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Major Group 9: Elementary occupations
Cleaners, agricultural and mining labourers, construction and manufacturing labourers, and refuse workers in ISCO-08.
- How are agricultural labourers classified?
Agricultural labourers in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) are classified by routine manual work supporting crop and animal production.
- How are cleaners classified?
Cleaners in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) are classified by their main cleaning tasks, not by the building where they work.
- How are construction labourers classified?
Construction labourers in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) are classified by routine manual help on building sites, not by craft trade work.
- How are manufacturing labourers classified?
Manufacturing labourers in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) are classified by simple routine tasks supporting production, packing, and sorting.
- How are refuse workers classified?
Refuse workers in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) are classified by routine work collecting, sorting, and clearing waste and street materials.
- How do elementary occupations differ from unskilled work as a label?
Elementary occupations in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) are a task based classification, while unskilled work is a loose everyday label.
- What work sits in Major Group 9?
Major Group 9 in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) gathers elementary occupations whose main tasks are simple and routine.
- Why is elementary work at skill level 2?
Elementary work in ISCO-08 from the International Labour Organization (ILO) is assigned skill level 2 in the ILO summary table, even though its tasks are simple and routine.