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, proofreader, 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 (NCO)
GROUP 3: Tradespeople, clerks and skilled office, sales and service staff
- Tradespeople generally have completed a 4-year trade certificate, usually by apprenticeship. All tradespeople 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/teacher’s aide, dental assistant, veterinary nurse, nursing assistant, museum/gallery attendant, usher, home helper, salon assistant, animal attendant)
- Labourers and related workers
- Defence Forces ranks below senior NCO not included above
- 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 park attendant, crossing supervisor)
GROUP 8: This category is used for those who have not been in paid work for the previous 12 months or longer.