SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202422131
General surgeon
General surgeon performs various kinds of surgical operations in the treatment of injuries, diseases and disorders of the human body, and reviews reports of patients’ physical condition and medical history. He/she examines patient to determine need for surgery, appropriate operational procedure and when operation should take place in addition to giving instructions regarding the preparation of patient and instruments and other equipment required.
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
General surgeon performs various kinds of surgical operations in the treatment of injuries, diseases and disorders of the human body, and reviews reports of patients’ physical condition and medical history. He/she examines patient to determine need for surgery, appropriate operational procedure and when operation should take place in addition to giving instructions regarding the preparation of patient and instruments and other equipment required.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
No examples found.
Elsewhere
• General medical practitioner, see 22110
Hierarchy context
Correspondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 22131 — General surgeon
ISCO-08
- 2212 — Specialist medical practitioners
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.