ISCO-08 · International Standard Classification of Occupations
Occupations
3,039 occupations, each with the skills it requires and the roles that sit closest to it. Grouped by ISCO-08, the occupational classification published by the International Labour Organization.
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The ten top-level groups of ISCO-08 cover every kind of work there is a name for.
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
347 occupations- abrasive blasting operator
- absorbent pad machine operator
- aircraft assembler
- aircraft engine assembler
- aircraft fuel system operator
- ammunition assembler
- anaerobic digestion plant operator
- animal feed operator
- anodising machine operator
- armoured car driver
- asphalt plant operator
- auger press operator
- automated cable vehicle controller
- automated cutting machine operator
- baking operator
- band saw operator
- battery assembler
- belt builder
- beverage filtration technician
- bicycle assembler
- blanching operator
- bleacher operator
- blender operator
- blending plant operator
- block machine operator
- blow moulding machine operator
- boatswain
- boiler operator
- braiding machine operator
- braiding textile technician
- brew house operator
- brick and tile caster
- bulk filler
- bulldozer operator
- bus driver
- cacao bean roaster
- cacao beans cleaner
- cake press operator
- candy machine operator
- canning and bottling line operator
- canvas goods assembler
- capsule filling machine operator
- car and van delivery driver
- carbonation operator
- cargo vehicle driver
- casting machine operator
- cellar operator
- centrifuge operator
- chemical mixer
- chilling operator
- chipper operator
- chocolate moulding operator
- cider fermentation operator
- cigar brander
- cigarette making machine operator
- clarifier
- clay kiln burner
- clay products dry kiln operator
- clothing alteration machinist
- clothing sample machinist
- coagulation operator
- coating machine operator
- cocoa mill operator
- cocoa press operator
- coffee grinder
- coffee roaster
- coking furnace operator
- colour sampling operator
- compression moulding machine operator
- concrete products machine operator
- concrete pump operator
- container crane operator
- control panel assembler
- corrugator operator
- cosmetics production machine operator
- cotton gin operator
- crosscut saw operator
- cutting machine operator
- cylinder filler
- cylindrical grinder operator
- dairy processing operator
- dairy products manufacturing worker
- dangerous goods driver
- debarker operator
- deburring machine operator
- decksman
- dental instrument assembler
- derrickhand
- dewatering technician
- digester operator
- dip tank operator
- distillation operator
- distillery miller
- distillery worker
- drawing kiln operator
- dredge operator
- drill operator
- driller
- dry press operator
- dryer attendant
- edge bander operator
- electrical cable assembler
- electrical equipment assembler
- electrolytic cell maker
- electromechanical equipment assembler
- electronic equipment assembler
- electronic musical instrument maker
- electroplating machine operator
- embroidery machine operator
- enameller
- engine minder
- engineered wood board machine operator
- envelope maker
- excavator operator
- extract mixer tester
- extrusion machine operator
- fat-purification worker
- fermenter operator
- fertiliser mixer
- fiberglass laminator
- fibre machine tender
- fibreglass machine operator
- filament winding operator
- filing machine operator
- finishing textile technician
- fire service vehicle operator
- firework assembler
- fish canning operator
- fish production operator
- fisheries deckhand
- flour purifier operator
- foam rubber mixer
- food production operator
- footwear finishing and packing operator
- footwear maintenance technician
- footwear production machine operator
- footwear stitching machine operator
- forestry equipment operator
- forklift operator
- froth flotation deinking operator
- fruit and vegetable canner
- fruit-press operator
- furniture assembler
- gauger
- germination operator
- glass annealer
- glass forming machine operator
- glass polisher
- grader operator
- granulator machine operator
- hearse driver
- heat sealing machine operator
- honey extractor
- hydrogenation machine operator
- industrial machinery assembler
- injection moulding operator
- insulating tube winder
- jewellery assembler
- kettle tender
- kiln firer
- knitting machine operator
- knitting machine supervisor
- knitting textile technician
- lacquer maker
- laminating machine operator
- land-based machinery operator
- land-based machinery supervisor
- lasting machine operator
- laundry ironer
- laundry worker
- laundry workers supervisor
- leather finishing operator
- leather goods machine operator
- leather goods maintenance technician
- leather goods packing operator
- leather goods stitching machine operator
- leather measuring operator
- leather production machine operator
- level crossing signalperson
- lime kiln operator
- liquor blender
- liquor grinding mill operator
- live animal transporter
- malt kiln operator
- man-made fiber spinner
- matrose
- mattress making machine operator
- mechatronics assembler
- medical device assembler
- metal annealer
- metal drawing machine operator
- metal furniture machine operator
- metal products assembler
- metal rolling mill operator
- milk heat treatment process operator
- miller
- mine control room operator
- mineral crushing operator
- mineral processing operator
- mobile crane operator
- motion picture film developer
- motor vehicle assembler
- motor vehicle body assembler
- motor vehicle engine assembler
- motor vehicle parts assembler
- motorcycle assembler
- motorcycle delivery person
- moving truck driver
- nitrator operator
- nitroglycerin neutraliser
- nitroglycerin separator operator
- nonwoven filament machine operator
- nonwoven staple machine operator
- nonwoven textile technician
- oil rig motorhand
- optical disc moulding machine operator
- ordinary seaman
- packaging and filling machine operator
- paint mixer
- paper bag machine operator
- paper cutter operator
- paper machine operator
- paper pulp moulding operator
- paper stationery machine operator
- paperboard products assembler
- parking valet
- pasta operator
- patient transport services driver
- perfume production machine operator
- pesticide mixer
- photographic developer
- photographic equipment assembler
- pile driving hammer operator
- pill maker operator
- pipeline pump operator
- planer thicknesser operator
- plastic furniture machine operator
- plastic heat treatment equipment operator
- plastic products assembler
- plastic rolling machine operator
- plodder operator
- pre-lasting operator
- pre-stitching machine operator
- precast moulder
- prepared meat operator
- printed circuit board assembler
- private chauffeur
- production plant crane operator
- protective clothing apparel manufacturer
- pulp technician
- pultrusion machine operator
- pyrotechnics drying room attendant
- rail switchperson
- record press operator
- refining machine operator
- refuse vehicle driver
- road construction worker
- road roller operator
- rolling stock assembler
- roughneck
- roustabout
- rubber cutting machine tender
- rubber dipping machine operator
- rubber goods assembler
- rubber products machine operator
- rustproofer
- sailor
- sauce production operator
- sawmill operator
- scraper operator
- sectional belt mould assembler
- semiconductor processor
- sewing machine operator
- shunter
- slate mixer
- slitter operator
- snow-clearing worker
- soap chipper
- soap drier operator
- soap maker
- soap tower operator
- sole and heel operator
- spinning machine operator
- spinning textile operator
- spring maker
- starch converting operator
- starch extraction operator
- steam plant operator
- stone driller
- stone planer
- stone polisher
- stone splitter
- sugar refinery operator
- surface grinding machine operator
- surface mine plant operator
- surface miner
- surface-mount technology machine operator
- table saw operator
- taxi driver
- textile dyeing technician
- textile dyer
- textile finishing machine operator
- textile machine operator
- textile pattern making machine operator
- tissue paper perforating and rewinding operator
- tool pusher
- tow truck driver
- tower crane operator
- tracer powder blender
- train dispatcher
- train driver
- train preparer
- tram driver
- trolley bus driver
- tufting operator
- tumbling machine operator
- tunnel boring machine operator
- tunnel kiln operator
- twisting machine operator
- tyre builder
- tyre vulcaniser
- underground heavy equipment operator
- underground miner
- V-belt builder
- V-belt coverer
- V-belt finisher
- vacuum forming machine operator
- varnish maker
- veneer slicer operator
- vermouth manufacturer
- vessel engine assembler
- wash deinking operator
- wave soldering machine operator
- wax bleacher
- weaving machine operator
- weaving machine supervisor
- weaving textile technician
- well-digger
- winding machine operator
- wine fermenter
- wire harness assembler
- wire weaving machine operator
- wood fuel pelletiser
- wood products assembler
- wood router operator
- yarn spinner
- yeast distiller
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