The variant of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021 Version 1.0 with Aggregates for Analysis of Labour force is a regrouping variant. The first level of the variant replaces the broad occupational categories by regrouping for labour force categories and a new level has been added above major groupings in order to aggregate selected major groups.
The variant is designed to provide a context-specific alternative to the standard classification structure. The variant regroups occupations by similar characteristics such as wages, tenure, hours worked, union status, management responsibilities.
Each grouping is composed of complete major groups; no major groups are split between variant groupings.
| Variant code | Variant grouping for labour force categories |
|---|---|
| L0 | This section comprises all management occupations with management responsibilities. It includes legislators, senior managers and middle managers. |
| L1 | This section comprises all professional occupations in finance and business; administrative and financial supervisors and specialized administrative occupations; administrative occupations and transportation logistics occupations; and administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L2 | This section comprises occupations in natural sciences (including basic and applied sciences and experimental development), engineering, architecture and information technology. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L3 | This section comprises occupations concerned with providing health care services directly to patients (professional and technical occupations in health) and occupations that provide support to health services. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L4 | This section comprises occupations concerned with teaching, law, counselling, conducting social science research, developing government policy, and administering government and other programs, and related support occupations. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L5 | This section comprises professional, technical, support and other occupations concerned with art and culture (including the performing arts, film and video, broadcasting, journalism, writing, creative design, libraries and museums), recreation and sports. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L6 | This section comprises occupations concerned with wholesale and retail sales, and customer, personal and support service occupations related to a wide range of industries, such as accommodation and food services, travel, tourism and cleaning services. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L7 | This section comprises occupations concerned with transportation; technical trades; general trades; and mail and message distribution. Transportation officers and controllers; other transport equipment operators and related maintenance workers; and helpers and labourers and other transport drivers, operators and labourers are also included. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L8 | This section comprises supervision and equipment operation occupations in the natural resource-based sectors of mining, oil and gas production, forestry and logging, agriculture, horticulture and fishing. Harvesting, landscaping and natural resources labourers are also included. Most occupations in this category are industry specific and do not occur outside of the primary resources industries. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
| L9 | This section comprises all occupations concerned with supervisory, production and labouring in manufacturing, processing and utilities. It excludes middle management occupations, which are included in variant category L0 - Management occupations. |
Hierarchical structure
The structure of the NOC 2021 V1.0 – Aggregates for Analysis of Labour force variant is hierarchical. It is composed of six levels:
Level 1: section - regrouping for labour force categories (two-digit alpha numeric variant codes)
Level 2: division (three -digit alpha numeric variant codes)
Level 3: major group (two-digit standard codes)
Level 4: sub-major group (three-digit standard codes)
Level 5: minor group (four-digit standard codes)
Level 6: unit group (five-digit standard codes)