Classification note
- Published code: 7543
- Hierarchy level: unit-group
- This page uses ISCO-08 as the English occupation reference layer while Thai TSCO label harmonization remains incomplete.
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Occupation hierarchy
- Major Group: 7 Craft and Related Trades Workers
- Sub Major Group: 75 Food Processing, Woodworking, Garment and Other Craft and Related Trades Workers
- Minor Group: 754 Other Craft and Related Workers
- Unit Group: 7543 Product Graders and Testers (except Foods and Beverages)
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.
TSIC codes where this occupation is related
- No related TSIC mapping is published for this occupation yet.
Definition
Product graders and testers (except foods and beverages) inspect, test, sort, sample and weigh raw materials, manufactured components and non-comestible goods produced or sold, to ensure compliance with quality standards and to identify defects, wear, and deviations from specifications, and to grade and classify them according to their quality.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) inspecting and testing products, parts and materials for conformity with specifications and standards; (b) grading and classifying natural textile fibres for spinning and winding; (c) discarding or rejecting products, materials and equipment not meeting specifications; (d) analysing and interpreting blueprints, data, manuals, and other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures; (e) notifying supervisors and other personnel of production problems, and assisting in identifying and correcting these problems; (f) recording inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded; (g) marking items with details such as grade and acceptance or rejection status; (h) measuring dimensions of products using instruments such as rulers, callipers, gauges, or micrometers; (i) analysing test data and making computations as necessary to determine test results.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Product grader - Quality inspector - Wool classer
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Product safety inspector - 3257 - Food grader - 7515 - Fur grader - 7531 - Pelt grader - 7535
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 3152