[Sigia-l] Job/occupation categories

[Andrew Boyd]

dbedford at worldbank.org wrote:

>Jackie,
>
>You should look to the U.S. Dept. of Labor for occupation categories and
>occupation names.   They are considered a very authoritative source.
>
>  
>
Hi Denise,

Initially, I thought that this would probably a very authoritative 
source for the USA - Jackie is in .au

That said, owing to overwhelming cultural imperialism most Australians 
probably know what a 'Gas Station Attendant' is, even though they may be 
looking for it under 'S'.

Aussies also tend to speak of 'draftsmen' or 'draftspersons' rather than 
'drafters'. Otherwise the DOL/BLS list at 
http://www.bls.gov/emp/empoils.htm would work for Australia with a 
little editing.

Funny thing, googling "us dept labor occupation category" doesn't bring 
up what looks like a meaningful result, until you understand that BLS is 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Cheers, Andrew

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