Thailand business reference

Occupation 2641 - Authors and Related Writers

Primary-source occupation page using the ILO ISCO-08 structure as the English reference layer.

2026-05-05Not official

Classification note

  • Published code: 2641
  • Hierarchy level: unit-group
  • This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.

Occupation hierarchy

  • Major Group: 2 Professionals
  • Sub Major Group: 26 Legal, Social and Cultural Professionals
  • Minor Group: 264 Authors, Journalists and Linguists
  • Unit Group: 2641 Authors and Related Writers

Child groups

  • No child groups are published under this code.

TSIC codes where this occupation is primary

  • No primary TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
  • No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.

Definition

Authors and related writers plan, research and write books, scripts, storyboards, plays, essays, speeches, manuals, specifications and other non-journalistic articles (excluding material for newspapers, magazines and other periodicals) for publication or presentation.

Tasks include

Tasks include - (a) conceiving, writing and editing novels, plays, scripts, poetry and other material for publication or presentation; (b) conducting research to establish factual content and to obtain other necessary information; (c) writing scripts and continuities and preparing programmes for stage, film, radio and television productions; (d) analysing material, such as specifications, notes and drawings, and creating manuals, instructions for use, user guides and other documents to explain clearly and concisely the installation, operation and maintenance of software, electronic, mechanical and other equipment; (e) writing brochures, handbooks and similar technical publications; (f) selecting material for publication, checking style, grammar and accuracy of content, arranging for any necessary revisions and checks proof copies before printing.

Included occupations or child groups

Examples of the occupations classified here: - Author - Book editor - Essayist - Indexer - Interactive media writer - Novelist - Playwright - Poet - Script writer - Speech writer - Technical communicator - Technical writer - Writer

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Advertising copy writer - 2431 - Public relations copy writer - 2432 - Journalist - 2642 - Newspaper editor- 2642

ISCO-88 correspondence

  • 2451