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SUB-MAJOR GROUP 11: LEGISLATORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS |
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Legislators and senior officials determine, formulate or
advise on and direct government policies, make, ratify, amend
and repeal laws, public rules and regulations, represent
governments and act on their behalf, oversee the interpretation
and implementation of government policies and legislation, or
carry out similar tasks on behalf of special-interest
organisations.
Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually
include: determining and formulating, or advising on and
directing policies of national, state, regional or local
governments: making, ratifying, amending, or repealing laws,
public rules and regulations; representing governments and
acting on their behalf; overseeing the interpretation and
implementation of government policies and legislation by
government or intergovernmental departments and agencies:
performing similar functions for political parties, trade
unions, and other special-interest organisations, including
negotiations on behalf of suchlike organisations, their members
and clients. Supervision of other workers may be included.
Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the
following minor groups:
111 Legislators
112 Senior government officials
113 Traditional chiefs and heads of villages
114 Senior officials of special-interest organisations
Note
In some cases where specific professional, technical or
operational skills and knowledge may be required of workers at
legislative and administrative level, it may be difficult to
decide whether a particular job belongs in this or another
sub-major group. In such cases, additional information on the
main tasks of the job in question is essential. If the main
tasks require the operational application of specific
professional knowledge or a particular technical skill, then the
job belongs in a different sub-major group. If, however,
professional knowledge or technical skill serve only as a basis
for legislative or administrative tasks, then the job belongs
in this sub-major group. For example, if the main tasks of a job
consist of diagnosing and treating illnesses, the job belongs in
Major group 2, Professionals, However, if one of the main tasks
is to allocate research and development funds from a government
budget, on the basis of medical knowledge, then the job belongs
in this sub-major group.
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