Statistics Denmark DISCO

Kenneth ChristensenLabour Marketresponsibility: DISCO

Birgitte BrondumIncome and Registersresponsibility: SOCIO

DISCO = Danish Version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations

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

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. 

NOC’s based on ISCO-88

DISCOLONEmployees 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)

Publications to help the users

Page 26 in the publication “DISCOLØN 2004”

8324 Last- og tankbilschauffører832410 Last- og tankbilschauffører med farligt gods, national transport832420 Last- og tankbilschauffører med farligt gods, international transport832430 Last- og tankbilschauffører med flytteopgaver832440 Last- og tankbilschauffører med renovationsopgaver832450 Last- og tankbilschauffører med salgs- og repræsentationsopgaver832460 Andre last- og tankbilschauffører, national transport832470 Andre last- og tankbilschauffører, international transport833 Arbejde med andre mobile maskiner og køretøjer833100 Landbrugsmaskinførere833200 Entreprenørmaskinførere8333 Kran- og liftførerarbejde833310 Kranførere ved stationære kraner833320 Kran- og liftførere ved mobile kraner og lifte833400 Truckførere834 Skibstransportarbejde834000 Dæksarbejde og medhjælperarbejde ombord på skibe

Companies can get help on the Internet

Search for the code on www.dst.dk

type the occupationaltitle or a search word

here

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

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

Nurses and teachers

• Nurses are classified to major group 2 and 3

• Teachers are classified in accordance to whom they teach

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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