SSOC 2024 unit
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Public health physician
Public health physician improves the health of communities and reduces the incidence of illness and injury. He/she may set up inoculation clinics or create programmes to control the spread of infectious disease. He/she may also help communities to respond to health threats related to bioterrorism or natural disasters.
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
Public health physician improves the health of communities and reduces the incidence of illness and injury. He/she may set up inoculation clinics or create programmes to control the spread of infectious disease. He/she may also help communities to respond to health threats related to bioterrorism or natural disasters.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
No examples found.
Elsewhere
• General medical practitioner, see 22110
Hierarchy context
Correspondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 22147 — Public health physician
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.