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Including: Passenger transport; Plumbing and heating; Professions allied to construction; Public administration; Retail; Social care; Voluntary

Passenger transport - UPDATED!
Includes – bus and coach, light and heavy rail, taxi (hackney) and private hire, aviation, driver training, community transport, transport planning
Occupational examples  – airline customer service agent, airport baggage handler, air traffic controller, coach driver, heavy vehicle maintenance and repair technician, road transport manager

Plumbing and heating 
Includes – a range of services to the construction industry and various industrial, commercial, retail and domestic clients
Occupational examples – building services engineer, heating and ventilation fitter/welder, domestic heating fitter, ductwork installer, air conditioning engineer, plumber

Police and community justice – replaced and updated by the Justice sector

Professions allied to construction  
Includes – part of the property sector, which is involved with building, creating and assessment and covers a wide range of services related to the design, planning, appraisal, acquisition, disposal of land, buildings and associated resources
Occupational examples – architects, town planners, surveyors

Public administration 
Includes – general pubic service activities such as administration of central, regional and local bodies, government regulation agencies, judicial activities, compulsory social security
Occupational examples – secretarial and administrative staff, environmental health officer, democratic services officer

Retail 
Includes – retail outlets ranging from national chains of supermarkets and high street department stores through to local corner shops, along with catalogue companies and internet retailing
Occupational examples – sales assistants, retail cashiers, shop managers

Social care 
Includes – day care centres, domiciliary care services, care homes, children’s homes, social work, adoption and fostering services offered by social services departments
Occupational examples – social workers, care home workers, domiciliary care managers, residential wardens, occupational therapists

Transport  – replaced and updated by Passenger transport

Voluntary 
Includes – all organisations with charitable status or are not-for-profit, which covers a large range of areas of which social care, housing, health care, education and community justice are the most common
Occupational examples – charity fundraiser, charity officer, advice worker, volunteer work organiser

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