Classification note
- Published code: 62
- Hierarchy level: sub-major-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: 6 Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers
- Sub Major Group: 62 Market-Oriented Skilled Forestry, Fishery and Hunting Workers
Child groups
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
Market-oriented skilled forestry, fishery and hunting workers plan, organize and perform operations to cultivate, conserve and exploit natural and plantation forests, breed and raise fish, harvest and catch fish; and hunt and trap animals, for sale or delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets. Competent performance in most occupations in this sub-major group requires skills at the second ISCO skill level.
Tasks include
Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually include: renting or investing, equipment and machinery and purchasing supplies; planning and undertaking forestry, aquaculture, fishery and hunting operations; maintaining buildings, tanks, machinery and other equipment; delivering or marketing products; supervising and training other workers.
Included occupations or child groups
Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the following minor groups: 621 Forestry and Related Workers 622 Fishery Workers, Hunters and Trappers
Notes
Jobs should be classified in Sub-major Group 63: Subsistence Farmers, Fishers, Hunters and Gatherers, when goods (mostly food) are produced mainly for own consumption or for consumption by other members of the worker s household. If a large surplus is produced, and more goods are sold than consumed, but the main aim of production was own consumption, the jobs should nevertheless be classified in Sub-major Group 63. Jobs should only be classified in Sub-major Group 61: Market-oriented Skilled Agricultural Workers, or 62, Market-oriented Skilled Forestry, Fishery and Hunting Workers if the main aim of the activity is to produce goods for the market.