A suggested citation for this scale is:

F.L. Jones and Julie McMillan (2001), "Scoring Occupational Categories for Social Research: a Review of Current Practice, with Australian Examples", Work, Employment & Society, Vol. 15 (No. 3): 539-563.

	Conversion Details of ASCO (2nd Edition) to ANU4
Collapsed ASCO-2	Indicative occupational title	ANU4 Score
1	General managers	73.4
2	Other generalist managers	49.9
3	Resource managers	73.1
4	Engineering and process managers	63.2
5	Sales & marketing managers	63.0
6	Other specialist managers	80.0
7	Managers n.e.c.	55.2
8	Farmers & farm managers	46.3
9	Natural science professionals	86.2
10	Architects and related professionals	83.6
11	Engineers	83.8
12	Other science & engineering professionals	83.4
13	Accountants & related professionals	81.4
14	Sales & related professionals	62.0
15	Computing professionals	78.5
16	Human resource professionals	62.4
17	Business & organisation analysts	76.4
18	Other business professionals	79.4
19	Medical practitioners	100.0
20	Nursing professionals	75.3
21	Other health professionals (higher)	94.5
22	Other health professionals (lower)	80.1
23	Primary school teachers	84.5
24	Secondary school teachers	89.7
25	University teachers	95.7
26	Other education professionals (higher)	84.3
27	Other education professionals (lower)	74.5
28	Social welfare professionals	73.2
29	Legal Professionals	96.0
30	Other professionals (higher)	74.8
31	Other professionals (lower)	63.0
32	Medical & science technical officers	56.1
33	Building associate professionals	56.2
34	Finance associate professionals	63.2
35	Office managers	46.5
36	Other business associate professionals	58.9
37	Real estate associate professionals	49.2
38	Computing support technicians	54.6
39	Shop managers	41.0
40	Restaurant & catering managers	39.6
41	Chefs	32.1
42	Other hospitality managers	40.5
43	Other sales & service managing supervisors	48.4
44	Health & welfare associate professionals	51.2
45	Police officers	48.5
46	Other associate professionals	49.5
47	Metal fitters & machinists	39.9
48	Other mechanical engineering tradespersons	43.1
49	Fabrication engineering tradespersons	31.3
50	Motor mechanics	33.0
51	Other automotive tradespersons	31.7
52	Electricians	42.8
53	Other electrical tradespersons	40.6
54	Carpenters & joiners	39.5
55	Painters & decorators	37.3
56	Plumbers	40.4
57	Other construction tradespersons	35.9
58	Cooks	17.7
59	Other food tradespersons	24.1
60	Skilled agricultural workers (higher)	28.5
61	Other horticultural workers (lower)	28.3
62	Printing tradespersons	35.0
63	Wood tradespersons	31.5
64	Hairdressers	32.8
65	Other tradespersons (higher)	41.2
66	Other tradespersons (lower)	30.0
67	Secretaries & personal assistants	34.9
68	Bookkeepers	39.5
69	Other advanced clerical workers	47.8
70	General clerks	36.1
71	Keyboard operators	32.2
72	Receptionists	30.1
73	Accounting clerks	41.5
74	Bank workers	35.5
75	Other numerical clerks	39.1
76	Stock & purchasing clerks	31.8
77	Other recording & dispatching clerks	35.5
78	Inquiry & admission clerks	41.1
79	Other intermediate clerical workers	46.7
80	Sales representatives	41.2
81	Other intermediate sales workers	24.9
82	Education aides	31.6
83	Children's care workers	35.4
84	Special care workers	35.5
85	Personal care & nursing assistants	25.9
86	Bar attendants	26.7
87	Waiters	36.4
88	Other intermediate service workers (higher)	44.1
89	Other intermediate service workers (lower)	31.9
90	Mobile construction plant operators	16.3
91	Forklift drivers	7.2
92	Intermediate stationary plant operators	26.2
93	Other intermediate plant operators	14.7
94	Intermediate machine operators n.e.c.	21.0
95	Intermediate textile machine operators	8.5
96	Miscellaneous intermediate machine operators	21.5
97	Truck drivers	14.0
98	Transport assistants	27.2
99	Car & delivery drivers	32.2
100	Other transport drivers	17.8
101	Storepersons	19.0
102	Other intermediate production & transport workers	27.3
103	Elementary clerks	34.7
104	Sales assistants	27.4
105	Checkout operators & cashiers	24.5
106	Other elementary sales workers	33.7
107	Guards & security officers	27.6
108	Other elementary service workers	24.8
109	Labourers n.e.c.	5.1
110	Cleaners	18.3
111	Factory labourers	12.4
112	Product packagers	9.6
113	Mining, construction & related labourers (higher)	17.1
114	Mining, construction and related labourers (lower)	7.6
115	Agricultural & related labourers	0.0
116	Kitchenhands	19.5
117	Miscellaneous labourers	22.7