Beauticians and Hairdressers 142
0.2%
5143 Undertakers and embalmers 8
0%
5161 Fire-fighters 25
0%
5162 Police officers, traffic officers, Police officers and Traffic officers 275
0.3%
5163 Prison guards 76
0.1%
5164 Armed forces 45
0.1%
5169 Protective services workers not elsewhere classified, Rangers and game wardens 648
0.8%
5220 Shop salespersons and demonstrators, Salespersons, Petrol pump and filling station attendants 660
0.8%
5230 Stall and market salespersons 53
0.1%
5231 Spaza shop owner 158
0.2%
6111 Field crop and vegetable growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 21
0%
6112 Tree and shrub crop growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 4
0%
6113 Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 10
0%
6114 Mixed crop growers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 0
0%
6121 Dairy and livestock producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 37
0%
6122 Poultry producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 5
0%
6123 Apiarists and sericulturists (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 1
0%
6129 Market-oriented animal producers and related workers not elsewhere classified (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 2
0%
6130 Market-oriented crop and animal producers (farm owners and skilled farm workers) 8
0%
6141 Forestry workers and loggers, Forestry workers and Loggers 20
0%
6142 1
0%
6152 Inland and coastal waters fishery workers 7
0%
6153 Deep-sea fishery workers 1
0%
6154 Hunters and trappers 1
0%
6211 Subsistence farmers 14
0%
7111 Miners and quarry workers (including apprentices/trainees) 110
0.1%
7112 Shot-firers and blasters (including apprentices/trainees) 7
0%
7113 Stone splitters, cutters and carvers (including apprentices/trainees) 6
0%
7114 1
0%
7121 Builders, traditional materials 8
0%
7122 Bricklayers and stonemasons (including apprentices/trainees) 308
0.4%
7123 Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 45
0.1%
7124 Carpenters and joiners (including apprentices/trainees) 108
0.1%
7129 Building frame and related workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 79
0.1%
7131 Roofers (including apprentices/trainees) 18
0%
7132 Floor layers and tile setters (including apprentices/trainees) 46
0.1%
7133 1
0%
7135 Glaziers (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7136 Plumbers and pipe fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 128
0.2%
7137 Building and related electricians (including apprentices/trainees) 174
0.2%
7141 Painters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 100
0.1%
7142 Varnishers and related painters (including apprentices/trainees) 35
0%
7143 1
0%
7211 Metal moulders and coremakers (including apprentices/trainees) 6
0%
7212 Welders and flamecutters (including apprentices/trainees) 163
0.2%
7213 Sheet-metal workers (including apprentices/trainees) 132
0.2%
7214 Structural-metal preparers and erectors (including apprentices/trainees) 22
0%
7215 Riggers and cable splicers (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7222 Tool-makers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 16
0%
7223 Machine-tool setters and setter-operators (including apprentices/trainees) 5
0%
7224 Metal wheel-grinders, polishers and tool sharpeners (including apprentices/trainees) 19
0%
7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 249
0.3%
7232 Aircraft engine mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 4
0%
7233 Agricultural or industrial machinery mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 75
0.1%
7241 Electrical mechanics and fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 52
0.1%
7242 Electronics fitters (including apprentices/trainees) 3
0%
7243 Electronics mechanics and servicers (including apprentices/trainees) 24
0%
7244 Telegraph and telephone installers and servicers (including apprentices/trainees) 5
0%
7245 Electrical line installers, repairers and cable jointers (including apprentices/trainees) 8
0%
7290 Metal, machinery and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7311 Precision-instrument/instrument makers and repairers (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7313 Jewellery and precious-metal workers (including apprentices/trainees) 5
0%
7321 Abrasive wheel formers, potters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 24
0%
7322 Glass-makers, cutters, grinders and finishers (including apprentices/trainees) 11
0%
7324 Glass, ceramics and related decorative painters (including apprentices/trainees) 5
0%
7331 Handicraft workers in wood and related materials (including apprentices/trainees) 4
0%
7332 1
0%
7341 Compositors, typesetters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 21
0%
7343 Printing engravers and etchers (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7345 Bookbinders and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 3
0%
7346 Silk-screen, block and textile printers (including apprentices/trainees) 2
0%
7411 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers (including apprentices/trainees) 65
0.1%
7412 Millers, bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers (including apprentices/trainees) 89
0.1%
7413 Dairy products makers (including apprentices/trainees) 2
0%
7414 Fruit, vegetable and related product preservers (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7415 Food and beverage tasters and graders (including apprentices/trainees) 2
0%
7421 Wood treaters (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7422 Cabinetmakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 10
0%
7424 Basketry weavers, brush makers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 4
0%
7431 Fibre preparers (including apprentices/trainees) 0
0%
7432 Weavers, knitters and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 6
0%
7433 Tailors, dressmakers and hatters (including apprentices/trainees) 46
0.1%
7435 Textile, leather and related material pattern-makers and cutters (including apprentices/trainees) 6
0%
7436 Sewers, embroiderers and related workers (excluding apprentices/trainees) 48
0.1%
7437 Upholsterers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 12
0%
7441 Pelt dressers, tanners and fellmongers (including apprentices/trainees) 1
0%
7442 Shoemakers and related workers (including apprentices/trainees) 25
0%
7490 Other craft and related trades workers not elsewhere classified (including apprentices/trainees) 17
0%
8111 Mining plant operators 39
0%
8112 Mineral ore and stone processing plant operators 17
0%
8121 Ore and metal furnace operators 2
0%
8122 Metal melters and casters and rolling-mill operators 2
0%
8123 Metal heat-treating plant operators 1
0%
8124 Metal drawers and extruders 2
0%
8131 Glass and ceramics kiln and related machine operators 8
0%
8141 Wood-processing plant operators 20
0%
8143 Papermaking plant operators 3
0%
8151 Crushing, grinding and chemical mixing machinery operators 19
0%
8152 1
0%
8154 Chemical still and reactor operators (except petroleum and natural gas) 0
0%
8155 Petroleum and natural gas refining plant operators 3
0%
8159 Chemical-processing plant operators not elsewhere classified 11
0%
8161 Power-production plant operators 6
0%
8163 Incinerator, water-treatment and related plant operators 27
0%
8211 Machine-tool operators 124
0.1%
8212 Cement and other mineral products machine operators 9
0%
8221 Pharmaceutical and toiletry products machine operators 1
0%
8222 Ammunition and explosive products machine operators 0
0%
8223 Metal finishing, plating and coating machine operators 2
0%
8231 Rubber products machine operators 16
0%
8232 Plastic products machine operators 23
0%
8240 5
0%
8251 Printing machine operators 12
0%
8252 2
0%
8253 Paper products machine operators 13
0%
8261 Fibre preparing, spinning and winding machine operators 5
0%
8262 Weaving and knitting machine operators 4
0%
8263 Sewing-machine operators 100
0.1%
8264 Bleaching, dyeing and cleaning-machine operators 9
0%
8265 Fur and leather-preparing machine operators 1
0%
8266 Shoemaking and related machine operators 5
0%
8269 Textile, fur and leather products machine operators not elsewhere classified 2
0%
8271 Meat and fish-processing machine operators 3
0%
8272 Dairy products machine operators 2
0%
8273 Grain and spice milling machine operators 4
0%
8274 Baked goods, cereal and chocolate products machine operators 8
0%
8275 Fruit, vegetable and nut-processing machine operators 8
0%
8276 Sugar production machine operators 2
0%
8277 Tea, coffee, and cocoa-processing machine operators 1
0%
8278 Brewers, wine and other beverage machine operators 11
0%
8281 Mechanical machinery assemblers 30
0%
8282 Electrical equipment assemblers 1
0%
8283 Electronic equipment assemblers 2
0%
8284 Metal, rubber and plastic products assemblers 2
0%
8285 Wood and related products assemblers 1
0%
8286 Paperboard, textile and related products assemblers 1
0%
8290 Other machine operators and assemblers not elsewhere classified 14
0%
8311 Locomotive engine drivers 45
0.1%
8312 Railway brakers, signallers, shunters and related workers 2
0%
8320 Taxi drivers, informal 187
0.2%
8321 Motor cycle drivers 3
0%
8322 Car, taxi and van drivers 192
0.2%
8323 Bus and tram drivers 43
0.1%
8324 Heavy truck and lorry drivers 334
0.4%
8331 Motorised farm and forestry plant operators 81
0.1%
8332 Earth-moving and related plant operators 18
0%
8333 Crane, hoist and related plant operators 62
0.1%
8334 Lifting-truck operators 65
0.1%
8340 Ships’ deck crews and related workers 1
0%
9111 Street food vendors and related workers 506
0.6%
9112 Street vendors, non-food products 289
0.3%
9113 Door-to-door and telephone salespersons 20
0%
9120 Shoe cleaning and other elementary street services occupations 57
0.1%
9131 Domestic helpers and cleaners 1592
1.9%
9132 Helpers and cleaners in offices, hotels and other establishments 787
0.9%
9133 Hand-launderers and pressers 33
0%
9141 Building caretakers 42
0%
9142 Vehicle, window and related cleaners 10
0%
9151 Messengers, package and luggage porters and deliverers 93
0.1%
9152 Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers 26
0%
9153 Vending-machine money collectors, meter readers and related workers 10
0%
9161 Garbage collectors 70
0.1%
9162 Sweepers and related labourers 138
0.2%
9190 Elementary sales and services occupations not elsewhere classified 36
0%
9211 Farmhands and labourers 1369
1.6%
9212 Forestry labourers 24
0%
9213 2
0%
9311 Mining and quarrying labourers 96
0.1%
9312 Construction and maintenance labourers: roads, dams and similar constructions 283
0.3%
9313 Building construction labourers 170
0.2%
9321 Assembling labourers 4
0%
9322 Hand-packers and other manufacturing labourers 614
0.7%
9332 1
0%
9333 Freight handlers 97
0.1%
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 members of the households in selected dwelling units aged 15 years and older, who were economically active and were working for someone for pay in the seven days prior to the interview.
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