SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202421110
Physicist/Astronomer
Physicist/Astronomer conducts research, improves or develops concepts, theories and operational methods concerning matter, space, time, energy, forces and fields and the interrelationship between these physical phenomena. He/she applies scientific knowledge relating to physics and astronomy in industrial, medical, military or other fields.
Level
unit
Mapped ISCO
1
Source
SingStat
In this unit group: sibling units
Official data
| Official name | Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024) |
| Issuing authority | Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) |
| Tax authority | Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS) |
| Purpose | Classifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting. |
| Active version | SSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024) |
| Hierarchy level | Unit (final leaf, 5-digit) |
| Source | https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic |
| Prior versions | SSIC 2020, SSIC 2015 |
Definition & tasks
Physicist/Astronomer conducts research, improves or develops concepts, theories and operational methods concerning matter, space, time, energy, forces and fields and the interrelationship between these physical phenomena. He/she applies scientific knowledge relating to physics and astronomy in industrial, medical, military or other fields.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Aerodynamicist • Electronics physicist • Medical physicist • Nuclear physicist • Optics physicist
Elsewhere
• Geophysicist, see 21142 • Medical scientist, see 21346 • Aerodynamics engineer, see 21471 • Optical engineer, see 21497 • Nuclear power engineer, see 21499 • Electronics engineer, see 21521 • Nuclear medicine physician, see 22129 • Radiologist, see 22142 • Radiation oncologist, see 22149 • Diagnostic radiographer, see 22693
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSSub-major
21 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALSMinor group
211 PHYSICAL AND EARTH SCIENCE PROFESSIONALSUnit group
2111 Physicists and AstronomersCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 21110 — Physicist/Astronomer
ISCO-08
- 2111 — Physicists and astronomers
Alphabetical index entries
Data source: Department of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS) (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic). Official SSOC 2024 workbooks.
Last refresh: 21 Mar 2024. Version: SSOC 2024.