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Structure and Explanatory Notes(Unit Group)

A Administrative and managerial workers

Explanatory Notes (:31KB)

01 Management government officials
- 011 Legislative officials and government administrators
- 012 Management-level national government officials
- 013 Management-level local government officials
02 Officers of companies and organizations
- 021 Company officers
- 022 Officers of independent administrative agencies, etc.
- 029 Officers of other corporations, organizations
03 Management staff of companies and organizations
- 031 Company management staff
- 032 Independent administrative agency management staff
- 039 Other corporations, organization management staff
04 Other administrative and managerial workers
- 049 Other administrative and managerial workers

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B Professional and engineering workers

Explanatory Notes (:162KB)

05 Researchers
- 051 Natural science researchers
- 052 Humanities, social science, and other researchers
06 Agriculture, forestry, and fishery engineers
- 061 Agriculture, forestry, and fishery engineers
07 Manufacturing engineers (development)
- 071 Food engineers (development)
- 072 Electrical, electronic, telecommunications engineers (except communication network engineers) (development)
- 073 Machinery engineers (development)
- 074 Automobile engineers (development)
- 075 Transportation equipment engineers (except automobiles) (development)
- 076 Metal engineers(development)
- 077 Chemical engineers (development)
- 079 Other manufacturing engineers (development)
08 Manufacturing engineers (except development)
- 081 Food engineers (except development)
- 082 Electrical, electronic, telecommunications technicians (except communication network engineers (except development)
- 083 Machinery engineers (except development)
- 084 Automobile engineers (except development)
- 085 Transportation equipment engineers(except automobiles) (except development)
- 086 Metal engineers (except development)
- 087 Chemistry engineers (except development)
- 089 Other manufacturing engineers (except development)
09 Architects, civil engineers and surveyors
- 091 Architectural engineers
- 092 Civil engineers
- 093 Surveyors
10 Data processing and communication engineers
- 101 System consultants
- 102 System designers
- 103 Data processing project managers
- 104 Software creators
- 105 System operation managers
- 106 Communication network engineers
- 109 Other data processing and communication engineers
11 Other engineers
- 119 Other engineers
12 Doctors, dental surgeons, veterinary surgeons, pharmacists
- 121 Doctors
- 122 Dental surgeons
- 123 Veterinary surgeons
- 124 Pharmacists
13 Public health nurses, midwives, nurses
- 131 Public health nurses
- 132 Midwives
- 133 Nurses (including assistant nurses)
14 Medical technicians
- 141 Diagnostic radiographers
- 142 Clinical engineers
- 143 Clinical laboratory technicians
- 144 Physiotherapists, occupational therapists
- 145 Certified orthoptists, speech therapists
- 146 Dental hygienists
- 147 Dental technicians
15 Other health care workers
- 151 Nutritionists
- 152 Masseurs, chiropractors, acupuncturists, moxacauterists and judo-orthopedists
- 159 Health care workers not classified elsewhere
16 Social welfare specialist professionals
- 161 Welfare counseling guidance professionals
- 162 Welfare facility guidance professionals
- 163 Childcare workers
- 169 Other social welfare specialist professionals
17 Legal workers
- 171 Judges
- 172 Public prosecutors
- 173 Attorneys
- 174 Patent attorneys
- 175 Judicial scriveners
- 179 Other legal workers
18 Management, finance, and insurance professionals
- 181 Certified public accountants
- 182 Licensed tax accountants
- 183 Certified social insurance and labor consultant
- 184 Finance and insurance professionals
- 189 Other management, finance, and insurance professionals
19 Teachers
- 191 Kindergarten teachers
- 192 Elementary school teachers
- 193 Junior high school teachers
- 194 Senior high school teachers
- 195 Secondary educational school teachers
- 196 Special needs education school teachers
- 197 Vocational school teachers
- 198 University professors
- 199 Other teachers
20 Workers in religion
- 201 Workers in religion
21 Authors, journalists, editors
- 211 Authors
- 212 Journalists, editors
22 Artists, designers, photographers, film operators
- 221 Sculptors
- 222 Painters, calligraphers
- 223 Industrial artists
- 224 Designers
- 225 Photographers, film operators
23 Musicians, stage designers
- 231 Musicians
- 232 Dancers
- 233 Actors
- 234 Directors
- 235 Performers
24 Other specialist professionals
- 241 Librarians
- 242 Curators
- 243 Counselors (except medical and welfare facilities)
- 244 Private tutors
- 245 Sports professionals
- 246 Communication equipment operators
- 249 Specialist professionals not classified elsewhere

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C Clerical workers

Explanatory Notes (:35KB)

25 General clerical workers
- 251 General affairs workers
- 252 Human affairs workers
- 253 Planning clerical workers
- 254 Reception and guidance clerical workers
- 255 Secretaries
- 256 Telephone receptionists
- 257 Comprehensive clerical workers
- 259 Other general clerical workers
26 Accountancy clerks
- 261 Cash disbursement and receipt clerks
- 262 Deposit counter clerks
- 263 Accountants business clerks
- 269 Other accountancy clerks
27 Production-related clerical workers
- 271 Production sites clerical workers
- 272 Incoming and outgoing shipment clerks
28 Sales clerks
- 281 Sales clerks
- 289 Other sales clerical workers
29 Outdoor service workers
- 291 Money collectors
- 292 Investigators
- 299 Other outdoor service workers
30 Transport and post clerical workers
- 301 Passenger / freight clerical workers
- 302 Transportation management clerical workers
- 303 Post clerical workers
31 Office appliance operators
- 311 Personal computer operators
- 312 Data entry device operators
- 313 Computer operators (except personal computer)
- 319 Other office appliance operators

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D Sales workers

Explanatory Notes (:34KB)

32 Merchandise sales workers
- 321 Retailers, retail manager
- 322 Wholesalers, wholesale manager
- 323 Shop assistants
- 324 Home visit and mobile sales workers
- 325 Recycled resources collection and wholesale workers
- 326 Goods purchase canvassers
33 Quasi-sales workers
- 331 Real estate agents and dealers
- 332 Insurance agents and brokers
- 333 Stock dealers, Stock brokers, finance brokers
- 334 Pawnbrokers and pawnshop workers
- 339 Other quasi-sales workers
34 Sales workers
- 341 Food sales workers
- 342 Chemical sales workers
- 343 Medicine sales workers
- 344 Machinery sales workers (except communication equipment)
- 345 Communication and system sales workers
- 346 Finance and insurance sales workers
- 347 Real estate sales workers
- 349 Other sales workers

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E Service workers

Explanatory Notes (:42KB)

35 Domestic support service workers
- 351 Housekeepers, home helpers
- 359 Other domestic support service workers
36 Care service workers
- 361 Care workers (medical and welfare facilities, etc.)
- 362 Home visiting care workers
37 Healthcare service workers
- 371 Care assistants
- 372 Dental assistants
- 379 Other healthcare service workers
38 Domestic hygiene service workers
- 381 Hairdressers
- 382 Beauticians
- 383 Cosmetic service workers (except beauticians)
- 384 Bath workers
- 385 Launderers
- 386 Fullers
39 Food and drink preparatory workers
- 391 Cooks
- 392 Bartenders
40 Customer service workers
- 401 Restaurateurs, restaurant managers
- 402 Japanese inn owners and managers
- 403 Food and drink service workers
- 404 Personal assistance workers
- 405 Customer entertainment workers
- 406 Geisha, dancers
- 407 Service workers in places of entertainment, etc.
41 Residential facilities, office buildings and other management personnel
- 411 Condominiums, apartment buildings, and lodging houses management personnel
- 412 Hostel and dormitory management personnel
- 413 Office building management personnel
- 414 Car park management personnel
42 Other service workers
- 421 Travel and tourist guides
- 422 Left luggage handlers
- 423 Commodity hire workers
- 424 Advertisers
- 425 Undertakers, crematorium workers
- 429 Service workers not classified elsewhere

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F Security workers

Explanatory Notes (:24KB)

43 Self-defense officials
- 431 Ground self-defense officials
- 432 Maritime self-defense officials
- 433 Air self-defense officials
- 434 Defense Academy, National Defense Medical College students
44 Judicial police staff
- 441 Police officers
- 442 Maritime safety officials
- 449 Other judicial police staff
45 Other public security workers
- 451 Prison guards
- 452 Firefighters
- 453 Security staff
- 459 Other public security workers not classified elsewhere

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G Agriculture, forestry and fishery workers

Explanatory Notes (:23KB)

46 Agriculture workers
- 461 Crop farming workers
- 462 Livestock farm workers
- 463 Landscape gardeners, nursery workers
- 469 Other agricultural workers
47 Forestry workers
- 471 Forest nursery workers
- 472 Tree-felling, logging, and collecting workers
- 473 Other forestry workers
48 Fishery workers
- 481 Fishery workers
- 482 Ships' captains, navigation officers, chief engineers, engineers (fishing boats)
- 483 Seaweed and shellfish harvesting workers
- 484 Aquaculture workers
- 489 Other fishery workers

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H Manufacturing process workers

Explanatory Notes (:154KB)

49 Manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers (metal products)
- 491 Pig-iron forging, steelmaking, non-ferrous metal smelting facility control and monitoring workers
- 492 Cast metal manufacturing and forging facility control and monitoring workers
- 493 Metal machine tools facility control and monitoring workers
- 494 Metal press facility control and monitoring workers
- 495 Ironwork and boilermaking facility control and monitoring workers
- 496 Sheet metal facility control and monitoring workers
- 497 Metal sculpture and plating facility control and monitoring workers
- 498 Metal welding and fusion cutting facility control and monitoring
- 499 Other manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers (metal products)
50 Production facility control and monitoring workers (except metal products)
- 501 Chemical product manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers
- 502 Ceramic, earth, and stone product manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers
- 503 Food manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers
- 504 Beverage and cigarette manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers
- 505 Spinning, weaving, apparel, and fiber product manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers
- 506 Wooden and paper product manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers
- 507 Printing and bookbinding facility control and monitoring workers
- 508 Rubber, plastic product manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers
- 509 Other manufacturing facility control and monitoring workers (except metal products)
51 Machine assembly facility control and monitoring workers
- 511 General-purpose, manufacturing, and business-use mechanical apparatus assembly facility control and monitoring workers
- 512 Electro-mechanical apparatus assembly facility control and monitoring workers
- 513 Automobile assembly facility control and monitoring workers
- 514 Transportation machinery assembly facility control and monitoring workers (except automobiles)
- 515 Weighing and measuring appliance, photo-optic mechanical apparatus assembly facility control and monitoring workers
52 Product manufacturing and processing workers (metal products)
- 521 Pig-iron forging, steelmaking, non-ferrous metal smelting workers
- 522 Cast metal manufacturing and forging workers
- 523 Metal machine tools workers
- 524 Metal press workers
- 525 Ironworkers, boilermakers
- 526 Sheet metal workers
- 527 Metal sculpture and plating workers
- 528 Metal welding and fusion cutting workers
- 529 Other product manufacturing and processing workers (metal products)
53 Product manufacturing and processing workers (except metal products)
- 531 Chemical product manufacturing workers
- 532 Ceramic, earth, and stone product manufacturing workers
- 533 Food manufacturing workers
- 534 Beverage and cigarette manufacturing workers
- 535 Spinning, weaving, apparel, and fiber product manufacturing workers
- 536 Wooden and paper product manufacturing workers
- 537 Printing and bookbinding workers
- 538 Rubber, plastic product manufacturing workers
- 539 Other product manufacturing and processing workers (except metal products)
54 Machine assembly workers
- 541 General-purpose, manufacturing, and business-use mechanical apparatus assembly workers
- 542 Electro-mechanical apparatus assembly workers
- 543 Automobile assembly workers
- 544 Transportation machinery assembly workers (except automobiles)
- 545 Weighing and measuring appliance, photo-optic mechanical apparatus assembly workers
55 Machine maintenance and repair workers
- 551 General-purpose, manufacturing, and business-use mechanical apparatus maintenance and repair workers
- 552 Electro-mechanical apparatus maintenance and repair workers
- 553 Automobile maintenance and repair workers
- 554 Transportation machinery maintenance and repair workers (except automobiles)
- 555 Weighing and measuring appliance, photo-optic mechanical apparatus maintenance and repair workers
56 Product inspection workers (metal products)
- 561 Metal material inspection workers
- 562 Metal processing, welding, fusion cutting workers
57 Product inspection workers (except metal products)
- 571 Chemical product inspection workers
- 572 Ceramic, earth, and stone product inspection workers
- 573 Food inspection workers
- 574 Beverage and cigarette inspection workers
- 575 Spinning, weaving, apparel, and fiber product inspection workers
- 576 Wooden and paper product inspection workers
- 577 Printing and bookbinding inspection workers
- 578 Rubber, plastic product inspection workers
- 579 Other product inspection workers (except metal products)
58 Machine inspection workers
- 581 General-purpose, manufacturing, and business-use mechanical apparatus inspection workers
- 582 Electro-mechanical apparatus inspection workers
- 583 Automobile inspection workers
- 584 Transportation machinery inspection workers (except automobiles)
- 585 Weighing and measuring appliance, photo-optic mechanical apparatus inspection workers
59 Manufacturing-related and quasi-manufacturing workers
- 591 Manufacturing-related workers
- 592 Quasi-manufacturing workers

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I Transport and machine operation workers

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60 Railway drivers
- 601 Electric train drivers
- 609 Other train drivers
61 Motor vehicle drivers
- 611 Bus drivers
- 612 Passenger automobile drivers
- 613 Goods vehicle drivers
- 619 Other motor vehicle drivers
62 Ship and aircraft operators
- 622 Navigation officers, navigators (except fishing boats), pilots
- 623 Ships' chief engineers, engineers (except fishing boats)
- 624 Aircraft pilots
63 Other transport workers
- 631 Conductors
- 632 Railway transport workers
- 633 Deckhands, dual purpose crew (DPC)
- 634 Ships stokers
- 639 Transport workers not classified elsewhere
64 Stationary and construction machinery operators
- 641 Power plant and substation workers
- 642 Boiler operators
- 643 Crane, winch operators
- 644 Pump, blower, compressors operators
- 645 Construction, well-drilling machinery operators
- 646 Oil drilling and natural gas drilling machinery operators
- 649 Other stationary and construction machinery operators

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J Construction and mining workers

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65 Construction skeleton workers
- 651 Molding box carpenters
- 652 Scaffolding workers
- 653 Steel reinforcement workers
66 Construction workers (except construction skeleton workers)
- 661 Carpenters
- 662 Block and tile laying workers
- 663 Roofing workers
- 664 Plasterers
- 665 Tatami workers
- 666 Pipe laying workers
- 669 Other construction workers
67 Electric construction workers
- 671 Power line hanging and laying workers
- 672 Distribution line hanging and laying workers
- 673 Communication line hanging and laying workers
- 674 Telecommunication equipment construction workers
- 679 Other electric construction workers
68 Civil engineering workers
- 681 Civil engineering workers
- 682 Railway line construction workers
- 683 Dam, tunnel excavation workers
69 Mine workers
- 691 Miners
- 692 Stone quarry workers
- 693 Gravel, sand and clay quarrying workers
- 699 Other mine workers

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K Carrying, cleaning, packaging, and related workers

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70 Carrying workers
- 701 Mail and telegram collection and delivery workers
- 702 Onboard and quayside cargo handlers
- 703 Land-based cargo handling and carrying workers
- 704 Warehouse workers
- 705 Delivery workers
- 706 Packing workers
71 Cleaning workers
- 711 Building cleaning workers
- 712 House cleaning workers
- 713 Road and park cleaning workers
- 714 Garbage and human waste treatment workers
- 715 Industrial waste treatment workers
- 719 Other cleaning workers
72 Packaging workers
- 721 Packaging workers
73 Other carrying, cleaning, packaging, and related workers
- 739 Other carrying, cleaning, packaging, and related workers