SS1 Commerce Lesson Note on Occupation

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TOPIC: OCCUPATION

CONTENT: (a)Meaning of occupation

     (b)Classification of Occupation

SUB TOPIC 1: MEANING OF OCCUPATION

The term occupation refers to as any legitimate activity that someone does for a living i.e the work people do, example include teaching, barbing, trading etc.

Definition of occupation

The word Occupation has received different definition from scholars.

Occupation was defined by an author as any legal, Economic and Commercial activities engaged in by people of legal age in order to earn a living and satisfy their needs. Another author defined Occupation is any economic or productive activities which people engage in to create and procure goods and services in order to make a living.

Occupation can be categorized into industrial, commercial and services as it is diagrammatically presented ABOVE;

EVALUATION

• define occupation
• Show with the aid of a diagram the classification of occupation.

SUB TOPIC 2: CLASSIFICATION OF OCCUPATION

There are various ways of classifying (grouping) occupations. Businesses are classified according to the nature of the work involved. Therefore, occupation can be classified into three main groups, namely: Industrial occupation, Commercial occupation and Services.

INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATION

Industrial occupation is used to describe all activities concerned with the production of goods. These are people that engage in extracting raw materials from the sea or soil and changing them into finished components.

TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATION

1. Extractive occupation: The extractive industries are those who engage in obtaining raw materials and natural resources from the soil or sea. They include all kinds of farming, fishing, mining, quarrying, forestry and hunting. It is referred to as the primary stage of production.
2. Manufacturing occupation: Manufacturing occupation are concerned with the activities of those who engage in processing and turning raw materials produced in the primary industry into finished products e.g. food processing, textile, plastic making etc
3. Constructive occupation: Constructive occupation is concerned with all activities of those who engage in assembling of goods manufactured into usable form. They convert manufactured into various uses e.g. bricklayer, road builder, and goldsmith, carpenter etc

COMMERCIAL OCCUPATION

Commercial occupation includes all occupation that are concerned with trade and other activities that will ensure effective and efficient distribution of goods and services. These services are referred to as auxiliaries to trade and they are transportation, insurance, advertising, banking and tourism. Those who belong to this category help to distribute goods and services produced by the industries.

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