Classification note
- Published code: 7317
- 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: 73 Handicraft and Printing Workers
- Minor Group: 731 Handicraft Workers
- Unit Group: 7317 Handicraft Workers in Wood, Basketry and Related Materials
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
Handicraft workers in wood, basketry and related materials apply traditional techniques such as seasoning, impregnation to prepare wood, straw, rattan, reeds, clay, shells and other materials, and carve, mould, assemble, weave or paint and decorate various articles for personal or household use or for decorative purposes. Basketry weavers, brush makers and related workers select and prepare materials such as bristles, nylon, fibre, bass, whisker and wire to make wicker furniture, brushes and brooms, and weave various kinds of baskets.
Tasks include
Tasks include - (a) preparing wood, straw, rattan, reeds, shells, or similar materials; (b) carving floral and artistic designs on wooden surfaces for decorative purposes; (c) painting freehand decorative designs on glass and pottery or porcelain ware; (d) carving, assembling, weaving, painting and decorating various articles for personal or household use such as salad bowls, serving-spoons, cutting-boards, trays, vases, jugs, baskets, straw hats, straw mats and similar objects; (e) carving, assembling, weaving and painting various decorative articles such as statues and other sculptures, chess pieces, jewellery and similar objects; (f) making wicker furniture from peeled and softened rattan, reeds, rushes, willow branches and similar materials; (g) making various kinds of baskets by interlacing osier, rattan, reeds, rushes or similar materials; (h) forming bottom of basket by interlacing strips of rattan, wood veneer or other material with framework of rods of material such as willow; (i) inserting rods around edge of bottom between woven sections of bottom and bending them upright to serve as framework for sides; (j) selecting and preparing brush materials, such as bristles, nylon, fibres and wire, and setting them in brush base; (k) selecting and preparing materials, such as broom corn, bass, whisker and fibre, and fastening them to broom handles.
Included occupations or child groups
Examples of the occupations classified here: - Basket maker - Brush maker - Reed weaving handicraft worker - Wicker furniture maker - Wooden articles handicraft worker
Excluded occupations
Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Machine operator (wood products) - 7523
ISCO-88 correspondence
- 7424