• 2005/06-2006/07
• 2003/04-2005/06

Occupation description +			Major, sub-major, minor or unit group^	Illness ascribed to their current/most recent job
				Sample cases	Averaged estimated incidence (thousands)			Averaged rate per 100 000 employed in the last 12 months
					central	95% C.I.		central	95% C.I.
						lower	upper		lower	upper
Managers and senior officials			1	422	73	66	80	1720	1550	1880
Corporate managers			11	332	57	51	63	1700	1510	1880
	Corporate managers and senior officials		111	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Production managers		112	38	6	4	8	1080	740	1430
	Functional managers		113	112	19	16	23	1520	1230	1800
	Quality and customer care managers		114	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Financial institution and office managers		115	55	9	7	12	2370	1740	2990
		Financial institution managers	1151	23	4	2	6	2760	1630	3890
		Office managers	1152	32	5	3	7	2140	1390	2880
	Managers in distribution, storage and retailing		116	55	10	7	12	1680	1230	2120
	Protective service officers		117	11	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Health and social services managers		118	33	6	4	7	2720	1790	3660
Managers and proprietors in agriculture and services			12	90	16	12	19	1790	1410	2160
	Managers in farming, horticulture, forestry and fishing		121	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Managers and proprietors in hospitality and leisure services		122	39	7	5	9	2200	1500	2910
	Managers and proprietors in other services industries		123	48	8	6	10	1590	1140	2040
Professional occupations			2	405	70	63	77	1940	1750	2130
Science and technology professionals			21	89	15	12	18	1530	1210	1850
	Science professionals		211	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Engineering professionals		212	44	7	5	10	1720	1210	2230
	Information and communication technology professionals		213	35	6	4	8	1430	950	1920
		IT strategy and planning professionals	2131	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Software professionals	2132	23	4	2	6	1390	810	1970
Health professionals			22	28	5	3	7	1760	1100	2410
Teaching and research professionals			23	190	32	27	37	2260	1940	2580
	Teaching professionals		231	183	31	26	36	2320	1980	2660
	Research professionals		232	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Business and public service professionals			24	98	18	14	21	1950	1560	2340
Associate professional and technical occupations			3	465	83	75	90	2060	1860	2250
Science and technology associate professionals			31	41	7	5	9	1410	980	1850
Health and social welfare associate professionals			32	178	30	25	35	2800	2380	3220
	Health associate professionals		321	129	21	17	25	3180	2620	3730
	Therapists		322	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Social welfare associate professionals		323	35	6	4	8	2380	1590	3170
		Youth and community workers	3231	12	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Housing and welfare officers	3232	23	4	2	6	2510	1480	3530
Protective service occupations			33	52	10	7	12	2870	2070	3660
Culture, media and sports occupations			34	45	8	6	11	1400	980	1820
Business and public service associate professionals			35	149	28	23	32	1830	1520	2130
	Transport associate professionals		351	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Legal associate professionals		352	4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Business and finance associate professionals		353	48	9	6	11	1890	1350	2440
	Sales and related associate professionals		354	35	7	4	9	1510	990	2030
	Conservation associate professionals		355	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public service and other associate professionals		356	52	9	7	12	2080	1500	2670
Administrative and secretarial occupations			4	291	50	44	56	1370	1210	1530
Administrative occupations			41	218	38	33	43	1380	1200	1570
	Administrative occupations: government and related organisations		411	65	11	8	13	1970	1490	2460
		Civil Service executive officers	4111	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Civil Service administrative officers and assistants	4112	31	5	3	7	2340	1520	3150
		Local government clerical officers and assistants	4113	21	3	2	5	1670	960	2380
		Officers of non-governmental organisations	4114	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: finance		412	57	10	7	12	1180	870	1490
		Credit controllers	4121	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Accounts and wages clerks, book-keepers, other financial	4122	32	6	4	8	980	640	1320
		Counter clerks	4123	22	4	2	5	1740	1010	2480
	Administrative occupations: records		413	37	7	4	9	1120	750	1480
	Administrative occupations: communications		414	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Administrative occupations: general		415	49	9	6	11	1250	890	1600
Secretarial and related occupations			42	73	12	9	15	1330	1020	1640
Skilled trades occupations			5	279	50	44	55	1540	1350	1720
Skilled agricultural trades			51	31	5	3	7	1740	1120	2350
Skilled metal and electrical trades			52	95	17	13	20	1340	1060	1620
	Metal forming, welding and related trades		521	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades		522	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Vehicle trades		523	30	6	4	8	2040	1270	2810
	Electrical trades		524	33	6	4	8	1280	840	1720
Skilled construction and building trades			53	110	20	16	24	1770	1440	2100
	Construction trades		531	83	15	12	19	1770	1380	2150
	Building trades		532	27	4	3	6	1770	1100	2450
Textiles, printing and other skilled trades			54	43	8	6	10	1400	970	1830
Personal service occupations			6	218	38	33	43	1660	1440	1880
Caring personal service occupations			61	176	30	26	35	1750	1480	2010
	Healthcare and related personal services		611	130	22	18	26	2320	1920	2720
	Childcare and related personal services		612	43	8	5	10	1030	710	1350
	Animal care services		613	3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Leisure and other personal service occupations			62	42	8	5	10	1390	970	1820
Sales and customer service occupations			7	173	31	26	36	1290	1090	1480
Sales occupations			71	129	23	19	27	1160	960	1370
	Sales assistants and retail cashiers		711	116	21	17	25	1160	950	1370
		Sales and retail assistants	7111	85	15	12	19	1100	870	1340
		Retail cashiers and check-out operators	7112	24	4	2	6	1320	790	1860
		Telephone salespersons	7113	7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Sales related occupations		712	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Customer service occupations			72	44	8	5	10	1910	1330	2490
		Call centre agents/operators	7211	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
		Customer care occupations	7212	34	6	4	8	2040	1330	2740
Process, plant and machine operatives			8	178	32	27	37	1500	1270	1720
Process, plant and machine operatives			81	82	15	11	18	1360	1060	1670
	Process operatives		811	24	4	2	6	1170	700	1640
	Plant and machine operatives		812	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Assemblers and routine operatives		813	30	6	3	8	1520	940	2090
	Construction operatives		814	13	*	*	*	*	*	*
Transport and mobile machine drivers and operatives			82	96	18	14	21	1630	1300	1970
	Transport drivers and operatives		821	86	16	12	19	1730	1350	2110
	Mobile machine drivers and operatives		822	10	*	*	*	*	*	*
Elementary occupations			9	234	42	37	48	1200	1050	1360
Elementary trades, plant and storage related occupations			91	81	15	11	18	1430	1110	1750
	Elementary agricultural occupations		911	2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary construction occupations		912	14	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary process plant occupations		913	24	4	2	6	1510	910	2120
	Elementary goods storage occupations		914	41	8	5	10	1750	1200	2310
		Other goods handling and storage occupations not elsewhere classified	9149	41	8	5	10	1780	1220	2350
Elementary administration and service occupations			92	153	27	23	32	1110	930	1290
	Elementary administration occupations		921	31	6	4	8	2180	1410	2960
		Postal workers, mail sorters, messengers, couriers	9211	31	6	4	8	2570	1660	3480
	Elementary personal services occupations		922	30	5	3	7	590	370	810
	Elementary cleaning occupations		923	54	9	7	12	1210	890	1540
	Elementary security occupations		924	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Elementary sales occupations		925	19	*	*	*	*	*	*
All occupations (illness ascribed to the current or most recent job)				2665	468	449	486	1610	1550	1670
Other job caused illness#				342	60	54	66	..	..	..
Total (illness ascribed to any job)				3007	528	508	547	1820	1750	1880

Notes:

..  Not applicable.

* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.

+ See Appendix 4 in the 'Self-reported work-related illness in 2004/05' (SWI04/05) report for details of Standard Occupational Classification.

# Includes those who did not answer the question identifying the job to which their illness was ascribed and those who said their illness was ascribed to a job other than their current or most recent in the last 12 months.

^Within occupation major groups, some sub-major, minor and unit group information has been provided where some of the categories have sufficiently large sample cases to provide reliable estimates.

Figures in italics are estimates based on fewer than 30 sample cases.

• Definitions and data reliability.
• See Table WRIOCC4_3YRSIG for tests of statistical significance