Labour force survey 2018
Namibia, 2018
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NAM_2018_LFS_v01_M_ILO_VAR
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Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA)
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H9_B Previous Occupation Major (2) (previous_occupation_major_2)
Data file: NAM_LFS_2018_FULL
Overview
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Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | View all occupations |
| 11 | Armed forces |
| 111 | Political office-bearers and senior government officials |
| 112 | Traditional leaders |
| 113 | Senior officials of special interest organizations |
| 121 | Directors and chief executives |
| 122 | Department managers |
| 123 | School headmasters and principals |
| 131 | General managers |
| 211 | Physicists, chemists and related professionals |
| 212 | Mathematicians, statisticians and related professionals |
| 213 | Computing professionals |
| 214 | Architects, engineers and related professionals |
| 215 | Surveyors and cartographers |
| 221 | Life science professionals |
| 222 | Health professionals |
| 231 | College, university and higher education teachers |
| 232 | Secondary education teachers |
| 233 | Primary education teachers |
| 234 | Special education teachers |
| 235 | Other teaching professionals |
| 241 | Business professionals |
| 242 | Jurists |
| 243 | Archivists, curators, librarians and related professionals |
| 244 | Social science and related professionals |
| 245 | Writers, creative and performing artists |
| 246 | Religious professionals |
| 247 | Government professionals not elsewhere stated |
| 311 | Engineering technicians and technical assistants, not specified |
| 312 | Computer assistants and operators |
| 313 | Optical and electronic equipment operators |
| 314 | Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians |
| 315 | Safety, quality and related technicians and inspectors |
| 321 | Life science technicians and related occupations |
| 322 | Modern health associate professionals (except nurses) |
| 323 | Staff nurses |
| 324 | Traditional healers |
| 331 | Pre-primary education teachers |
| 332 | Instructors |
| 339 | Teaching associate professionals not elsewhere classified |
| 341 | Finance and sale associate professionals |
| 342 | Business service agents and sales brokers |
| 343 | Administrative associate professionals |
| 344 | Customs, tax and related government associate professionals |
| 345 | Police inspectors and detectives |
| 346 | Welfare workers |
| 347 | Artistic, entertainment and sports associate professionals |
| 348 | Religious associate professionals |
| 411 | Secretaries and keyboard-operating clerks |
| 412 | Numerical clerks (securities, tax, wages, invoice, salaries, etc.) |
| 413 | Material-recording and transport clerks |
| 414 | Library, mail and related clerks |
| 415 | Correspondence clerks |
| 416 | Clerical supervisors not elsewhere classified |
| 419 | Other office clerks |
| 421 | Cashiers, tellers and related clerks |
| 422 | Client information clerks |
| 429 | Other customer services clerks |
| 511 | Travel attendants and related workers |
| 512 | Housekeeping services workers |
| 513 | Restaurant services workers |
| 514 | Personal care and related workers |
| 515 | Other personal services workers |
| 516 | Protective services workers |
| 521 | Fashion and other models |
| 522 | Salespersons and demonstrators |
| 610 | Commercial farmers, not specified |
| 611 | Commercial gardeners and crop growers |
| 612 | Commercial animal producers and related workers |
| 613 | Commercial crop and animal producers |
| 614 | Forestry and related workers |
| 615 | Commercial fishery workers, hunters and trappers |
| 620 | Communal farmers, not specified |
| 621 | Subsistence animal producers |
| 622 | Subsistence crop and animal producers |
| 623 | Subsistence fishery, hunting, trapping and related workers |
| 711 | MINING AND BUILDING TRADES WORKERS |
| 712 | Building construction and related workers |
| 713 | Building and related electricians |
| 714 | Painters/ Decorators, building structure cleaners and related trades |
| 721 | Welders/ Fabricators, sheet-metal and structural-metal workers |
| 722 | Blacksmiths, tool-makers, turners and related traders workers |
| 723 | Machinery mechanics and fitters |
| 724 | Fitters and turners |
| 725 | Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters |
| 731 | Precision workers in metal and related materials |
| 732 | Pottery, brick and glass workers |
| 733 | Handicraft workers in wood, textile, leather and related matters |
| 734 | Printing and related trades workers |
| 741 | Food processing and related trades workers |
| 742 | Wood and related trades workers |
| 743 | Textile, garment and related trades workers |
| 744 | Pelt, leather and shoemaking trades workers |
| 811 | Mining-, mineral-processing and metal-processing-plant operators |
| 812 | Wood-processing-plant operators |
| 813 | Chemical-processing-plant operators |
| 814 | Power-generating and related plant operators |
| 821 | Machine-tool operators (metal-working machines) |
| 822 | Mineral-, chemical-, rubber- and plastic-products machine operators |
| 823 | Wood making-machine operators |
| 824 | Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine operators |
| 825 | Textile-, fur-, and leather-products machine operators |
| 826 | Food and beverage products machine operators |
| 827 | Assemblers |
| 829 | Machine operators not elsewhere classified |
| 831 | Locomotive-engine drivers and related workers |
| 832 | Motor-vehicle drivers |
| 833 | Agricultural and other mobile-equipment operators |
| 834 | Ships' deck crews and related workers |
| 901 | General labourers, not specified |
| 911 | Street vendors |
| 912 | Street services elementary occupations |
| 913 | Domestic and related helpers, cleaners and launderers |
| 914 | Building caretakers, window and related cleaners |
| 915 | Messengers, porters, doorkeepers and related workers |
| 916 | Garbage collectors and related labourers |
| 920 | AGRICULATURAL, FISHERY AND RELATED LABOURERS |
| 931 | Mining and quarrying labourers |
| 932 | Construction and maintenance labourers |
| 933 | Manufacturing labourers |
| 934 | Freight handlers, loaders and unloaders |