Other elementary services occupations

£18,250

Average salary

Average annual salary UK 2020 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

35 hours

Average weekly hours

Average weekly hours UK 2019 | Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

9.89%

Unemployment rate

Unemployment rate UK 2020 | Labour Force Survey

Definition: Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.

*SOC Code (Standard Occupational Classification): 9279

Workers in this unit group perform a variety of elementary services occupations not elsewhere classified in MINOR GROUP 927: Other Elementary Services Occupations.

Common tasks include:

assists hotel guests with luggage etc. on arrival and departure, keeps entrance lobby tidy, deals with guests’ enquiries;
assists in the movement of scenery and other stage equipment;
divines and tells fortunes by various means;
loads numbered balls into bingo machine, starts machine, removes balls and reads numbers, and checks winning bingo cards against numbers drawn;
examines and collects tickets at harbours, piers and similar thoroughfares or establishments not elsewhere classified;
collects payment, issues tickets and monitors the use of bathing huts, changing rooms, bath houses and deck chairs;
dances in adult entertainment establishments.

(N.E.C. = not elsewhere classified)

Qualifications

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically received on-the-job. NVQs/SVQs are available in some areas.

*Introduced in 1990, SOC is a multi-purpose common classification of occupations in UK. Jobs are defined in terms of skill level and skill content, including qualifications, training and work experience.

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Top 12 industries: Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.

Alternative & related job titles: Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.

Caller, bingo Boy, clapper Collector, ticket Attendant, coach Man, lobby Member, team (betting and gambling) Man, property Porter, head (hotel) Attendant, room, bath Washhouseman (baths) Teller, fortune Foreman (baths) Clairvoyant Operator, scoreboard Receptionist (cinema, theatre) Porter, house Performer, web-cam Porter, hotel Porter, hall Practitioner, shui, feng Sitter Attendant, bath Hand, stage Inspector, chair, deck Marker, billiard Porter (hostel) Consultant, shui, feng Attendant, room, dressing Checker, ticket Healer, reiki Superintendent, bath Examiner, ticket Propman Attendant, hut, beach Attendant, seat Attendant, lobby Operator, chat-line Checker (bingo hall) Operator, cam, web Loader, clapper Master, reiki Porter and liftman Attendant, room, rest Assistant, bingo Porter, night Astrologer Seller (bingo hall) Helper, club, youth Attendant, bingo Assistant, sales, book (bingo hall) Worker, hotel Practitioner, reiki Dayman (theatre) Clapper-loader Attendant (baths) Porter, lodging Palmist Attendant, hall, bingo Propsman Starter, golf Steward, room, billiard Knocker-up Porter Operator, bingo Marker, board (bookmakers, turf accountants) Shifter, scene Attendant, house, bath Attendant, house (local government) Attendant, chair Diviner, water Grip Porter, head Porter (hotel) Inspector, ticket, chair Hand, scene Assistant, hotel Operator, turnstile Foreman, baths Grip, key Bathman (baths) Attendant, room, changing Superintendent (baths) Page (hotel) Assistant, general (hotel) Operative, bingo Porter (club) Attendant, baths Kissogram Psychologist, astrological Porter, resident Superintendent, baths Phrenologist Supervisor, field, playing Medium Attendant, hostel

Equality focus: Other elementary services occupations n.e.c.

Breaking down the official government big data sources by gender, age and region. Hours and pay data based on full time equlivalent roles.