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digit SBC-1992 1992 codes of which one is a low skilled occupation, two are intermediate skilled and two
are high skilled occupations. According to ISCO-88, , this unit group has only one skill level.
Almost 1,5% of all respondents from the Dutch Labor Force Survey 2 belong long to SBC SBC-1992 5-
digit occupations that are converted in ISCO-88 unit group ‘Corporate orporate managers managers, nothing otherwise
specified’, because no other appropriate unit group could be assigned. This could be the case
because the SBC was more recently updated tha than n ISCO. The draft version of ISCO ISCO-08 shows more
unit groups for this major group and probably more respondent can be assigned better unit groups.
4.4 Overall judgement of the Dutch NOC
The grouping of occupations with less than 5,000 workers can be a pro problem blem for cross-
national comparison. Although these occupations were grouped by the similarity of the tasks, it
gives strange combinations inations at the unit groups, e.g. 79401 Manager hotel, restaurant, laundrette,
hairdresser’s shop corresponds with ISCO ISCO-88 code 1210 Directors and chief executives. The
manager of a hairdresser’s shop is more likely to correspond with the major group 13 ‘General
managers’ and therefore a problem occur occurs when using 2 digit occupational data for cross cross-national
research. The draft version sion of ISCO ISCO-08 08 shows even more available unit groups to correspond this
SBC code to: 1411 Hotel manager, 1412 Restaurant managers, or 1120 Managing directors and
chief executives. Overall, looking at the new, more detailed unit groups in ISCO ISCO-08, the change
that this problem will keep reoccurring for these grouped occupations becomes even bigger bigger.
Although skill level has been tested in 1992, a lot has changed in the educational system in
the Netherlands. Together ogether with the technical innovations that took place since 1992, the change
that the skill levels are incorrect nowadays is very likely.
5. The National Occupational Classification in France
France has a long tradition for different services having separate classifications of
occupations, each 'tailor-made' made' for a specific need. The French Employment Agency (ANPE) has
developed a classification and dictionary (ROME) especially for the needs of job placements, paying
special attention to how the experience from one occupation may be relevant for recruitment to
jobs in other occupations. ROME was last revised and updated in 1994. The Centre d'études et de
recherches sur les qualifications (CEREQ) has developed a dictionary and classification of
occupations (RFE) with emphasis on their relationship to educ education and training. Statistics France
(INSEE) has developed a Nomenclature des professions et catégories socioprofessionnelles (PCS)
especially designed to serve as instrument for a statistical description of the social structure of
France and the behaviour r of the different segments of French society (Embury, Gulati, Mata &
Hoffmann, 1997). . This last classification is used for the Labour Force Survey and for data
communicated to the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) and will be discussed here.
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Based on the information provided by the Dutch National Statistics, CBS. These data are compiled through the
Dutch Labour Force Survey, 2003 – 2005.
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