Classification note
- Published code: 264
- Hierarchy level: minor-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: 2 Professionals
- Sub Major Group: 26 Legal, Social and Cultural Professionals
- Minor Group: 264 Authors, Journalists and Linguists
Child groups
- 2641 - Authors and Related Writers
- 2642 - Journalists
- 2643 - Translators, Interpreters and Other Linguists
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
Authors, journalists and linguists conceive and create literary works, interpret and communicate news and public affairs through the media; and translate or interpret from one language into another.
Tasks include
Tasks performed usually include: writing literary works; appraising merits of literary and other works of art; collecting information about current affairs and writing about them; researching, investigating, interpreting and communicating news and public affairs through newspapers, television, radio and other media; translating written material from one language to another; simultaneously translating from one language to another.
Included occupations or child groups
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups: 2641 Authors and related writers 2642 Journalists 2643 Translators, interpreters and other linguists