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OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION Used in the 2005 Population Census of Japan
A.SPECIALIST AND TECHNICAL WORKERS
(1) SCIENCE RESEARCHERS
1 Natural science researchers
2 Humanities and social science researchers
(2) ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS
3 Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food technicians
4 Metal smelting technicians
5 Mechanical engineers, aircraft and shipbuilding technicians
6 Electrical and electronic engineers
7 Chemical techinicians
8 Architectural engineers
9 Civil engineers and surveyors
10 System engineers
11 Programmers
12 Other engineers and technicians
(3) HEALTH CARE WORKERS
13 Doctors
14 Dental surgeons
15 Veterinary surgeons
16 Pharmacists
17 Public health nurses
18 Midwives
19 Nurses
20 Diagnostic radiographers and X-ray technicians
21 Clinical laboratory and medical technicians
22 Dental hygienists
23 Dental technicians
24 Nutritionists
25 Masseurs, chiropractors, acupuncturists, moxacauterists and Judo-orthopedists
26 Other health care workers
(4) SOCIAL WELFARE SPECIALIST PROFESSIONALS
27 Childcare workers
28 Other social welfare specialist professionals
(5) LEGAL WORKERS
29 Judges, public prosecutors and attorneys
30 Patent attorneys and judicial scriveners
31 Other legal workers
(6) MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS
32 Certified public accountants and licensed tax accountants
33 Certified social insurance and labor consultant
34 Other management specialists
(7) TEACHERS
35 Kindergarten teachers
36 Elementary school teachers
37 Junior high school teachers
38 Senior high school teachers
39 University professors
40 Teachers at schools for the blind, deaf or handicapped
41 Other teachers
(8) WORKERS IN RELIGION
42 Workers in religion
(9) WRITERS, JOURNALISTS AND EDITORS
43 Writers and authors
44 Jornalists and editors
(10) ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DESIGNERS
45 Sculptors, painters and industrial artists
46 Designers
47 Photographers
(11) MUSICIANS AND STAGE DESIGNERS
48 Musicians (except for private lessons)
49 Musicians (for private lessons)
50 Actors, dancers and performers (except for private lessons)
51 Actors, dancers and performers (for private lessons)
(12) OTHER SPECIALSTS AND TECHNICAL WORKERS
52 Private tutors (for study)
53 Private tutors (not classified elsewhere)
54 Sports professionals (except for private lessons)
55 Sports professionals (for private lessons)
56 Specialist and technical workers not classified elsewhere
B.ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL WORKERS
(13) MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SERVANTS
57 Managemant public servants
(14) OFFICERS OF COMPANIES, ORGANIZATION, etc.
58 Company officers
59 Officers of other corporations and organizations
(15) OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL WORKERS
60 Managers of companies and corporations
61 Administrative and managerial workers not classified elsewhere
C.CLERICAL WORKERS
(16) GENERAL CLERICAL WORKERS
62 General clerical workers
63 Accountancy clerks
(17) OUTDOOR SERVICE WORKERS
64 Money collectors
65 Other outdoor service workers
(18) TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION CLERIAL WORKERS
66 Transport clerical workers
67 Post and communications clerical workers
(19) OFFICE APPLIANCE OPERATORS
68 Stenographers, typists and word processor operators
69 Key punchers
70 Computer operators
D.SALES WORKERS
(20) MERCHANDISE SALES WORKERS
71 Retailers
72 Wholesalers
73 Restaurateurs
74 Shop assistants
75 Home visit and mobile sales workers
76 Recycled resources wholesale and collection workers
77 Goods sales canvassers
78 Commodity brokers
(21) QUASI-SALES WORKERS
79 Real estate agents and dealers
80 Insurance brokers and salesmen
81 Salesmen (except merchandise, insurance and real estate)
82 Other quasi-sales workers
E.SERVICE WORKERS
(22) DOMESTIC SUPPORT SERVICE WORKERS
83 Housekeepers and home helpers
84 Home helpers
85 Other domestic support service workers
(23) DOMESTIC HYGIENE SERVICE WORKERS
86 Hairdressers
87 Beauticians
88 Bath workers
89 Launderers and fullers
(24) FOOD AND DRINK PREPARATORY WORKERS
90 Cooks
91 Bartenders
(25) CUSTOMER SERVICE WORKERS
92 Food and drink service and personal assistance workers
93 Customer entertainment workers
94 Geisha and dancers
95 Service workers in places of entertainment, etc.
96 Masters, managers and Banto (attendants) of hotel
(26) RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, OFFICE BUILDINGS AND OTHER MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
97 Condominiums, apartment buildings, lodgings houses, hostel and dormitory management personnel
98 Office building management personnel
99 Car park management personnel
(27) OTHER SERVICE WORKERS
100 Travel and tourist guides 101Left luggage handlers
102 Commodity hire wokers
103 Advertisers
104 Undertakers and crematorium workers
105 Care workers (treatment and welfare institution)
106 Service workers not classified elsewhere
F.SECURITY WORKERS
(28) PUBLIC SECURITY WORKERS
107 Self-defence officials
108 Police officers and maritime safety officials
109 Prison guards and other judicial police staff
110 Firefighters
111 Security staff
112 Other public secrity workers
G.AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERY WORKERS
(29) AGRICULTURE WORKERS
113 Crop farming and sericulture workers
114 Livestock farm workers
115 Landscape gardeners and nursery workers
116 Other agricultural workers
(30) FORESTRY WORKERS
117 Forest nursery workers
118 Tree-felling, logging and timber transportation workers
119 Other forestry workers
(31) FISHERY WORKERS
120 Fishery workers
121 Ships' captains, navigation officers, chief engineers and engineers (fishing boat)
122 Seaweed and shellfish harvesting workers
123 Aquaculture workers
124 Other fishery workers
H.TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION WORKERS
(32) RAILWAY DRIVERS
125 Railway drivers
(33) MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS
126 Motor vehicle drivers
(34) SHIP AND AIRCRAFT OPERATORS
127 Ship captains, navigation officers, navigators (except fishing boats) and pilots
128 Ships' chief engineers and engineers (except fishing boats)
129 Aircraft pilots and aviation engineers
(35) OTHER TRANSPORT WORKERS
130 Conductors
131 Deckhands, dual purpose crew and stokers
132 Forklift (vehicle) driver
133 Transport workers not classified elsewhere
(36) COMMUNICATION WORKERS
134 Communication technology workers
135 Telephone exchange operators
136 Mail and telegram collection and delivery workers
137 Other communication workers
I.PRODUCTION PROCESS AND RELATED WORKERS
I-1 MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION WORKERS
(37) METAL MATERIAL MANUFACTURING WORKERS
138 Pig-iron forging and steelmaking workers
139 Non-ferrous metal smelting workers
140 Cast metal manufacturing workers
141 Forging workers
142 Metal heat treatment workers
143 Rolling workers
144 Wire drawing workers
145 Other metal material manufacturing workers
(38) CHEMICAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING WORKERS
146 Chemical products manufacturing workers
147 Other chemical products manufacturing workers
(39) CERAMIC, EARTH AND STONE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING WORKERS
148 Glass product shaping workers
149 Brick, tile and clay pipe manufacturing workers
150 Porcelain and ceramic manufacturing workers
151 Ceramic painting workers
152 Cement manufacturing workers
153 Cement products manufacturing workers
154 Stonemasons
155 Other ceramic, earth and stone product manufacturing workers
(40) METAL PROCESSING WORKERS
156 Metal machine tools workers
157 Metal press workers
158 Metal welding and fusion cutting workers
159 Ironworkers and boilermakers
160 Sheet metal workers
161 Plating workers
162 Other metal processing workers
(41) GENERAL MECHANICAL APPARATUS ASSEMBLY AND REPAIR WORKERS
163 General mechanical apparatus assembly workers
164 General mechanical apparatus repair workers
(42) ELECTRO-MECHANICAL APPARATUS ASSEMBLY AND REPAIR WORKERS
165 Electro-mechanical apparatus assembly workers
166 Electro-mechanical apparatus repair workers
167 Light bulb and electron tube assembly workers
168 Coated wire manufacturing workers
169 Semi-conductor product manufacturing workers
170 Other electro-mechanical apparatus assembly and repair workers
(43) TRANSPORTATION MACHINERY ASSEMBLY AND REPAIR WORKERS
171 Automobile assembly workers
172 Automobile maintenance workers
173 Aircraft assembly and maintenance workers
174 Railway vehicle assembly and repair workers
175 Bicycle assembly and repair workers
176 Ship rigging workers
177 Other transportation machinery assembly and repair workers
(44) WEIGHING AND MEASURING APPLIANCE, PHOTO-OPTIC MECHANICAL APPARATUS ASSEMBLY AND REPAIR WORKERS
178 Weighing and measuring appliance assembly and repair workers
179 Clock assembly and repair workers
180 Photo-optic mechanical apparatus assembly and repair workers
181 Lens polishing and adjustment workers
182 Other weighing and measuring appliance, photo-optic mechanical apparatus assembly and repair workers
(45) FOOD MANUFACTURING WORKERS
183 Cereal polishing and flour milling workers
184 Miso and soy sauce manufacturing workers
185 Noodle manufacturing workers
186 Bread and confectionery manufacturing workers
187 Tofu, konjak jelly, wheat-gluten bread manufacturing workers
188 Canned, bottled and seal-wrapped food manufacturing workers
189 Milk and milk product manufacturing workers
190 Fishery product processing workers
191 Other food manufacturing workers
(46) BEVERAGE AND CIGARETTE MANUFACTURING WORKERS
192 Tea manufacturing workers
193 Liquor manufacturing workers
194 Cold drinks manufacturing workers
195 Cigarette manufacturing workers
196 Other beverages and cigarettes manufacturing workers
(47) SPINNERS AND WEAVERS
197 Roving and spinning workers
198 Double yarn,twisted yarn and processed yarn workers
199 Loom preparation workers
200 Woven fabric workers
201 Refining, bleaching, dyeing and finishing workers
202 Knitting and industrial knitting workers
203 Rope and net manufacturing workers (fiber)
204 Other spinners and weavers
(48) APPAREL, FIBER PRODUCT MANUFACTURING WORKERS
205 Adult women's and children's garment tailoring workers
206 Adult men's garment tailoring workers
207 Japanese garment tailoring workers
208 Embroidery workers
209 Machine sewing workers
210 Cutting workers
211 Other apparel, fiber product manufacturing workers
(49) WOOD, BAMBOO, GRASS AND VINE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING WORKERS
212 Timber and chip manufacturing workers
213 Plywood workers
214 Woodworking workers
215 Wooden furniture and architectural furniture manufacturing workers
216 Bamboo, grass and vine products manufacturing workers
217 Other wood, bamboo, grass and vine products manufacturing workers
(50) PULP, PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCT MANUFACTURING WORKERS
218 Pulp and paper material manufacturing workers
219 Papermaking workers
220 Paper container manufacturing workers
221 Paper product manufacturing workers
222 Other pulp, paper and paper product manufacturing workers
(51) PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING WORKERS
223 Letter typesetting workers
224 Platemaking workers
225 Printing workers
226 Bookbinding workers
227 Other printing and bookbinding workers
(52) RUBBER AND PLASTIC PRODUCT MANUFACTURING WORKERS
228 Rubber product manufacturing workers
229 Plastic product shapers, processors and finishers
230 Other rubber and plastic product manufacturing workers
(53) LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCT MANUFACTURING WORKERS
231 Leather manufacturing workers
232 Shoe manufacture and repair workers
233 Other leather and leather product manufacturing makers
(54) OTHER MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION WORKERS
234 Briefcase and bag manufacturing workers
235 Toy manufacturing workers
236 Lacquerware manufacturing workers
237 Precious metals, jewely, tortoise shell, antler and other craft workers
238 Seal engravers
239 Lining workers
240 Paper hangers
241 Print workers, painters, signboad production workers
242 Photograph development, printing and enlargement workers
243 Drafting, tracing and lofted drawing workers
244 Packaging workers
245 Manufacturing and production workers not classified elsewhere
I-2 STATIONARY ENGINE AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY OPERATORS AND ELECTRICITY WORKERS
(55) STATIONARY ENGINE, MACHINERY AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY OPERATORS
246 Boiler operators
247 Crane and winch operators
248 Construction machinery operators
249 Other stationary engine, machinery and construction machinery operators
(56) ELECTRICITY WORKERS
250 Power plant and substation workers
251 Line hanging and laying workers
252 Telecommunication equipment construction workers
253 Electric construction workers
254 Other electricity workers
I-3 MINE WORKERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND LABOURERS
(57) MINE WORKERS
255 Gravel sand, and clay quarrying workers
256 Other mine workers
(58) CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
257 Carpenters
258 Scaffolding workers (Tobishoku)
259 Brock and tile laying workers
260 Roofing workers
261 Plasterers
262 Pipe laying workers
263 Tatami workers
264 Civil engineering workers
265 Railway line construction workers
266 Other construction workers
(59) TRANSPORT LABOR WORKERS
267 Onboad and quayside cargo handlers
268 Land-based cargo handling and transport workers
269 Warehouse workers
270 Delivery workers
271 Packing workers
(60) OTHER LABOR WORKERS
272 Cleaners
273 Labor workers not classified elsewhere
J.WORKERS NOT CLASSIFIABLE BY OCCUPATION
(61) WORKERS NOT CLASSIFIABLE BY OCCUPATION
274 Workers not classifiable by occupation
