Attachment A
LIST OF PARENTAL OCCUPATION GROUPS
The following list of parental occupation groups refers to Section 7
Group 1: Senior management in large business organisation, government administration and defence, and qualified professionals.
Senior executive/manager/department head in industry, commerce, media or other large organisation
Public service manager (section head or above), regional director, health/education/police/fire services administrator
Other administrator (school principal, faculty head/dean, library/museum/gallery director, research facility director)
Defence Forces Commissioned Officer
Professionals generally have degree or higher qualifications and experience in applying this knowledge to design, develop or operate complex systems; identify, treat and advise on problems; and teach others
Health, Education, Law, Social Welfare, Engineering, Science, Computing professional
Business (management consultant, business analyst, accountant, auditor, policy analyst, actuary, valuer)
Air/sea transport (aircraft/ship’s captain/officer/pilot, flight officer, flying instructor, air traffic controller)
Group 2: Other business managers, arts/media/sportspersons and associate professionals
Owner/manager of farm, construction, import/export, wholesale, manufacturing, transport, real estate business
Specialist manager
(finance/engineering/production/personnel/industrial relations/sales/marketing)
Financial services manager (bank branch manager, finance/investment/insurance broker, credit/loans officer)
Retail sales/services manager (shop, petrol station, restaurant, club, hotel/motel, cinema, theatre, agency)
Arts/media/sports (musician, actor, dancer, painter, potter, sculptor, journalist, author, media presenter, photographer, designer, illustrator, proof reader, sportsman/woman, coach, trainer, sports official)
Associate professionals generally have diploma/technical qualifications and support managers and professionals
Health, Education, Law, Social Welfare, Engineering, Science, Computing technician/associate professional
Business/administration (recruitment/employment/industrial relations/training officer, marketing/advertising specialist, market research analyst, technical sales representative, retail buyer, office/project manager)
Defence Forces senior Non-Commissioned Officer
Group 3: Tradesmen/women, clerks and skilled office, sales and service staff.
Tradesmen/women generally have completed a 4 year
Trade Certificate, usually by apprenticeship. All
tradesmen/women are included in this group.
Clerks (bookkeeper, bank/PO clerk, statistical/actuarial clerk, accounting/claims/audit clerk, payroll clerk, recording/registry/filing clerk, betting clerk, stores/ inventory clerk, purchasing/order clerk, freight/ transport/shipping clerk, bond clerk, customs agent, customer services clerk, admissions clerk)
Skilled office, sales and service staff
Office (secretary, personal assistant, desktop publishing operator, switchboard operator)
Sales (company sales representative, auctioneer, insurance agent/assessor/loss adjuster, market researcher)
Service (aged/disabled/refuge/child care worker, nanny, meter reader, parking inspector, postal worker, courier, travel agent, tour guide, flight attendant, fitness instructor, casino dealer/supervisor)
Group 4: Machine operators, hospitality staff, Assistants, labourers and related workers
Drivers, mobile plant, production/processing
Machinery and other machinery operators
Hospitality staff (hotel service supervisor, receptionist, Waiter, bar attendant, kitchen hand, porter, housekeeper)
Office assistants, sales assistants and other assistants
Office (typist, word processing/data entry/ business machine operator, receptionist, office assistant)
Sales (sales assistant, motor vehicle/caravan/ parts salesperson, checkout operator, cashier, bus/train conductor, ticket seller, service station attendant, car rental desk staff, street vendor, telemarketer, shelf stacker)
Assistant/aide (trades’ assistant, school/teachers’ aide, dental assistant, veterinary nurse, nursing assistant, museum/gallery attendant, usher, home helper, salon assistant, animal attendant)
Labourers and related workers
Agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, mining
Worker (farm overseer, shearer, wool/hide classer, farm hand, horse trainer, nurseryman, greenkeeper, gardener, tree surgeon, forestry/logging worker, miner, seafarer/fishing hand)
Other worker (labourer, factory hand, storeman, guard, cleaner, caretaker, laundry worker, trolley collector, car ark attendant, crossing supervisor)
Defence Forces ranks below senior NCO not included above