mihkel reispass methodologist methodology department

Mihkel Reispass

Methodologist

Methodology Department

I have been practically working with different classifications (ISCO, NACE

and so on) since 1997 and, most important which I highlighted, was

Population Census 2000, where I was an expert on coding occupations, and I

supervised 30 encoders.

Estonian national statistic is using ISCO 88 since 1992, at the same time we started to

work out our own national occupational classification (NOC). We finalized it in 1999.

NOC is based on ISCO 88 and ISCO 88(COM).

We took over from both classifications the occupations that are usable in Estonia and excluded those that were not important to

us.

For example:

Major group 1: Legislators, senior officials and managers

Code ISCO-

88

Description ISCO-88 Code (NOC)

Description National Occupational Classification

(NOC)

Code (COM)

Description ISCO-88 (COM)

111 Legislators 111 Legislators 111 Legislators and senior government officials

1110 Legislators 1110 Legislators 1110 Legislators and senior government officials

112 Senior government officials 112 Senior government officials1120 Senior government officials 1120 Senior government officials Note:Classifed to unit group

1110113 Traditional chiefs and heads of

villages1130 Traditional chiefs and heads of

villages

Major group 2: Professionals

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


2131 Computer systems designers and analysts

2131 Computer systems designers and analysts

2131 Computer systems designers, analysts and programmers

2132 Computer programmers 2132 Computer programmers Note:Classifed to unit group 2131

247 Public service administrative professionals




Major group 3: Technicians and associate professionals

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


324 Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers

324 Traditional medicine practitioners and faith healers

3241 Traditional medicine practitioners

3241 Traditional medicine practitioners

Note:Classifed to unit group 3229

3242 Faith healers 3242 Faith healers Note:Classifed to unit group 3229

3439 Administrative associate professionals not elsewhere classified

3439 Administrative associate professionals not elsewhere classified

Major group 5: Service workers and shop and market sales workers

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


515 Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers

515 Astrologers, fortune-tellers and related workers

5151 Astrologers and related workers 5151 Astrologers and related workers Note:Classifed to unit group 5149

5152 Fortune-tellers, palmists and related workers

5152 Fortune-tellers, palmists and related workers


523 Stall and market salespersons 523 Stall and market salespersons5230 Stall and market salespersons 5230 Stall and market salespersons Note:Classifed to unit group

5220

Major group 6: Skilled agricultural and fishery workers

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


6113 Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers

6113 Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers


6114 Mixed-crop growers 6114 Mixed-crop growers6123 Apiarists and sericulturists 6123 Apiarists and sericulturists Note:Classifed to unit group

61296124 Mixed-animal producers 6124 Mixed-animal producers Note:Classifed to unit group

612962 Subsistence agricultural and

fishery workers62 Subsistence agricultural and





fishery workers

Major group 7: Craft and related trades workers

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


7139 Building finishers and related trade workers not elsewhere classified

7142 Varnishers and related painters 7142 Varnishers and related painters Note:Classifed to unit group 7141

7243 Electronics mechanics and servicers

7243 Electronics mechanics and servicers


Major group 8: Plant and machine operators and assemblers

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


817 Automated-assembly-line and industrial-robot operators

817 Automated-assembly-line and industrial-robot operators

817 Industrial robot operators

8170 Industrial robot operators8171 Automated-assembly-line

operators8171 Automated-assembly-line

operatorsNote: Classified to assembling occupations in minor group 828

8172 Industrial-robot operators 8172 Industrial-robot operators Note:Classifed to unit group 8170

8287 Composite products assemblers 8287 Composite products assemblers

829 Other machine operators and assemblers


829 Other machine operators not elsewhere classified



8290 Other machine operators not elsewhere classifiedNote: Other assembleres classified to 8287

Major group 9: Elementary occupations

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


9111 Street food vendors 9111 Street food vendors 9111 Street vendors9112 Street vendors, non-food

products9112 Street vendors, non-food

productsNote:Classifed to unit group 9111

9320 Manufacturing labourers9321 Assembling labourers 9321 Assembling labourers Note: Classified to assembling

occupations in minor group 8289322 Hand packers and other

manufacturing labourers9322 Hand packers and other

manufacturing labourersNote:Classifed to unit group 9320

9330 Transport labourers and freight handlers

9331 Hand or pedal vehicle drivers 9331 Hand or pedal vehicle drivers Note:Classifed to unit group 9330

9332 Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery

9332 Drivers of animal-drawn vehicles and machinery


9333 Freight handlers 9333 Freight handlers Note:Classifed to unit group 9330

Major group 0: Armed forces

Code ISCO-

88



(NOC)

Code (COM)


011 Armed forces 011 Armed forces 010 Armed forces0110 Armed forces 0110 Armed forces 0100 Armed forces

The definition of “managers”

The words “manager” and “supervisor” are almost synonyms and have many different meanings in Estonian, but luckily for

us, the use of the word “manager” in Estonian common language is not so fuzzy as in English, so we have quite few problems to classify this occupation. These words are mainly used to describe a job position in commerce/trade business

and only one question arises – whether the person is a sales-person or a head of the firm. The most problematic are the answers we get from the Russians – they use it more often,

but mostly it means a sales-person (3415).

The definition of “managers”

To solve and prevent this problem and get better information about his/her occupation, we have some extra questions in

our questionnaires:

•Industry, employer information and sector of employment.

•The number of employees in the organization.

•The number of subordinates beneath the worker.

The definition of “nurses” and “teachers”

There are some difficulties with teachers and nurses (nurse in meaning teachers in kindergarten) – as we have not established a

national qualification standard yet, we might not have enough information about their occupational functions and so we have to consider their educational level to put some kind of code (which

could be wrong as education does not reflect the correct occupational functions).

Thank you!

mihkel reispass methodologist methodology department

Documents

managersnorracode isco

heads of villagescode

different classifications

major group

related workersnote

related workersastroloogid

related workers515astrologers

related workers5151astrologers