MAJOR GROUP 5: SERVICE WORKERS AND SHOP AND MARKET SALES WORKERS
Service workers and shop and market sales workers provide
personal and protective services related to travel,
housekeeping, catering, personal care, or protection against
fire and unlawful acts, or they pose as models for artistic
creation and display, or demonstrate and sell goods in wholesale
or retail shops and similar establishments, as well as at stalls
and on markets. Most occupations in this major group require
skills at the second ISCO skill level.
Tasks performed by service workers and shop and market sales
workers usually include: organisation and provision of services
during travel; housekeeping; preparation and serving of food and
beverages; child care; rudimentary nursing and related care at
homes or in institutions; personal care, such as hairdressing
or beauty treatment; companionship; astrology and fortune-
telling; embalming; funeral arrangements; protection of
individuals and property against fire and unlawful acts and
enforcement of law and order; posing as models for advertising,
artistic creation and display of goods; selling goods in
wholesale or retail establishments, as well as at stalls and on
markets; demonstrating goods to potential customers. Supervision
of other workers may be included.
Occupations in this major group are classified into the
following sub-major groups:
