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SUB-MAJOR GROUP 11: LEGISLATORS AND SENIOR OFFICIALS
 


    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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 Updated 16 September 2004, by VA.