Statistics Denmark DISCO Kenneth Christensen Labour Market responsibility: DISCO Birgitte Brondum Income and Registers responsibility: SOCIO DISCO = Danish.

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1 Statistics Denmark DISCO Kenneth Christensen Labour Market responsibility: DISCO Birgitte Brondum Income and Registers responsibility: SOCIO DISCO = Danish Version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations

2 National experience of using ISCO 88 ISCO-based NOC’s are used for: Statistics of earnings Labour force statistics (LFS) The employment classification module (AKM) Socio-economic classification Health and safety statistics Calculating industrial injury insurance premiums

3 DISCO-88 compared with ISCO-88 When ISCO-88 and DISCO-88 are compared on 4-digit level, they share 366 unit groups, 22 are exclusive of ISCO and 5 are exclusive of DISCO-88. DK does not use (e.g.): 5230: Stall and market salespersons and demonstrators 9111: Street food vendors DK uses (e.g.): 2470: Public service administrations For 3-digit level, 6 groups are exclusive of ISCO and 1 is excl. of DISCO. For 2-digit level, ISCO and DISCO are identical.

4 NOC’s based on ISCO-88 DISCOLON Employees 6-digit level 9 major groups (1 digit) 25 submajor groups (2 digits) 110 minor groups (3 digits) 570 unit groups (6 digits) DISCO-88 Self-employed and employees 4-digit level 10 major groups (1 digit) 27 submajor groups (2 digits) 111 minor groups (3 digits) 371 unit groups (4 digits)

5 Publications to help the users

6 Page 26 in the publication “DISCOLØN 2004” 8324Last- og tankbilschauffører 832410Last- og tankbilschauffører med farligt gods, national transport 832420Last- og tankbilschauffører med farligt gods, international transport 832430Last- og tankbilschauffører med flytteopgaver 832440Last- og tankbilschauffører med renovationsopgaver 832450Last- og tankbilschauffører med salgs- og repræsentationsopgaver 832460Andre last- og tankbilschauffører, national transport 832470Andre last- og tankbilschauffører, international transport 833Arbejde med andre mobile maskiner og køretøjer 833100Landbrugsmaskinførere 833200Entreprenørmaskinførere 8333Kran- og liftførerarbejde 833310Kranførere ved stationære kraner 833320Kran- og liftførere ved mobile kraner og lifte 833400Truckførere 834Skibstransportarbejde 834000Dæksarbejde og medhjælperarbejde ombord på skibe

7 Companies can get help on the Internet

8 Search for the code on www.dst.dk type the occupational title or a search word here

9 The definition of 'managers' The concept managers rises three areas of problems: Managers versus managers with operational tasks/ managers at intermediate level Managers versus sole traders General managers versus corporate managers

10 How supervisors are treated Cannot be interpreted unambiguously Tasks can be similar or identical to those of managers Will be classified to major group 1 or 3 Additional variable helps to classify

11 Nurses and teachers Nurses are classified to major group 2 and 3 Teachers are classified in accordance to whom they teach

12 The definition of technicians Technicians within major group 3 Technicians versus craftsmen The graphic industries Mechanics, refrigeration equipment Information of unionizing helps

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