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The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) is one of the main international classifications for which ILO is responsible. It belongs to the international family of economic and social classifications.
The International Standard Classification of Occupations is a tool for organising jobs into a clearly defined set of groups according to the tasks and duties undertaken in the job. It is intended both for statistical users and for client oriented users. The main client oriented applications are in the recruitment of workers through employment offices, in the management of short or long term migration of workers between countries as well as in the development of vocational training programmes and guidance.
The first version of the International Standard Classifications of Occupations was adopted in 1957 by the Ninth International Conference of Labour Statisticians. It is known as ISCO-58. This version was promptly superseded by ISCO-68, which was adopted by the Eleventh International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1966. The third and current version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88, was adopted by the Fourteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians in 1987. Many national occupational classifications are based on one of the three ISCO versions, depending on the date in which they were developed.
ISCO-88 is currently in the process of being updated to take into account the developments in the economies of countries all over the world. The updating will not affect the basic principles and structure of ISCO-88 but will take the form of new occupational groups in some areas and improved descriptions in others. The updating process will be carried out on the basis of feedback from countries as well on the experience gained in applying ISCO-88 in countries. The updated version will be ready in 2008 so that countries can incorporate it in their preparations for the next round of Population Censuses.
For further information on ISCO, please contact:
The ISCO team
Bureau of Statistics
International Labour Office
4, route des Morillons
1211 - Geneva - 22
Switzerland
Fax. +41 (22) 799.69.57
Email: isco@ilo.org
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