SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202421341
Pharmacologist
Pharmacologist conducts research into effects of drugs and other substances on humans and animals, and develops new and improved medicinal drugs. He/she performs experiments, tests and analyses to determine effects of drugs and other substances on human tissues, organs, metabolism, cell growth and reproduction, circulation, respiration, digestion and other life processes. He/she may collaborate with medical doctors and pharmacists in the testing of drugs on human beings and standardise drug dosages for treatment of illnesses. He/she may collaborate with industrial pharmacists in development of drugs and standardisation of production methods and drug potency.
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
Pharmacologist conducts research into effects of drugs and other substances on humans and animals, and develops new and improved medicinal drugs. He/she performs experiments, tests and analyses to determine effects of drugs and other substances on human tissues, organs, metabolism, cell growth and reproduction, circulation, respiration, digestion and other life processes. He/she may collaborate with medical doctors and pharmacists in the testing of drugs on human beings and standardise drug dosages for treatment of illnesses. He/she may collaborate with industrial pharmacists in development of drugs and standardisation of production methods and drug potency.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Pharmacology research analyst • Toxicologist
Elsewhere
• Food toxicologist, see 21130 • Biologist, see 21311 • Environmental toxicologist, see 21332 • Pharmacist (patient care), see 22621
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSSub-major
21 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALSMinor group
213 LIFE SCIENCE PROFESSIONALSCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 21341 — Pharmacologist
ISCO-08
- 2131 — Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals
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.