SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202421441
Mechanical engineer
Mechanical engineer carries out research on, designs and advises on mechanically functioning plant and equipment, and plans and supervises their development, manufacture, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and repair. He/she studies operating requirements for mechanically functioning plant and equipment such as machine tools, engines, vehicles, heating, ventilating and refrigerating plant, as well as plant and equipment for the release.
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
Mechanical engineer carries out research on, designs and advises on mechanically functioning plant and equipment, and plans and supervises their development, manufacture, construction, installation, operation, maintenance and repair. He/she studies operating requirements for mechanically functioning plant and equipment such as machine tools, engines, vehicles, heating, ventilating and refrigerating plant, as well as plant and equipment for the release.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Fuel cell engineer • Gas turbine engineer • Internal combustion motor engineer
Elsewhere
No exclusion examples found.
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSSub-major
21 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALSMinor group
214 ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS ICorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 21441 — Mechanical engineer
ISCO-08
- 2144 — Mechanical engineers
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.