Occupation SS1 Commerce Lesson Note

Occupation can be defined as any job that is legal in which people are engaged to earn a living.

CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATIONS

Occupations are classified into six major divisions namely: 

1. Extractive Occupation  
2. Manufacturing Occupation 
3. Constructive Occupation  
4. Commercial Occupation 
5. Direct Services
6. Indirect Services 

1. Extractive Occupation: This involves all kinds of work concerned with the extraction of natural resources from the soil, the sea or forest e.g. farming, fishing, hunting, lumbering, mining, quarrying etc. 
2. Manufacturing Occupation: Workers involved in this occupation are engaged in changing the form of raw materials extracted from the soil or sea into finished or semi-finished products e.g. raw rubber to vehicle tyres, raw cotton to textile material etc. 
3. Constructive Occupation: Workers involved in this occupation are engaged in assembling the various components from the extractive and manufacturing industry and building them into organized usable structures eg bringing iron rods, cement, planks, sand, and corrugated iron sheet to make a building. 
4. Commercial Occupation: This is referred to as secondary occupation and comprises those groups of people who make it possible for goods and services produced to be made available to people who need them e.g. Insurance, transport, advertising, warehousing, communication, banking and finance. 
5. Direct Services: These include those whose economic activities involve giving satisfaction, amusement, entertainment and rendering personal services to others. They are services rendered directly and paid for directly e.g. barbing, musicians, doctors, stewards, drivers actors etc.
6. Indirect Services: These involve those who earn their living by rendering services to the public. The workers involved are paid by the government for the services they render e.g. civil servants, policemen, soldiers, customs, fire service personnel etc. 

FACTORS INFLUENCING OCCUPATION

1. Education and Training 
2. Natural skills and talent
3.  Remuneration
4. Government policy 
5. Personal interest 
6. Nature of the job available
7.  Age
8. Sex
9. Customs/family background 
10. Geographical features
11. Natural Resources Endowment
12. Extraneous factors e.g. health, life ambitions, peer pressure etc.