A suggested citation for this scale is:

F.L. Jones (1989), "Occupational prestige in Australia: a new scale", Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology, 25 (August): 187-199.

	Conversion Details of ASCO (1st Edition) to ANU3_1
ASCO Code	Indicative Occupational Title	ANU3_1 Score
	MAJOR GROUPS
1	Managers & administrators	52.4
2	Professionals	64.9
3	Para-professionals	44.7
4	Tradespersons	25.4
5	Clerks	27.1
6	Salespersons & personal service workers	27.0
7	Plant & machine operators, & drivers	12.1
8	Labourers & related workers	9.5
	MINOR GROUPS
11	Legislators & government officials	96.6
12	General managers	76.0
13	Specialist managers	67.4
14	Farmers & farm managers	48.5
15	Managing supervisors (Sales & service)	42.5
16	Managing supervisors (Other business)	42.2
21	Natural scientists	71.2
22	Building professionals & engineers	68.1
23	Health Diagnosis & treatment practitioners	81.9
24	School teachers	65.5
25	Other teachers & instructors	60.3
26	Social professionals	68.9
27	Business professionals	59.2
28	Artists & related professionals	48.5
29	Miscellaneous professionals	63.5
31	Medical & science technical officers & technicians	41.8
32	Engineering & building associates & technicians	41.5
33	Air & sea transport technical workers	59.5
34	Registered nurses	50.4
35	Police	53.6
39	Miscellaneous para-professionals	35.8
41	Metal fitting & machining tradespersons	27.1
42	Other metal tradespersons	22.2
43	Electrical & electronics tradespersons	33.2
44	Building tradespersons	21.5
45	Printing tradespersons	26.6
46	Vehicle tradespersons	30.2
47	Food tradespersons	25.2
48	Amenity horticultural tradespersons	12.0
49	Miscellaneous tradespersons	24.0
51	Stenographers & typists	29.7
52	Data processing & business machine operators	33.8
53	Numerical clerks	28.8
54	Filing, sorting & copying clerks	18.8
55	Material recording & despatching clerks	22.0
56	Receptionists, telephonists & messengers	25.5
59	Miscellaneous clerks	24.2
61	Investment, insurance & real estate salespersons	45.8
62	Sales representatives	39.3
63	Sales assistants	25.3
64	Tellers, cashiers & ticket salespersons	18.4
65	Miscellaneous salespersons	20.3
66	Personal service workers	29.6
71	Road & rail transport drivers	12.8
72	Mobile plant operators (except transport)	13.5
73	Stationary plant operators	15.1
74	Machine operators	8.3
81	Trades assistants & factory hands	7.7
82	Agricultural labourers & related workers	16.4
83	Cleaners	3.7
84	Construction & mining labourers	8.8
89	Miscellaneous labourers & related workers	11.8
	UNIT GROUPS
1101	Parliamentarians, councillors & govt representatives	97.0
1103	Judges, magistrates & mediators	96.1
1201	General managers	76.0
1301	Finance managers	64.4
1303	Sales & marketing managers	66.1
1305	Production managers	60.0
1307	Supply & distribution managers	57.9
1309	Personnel & industrial relations managers	71.0
1311	Data processing managers	75.4
1313	Public policy managers	84.1
1315	Directors of nursing	63.0
1317	Education managers	82.0
1319	Commissioned officers (management)	64.8
1399	Other specialist managers	69.1
1401	Farmers & farm managers	48.5
1501	Shop managers	40.9
1503	Restaurant & catering managing supervisors	39.9
1505	Accommodation & tavern managing supervisors	42.2
1507	Financial institution branch managers	54.7
1599	Other managing supervisors (sales & service)	44.6
1601	Managing supervisors (other business)	42.2
2101	Chemists	67.0
2103	Geologists & Geophysicists	79.2
2105	Physicists	85.5
2107	Life scientists	70.1
2109	Medical testing professionals	69.9
2199	Other natural scientists	70.6
2201	Architects & landscape architects	67.5
2203	Quantity surveyors	67.4
2205	Cartographers & surveyors	56.3
2207	Chemical engineers	72.8
2209	Civil engineers	73.6
2211	Electrical & electronics engineers	67.7
2213	Mechanical engineers	66.9
2215	Mining engineers	75.1
2217	Metallurgists & materials scientists	67.3
2219	Other engineers	64.2
2301	General medical practitioners	91.9
2303	Specialist medical practitioners	100.0
2305	Dental practitioners	88.7
2307	Pharmacists	79.5
2309	Occupational Therapists	63.1
2311	Optometrists	71.4
2313	Physiotherapists	67.9
2315	Speech pathologists	60.8
2317	Chiropractors & Osteopaths	67.8
2319	Podiatrists	43.5
2321	Radiographers	52.7
2323	Veterinarians	85.4
2399	Other health diagnosis & treatment practitioners	60.2
2401	Pre-primary school teachers	56.2
2403	Primary school teachers	62.5
2405	Secondary school teachers	69.2
2407	Special education teachers	67.7
2501	University & CAE teachers	82.1
2503	TAFE teachers	63.8
2505	Extra-systematic teachers & instructors	40.5
2601	Social workers	59.8
2603	Counsellors	56.5
2605	Lawyers	77.7
2607	Ministers of religion	61.7
2701	Accountants	57.9
2703	Public relations officers	58.0
2705	Personnel specialists	56.1
2707	Computing professionals	60.5
2799	Other business professionals	67.2
2801	Painters, sculptors & related professionals	50.8
2803	Photographers	45.1
2805	Designers & illustrators	46.6
2807	Journalists	54.7
2809	Authors & related professionals	56.6
2811	Film, television & stage directors	58.9
2813	Dancers & choreographers	31.9
2815	Musicians, composers & related professionals	41.1
2817	Actors & related professionals	44.2
2819	Announcers	44.8
2901	Economists	79.3
2903	Psychologists	80.8
2905	Education researchers & related professionals	77.7
2907	Other social scientists	66.0
2909	Mathematicians, statisticians & actuaries	69.8
2911	Librarians	53.0
2999	Other professionals	51.8
3101	Medical technical officers & technicians	41.7
3103	Science technical officers & technicians	41.9
3201	Electrical & electronic engineering assoc/techn	39.0
3203	Civil engineering associates & technicians	38.2
3205	Mechanical engineering associates & technicians	45.7
3207	Building, Architectural & surveying assoc/tech	42.9
3299	Other engineering & building associates & technicians	48.0
3301	Aircraft pilots	66.8
3303	Air transport operating support workers	60.0
3305	Ship's pilots & deck officers	54.6
3307	Marine engineers & surveyors	56.7
3401	Registered nurses	50.4
3501	Police	53.6
3901	Welfare para-professionals	37.7
3903	Performing arts support workers	34.4
3905	Inspectors & regulatory officers	33.5
3907	Child care co-ordinators	39.5
3909	Ambulance officers	41.7
3911	Prison officers	51.3
3913	Procurement Officers	32.6
3915	Sportpersons & related workers	25.9
3999	Other para-professionals	36.3
4101	Toolmakers	24.7
4103	Metal fitters & machinists	27.4
4201	Forging tradespersons	19.2
4203	Sheetmetal tradespersons	19.3
4205	Structural steel, boilermaking & welding tradespersons	22.3
4207	Metal casting tradespersons	3.4
4209	Metal finishing tradespersons	13.4
4211	Aircraft maintenance engineers	37.9
4213	Precision metal tradespersons	18.8
4301	Electrical powerline tradespersons	28.3
4303	Electrical fitters	30.3
4305	Automotive electricians	39.5
4307	Refrigeration & air-conditioning mechanics	36.4
4309	Electrical mechanics	38.5
4311	Communications equipment tradespersons	27.3
4313	Radio & television services	32.8
4315	Office equipment & computer services	31.3
4399	Other electrical & electronics tradespersons	34.4
4401	Carpenters & joiners	19.6
4403	Bricklayers	26.1
4405	Painters, decorators & signwriters	18.6
4407	Plasterers	23.4
4409	Plumbers	23.5
4411	Roof slaters & tilers	26.2
4413	Wall & floor tilers	24.0
4501	Compositors	31.7
4503	Graphic reproduction tradespersons	27.4
4505	Printing machinists	26.2
4507	Binders & finishers	15.5
4509	Stereotypers & electrotypers	28.8
4511	Screen printers	29.0
4601	Vehicle mechanics	29.9
4603	Panel beaters	36.1
4605	Vehicle painters	29.2
4607	Vehicle body makers	19.6
4609	Vehicle trimmers	20.5
4701	Meat tradespersons	23.3
4703	Bakers & pastrycooks	24.3
4705	Cooks	26.8
4799	Other food tradespersons	14.1
4801	Nurserymen/women	28.0
4803	Greenkeepers	10.0
4805	Gardeners	8.9
4901	Wood machinists & turners	7.9
4903	Cabinetmakers	19.3
4905	Other wood tradespersons	18.1
4907	Marine construction tradespersons	27.6
4909	Blasting tradespersons	32.3
4911	Garment tradespersons	17.1
4913	Upholsterers & bedding tradespersons	16.8
4915	Shoemaking & repairing tradespersons	6.5
4917	Other leather & canvas tradespersons	12.6
4919	Floor coverers	31.0
4921	Glass tradespersons	21.2
4923	Jewellery & precious metalware tradespersons	14.9
4925	Craftworkers	24.3
4927	Hairdressers	31.0
4929	Sheep shearers	25.5
4931	Animal trainers	38.7
4999	Other tradespersons	29.8
5101	Office secretaries & stenographers	32.6
5103	Typists & typist-clerks	22.2
5105	Word processing operators	30.7
5201	Data processing machine operators	33.8
5203	Business machine operators	33.8
5301	Accounting clerks	29.0
5303	Insurance & broking clerks	24.3
5305	Statistical & actuarial clerks	33.6
5401	Library & filing clerks	19.6
5403	Mail sorters	16.3
5499	Other filing, sorting & copying clerks	19.9
5501	Production recording clerks	24.8
5503	Transport recording & despatching clerks	25.5
5505	Stock & purchasing clerks	20.3
5601	Receptionists & information clerks	26.2
5603	Telephonists	27.4
5605	Messengers & delivery officers	16.6
5901	Collection clerks	26.9
5903	Teachers' aides	41.1
5905	Personnel clerks	28.2
5907	Legal & related clerks	26.6
5909	Postal clerks & officers	14.3
5999	Other clerks	15.7
6101	Securities & finance dealers	49.8
6103	Insurance brokers & agents	48.6
6105	Real estate salespersons & property managers	43.0
6199	Other investment, insurance & real estate sales	39.3
6201	Sales representatives	39.3
6301	Sales assistants	25.3
6401	Tellers	25.2
6403	Cashiers	11.2
6405	Ticket salespersons	36.0
6501	Street vendors, canvassers & sales drivers	31.9
6503	Bar attendants	21.1
6505	Waiters & waitresses	9.5
6507	Travel agents	30.5
6599	Other salespersons	27.5
6601	Child care, refuge & related workers	29.9
6603	Enrolled nurses	30.7
6605	Dental nurses	20.8
6607	Home companions & aides	15.3
6609	Travel stewards	39.6
6699	Other personal service workers	33.1
7101	Bus & tram drivers	15.7
7103	Automobile drivers	16.4
7105	Truck drivers	11.8
7107	Locomotive drivers	13.3
7201	Excavating & earthmoving plant operators	17.8
7203	Forklift & related drivers	3.4
7205	Logging plant operators	8.1
7207	Paving & surfacing plant operators	12.5
7209	Agricultural plant operators	5.3
7211	Fire fighters	29.2
7299	Other mobile plant operators (except transport)	6.3
7301	Power generation plant operators	29.5
7303	Engine & boiler operators (except power generation)	7.1
7305	Chemical plant operators	20.3
7307	Petroleum & gas plant operators	35.9
7309	Bulk materials handling plant operators	8.9
7311	Crane operators	9.9
7313	Hoist, winch & lift operators	10.1
7315	Furnace & kiln operators	11.7
7317	Drilling plant operators	21.5
7399	Other stationary plant operators	11.2
7401	Basic metal products machine operators	6.8
7403	Metal press operators	8.6
7405	Other metal products machine operators	8.8
7407	Plastics production machine operators	9.4
7409	Rubber production machine operators	5.9
7411	Chemical production machine operators	14.1
7413	Wood processing machine operators	6.1
7415	Paper & paper products machine operators	15.7
7417	Glass production machine operators	25.2
7419	Clay & stone processing machine operators	9.9
7421	Yarn production machine operators	6.3
7423	Hide & skin processing machine operators	11.4
7425	Fabric production machine operators	9.7
7427	Textile sewing machinists	6.4
7429	Shoemaking machine operators	3.6
7431	Food processing machine operators	11.3
7433	Packaging machine operators	8.7
7435	Photographic products machine operators	6.9
7499	Other machine operators	10.1
8101	Trades assistants	7.8
8103	Assemblers	4.4
8105	Hand packers	9.0
8107	Industrial spray painters	7.2
8109	Quality controllers	14.9
8199	Other trades assistants & factory hands	6.9
8201	Farm hands & assistants	19.6
8203	Forestry labourers	13.7
8205	Nursery & Garden labourers	6.1
8299	Other agricultural labourers & related workers	19.9
8301	Cleaners	3.7
8401	Installation workers	12.2
8403	Concrete workers	11.6
8405	Structural steel & related construction labourers	14.8
8407	Earthmoving labourers	1.9
8409	Paving & surfacing labourers	1.6
8411	Survey hands	1.0
8413	Railway labourers	0.6
8415	Mining & mineral ore treating labourers	19.3
8499	Other construction & mining labourers	7.6
8901	Ushers & door attendants	0.0
8903	Luggage porters	13.2
8905	Garbage collectors	10.1
8907	Storemen/women	5.9
8909	Freight & furniture handlers	15.3
8911	Guards & security officers	18.4
8913	Caretakers	8.2
8915	Housekeepers	17.2
8917	Laundry workers	13.1
8919	Kitchenhands	13.1
8921	Ward helpers	14.2
8923	Vehicle Accessories fitters	10.8
8925	Fishermen/women, deckhands & seamen/women	30.4
8999	Other labourers & related workers	9.8