SSOC 2024 unit
Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 202424361
Trade broker
Trade broker buys and sells commodities on behalf of his/her clients on a commission basis. He/she establishes contact between buyers and sellers of commodities, discusses the buying or selling requirements of clients and gives advice accordingly, negotiates the purchase or sale of commodities and commodity futures and monitors and analyses market trends and other factors affecting the supply and demand for commodities and shipping services.
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
Trade broker buys and sells commodities on behalf of his/her clients on a commission basis. He/she establishes contact between buyers and sellers of commodities, discusses the buying or selling requirements of clients and gives advice accordingly, negotiates the purchase or sale of commodities and commodity futures and monitors and analyses market trends and other factors affecting the supply and demand for commodities and shipping services.
Tasks
No tasks listed.
Examples
Under this unit
• Sales and purchase broker
Elsewhere
• Financial derivatives dealer, see 24143 • Commodities broker (financial), see 24154 • Brokerage clerk, see 43123
Hierarchy context
Major group
2 PROFESSIONALSMinor group
243 MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONALSUnit group
2436 Commodities and Ship BrokersCorrespondence tables
SSOC 2020
- 24361 — Trade broker
ISCO-08
- 3324 — Trade brokers
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.