Classifications of Professional Occupations

This post summarizes professional categories taxonomies.

List of Professional Categories Taxonomies

List of professional categories taxonomies:

  • ISCO
  • ESCO
  • ISIC
  • NACE
  • CPV
  • COFOG

ISCO

International Standard of Classification of Occupation (ISCO) is issued by the United Nations’ International Labour Organization (ILO).

Official website for ISCO’s Classification of Occupation

ESCO

European Standard Classification of Occupation (ESCO).

Official website for ESCO’s occupations

ISIC

International Standard Industry Classification of all Economical Activies (ISIC) is a publication issued by the United Nations.

Rather than a classification for occupation, it is a classification for activies.

As of 2024, latest version is v4.

Download ISIC v4

NACE

The Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, commonly known by the accronym NACE, has its own list of occupations.

There is correspondance betwwen NACE and ISIC.

NACE at Wikipedia

CPV

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) is developed by the European Union.

COFOG

Classification of the Fuctions Government (COFOG) is about public sector. It is issued by the European Union.

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