JSS1 Business Studies Lesson Note on Occupation

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MEANING AND FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE CHOICE OF OCCUPATION

• CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATION
• MEANING OF OCCUPATION

Occupation is any legitimate activity one engages in order to earn a living.  It is a means of livelihood of a person. For example, mining, fishing, plumber, mechanic, teaching, trading, law, medicine etc.

FACTORS THAT DETERMINE OCCUPATION

1. Climatic and Weather Condition:  Because of climate and weather differences from place to place, people engage themselves in one form of occupation or the other to earn a living.
2. Natural Resources: Natural resources endowment is also a determinant of one’s occupation.  The presence of mineral resources in a particular place will attract the presence of miners and also determines the location of different types of industries.  The availability of seaports and large bodies of water like ocean which are part of natural resources has accounted for people’s engagement in different activities and occupation.
3. Health Factor: There are some occupations which people who are not physically fit cannot engage in. e.g. Nursing, Teaching etc.
4. Skill and Training: People engaged themselves in occupation in which they have acquired skill and training.
5. Interest and Aptitude: People engaged in occupation they have interest in.
6. Salary and Wages: The salary and wages attached to a particular occupation determines the number of people that will be interested in such occupation

EVALUATION

1. Define Occupation
2. State 3 factors that could determine occupation.

SUB-TOPIC:  CLASSIFICATION/DIVISION OF OCCUPATION

CONTENT:

The different occupation in which people engage themselves can be classified into four main division namely; primary or extractive occupation, Industrial or secondary Occupation, Commercial or tertiary Occupation and Service

(a) Primary/Extraction Occupation:  This occupation is concerned with the removal of raw materials from air, land or sea for the purpose of being worked upon by the manufacturing and construction industries.  For example, Agriculture, Mining and Quarrying, Fishing and Forestry etc.

(b) Industrial Occupation:    This industrial work includes extraction, manufacturing and construction.

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