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SSOC 2024 unit

Manufacturing Verified · 21 Mar 2024

26412

Script writer/editor

Script writer/editor plans, writes and edits original stories for dramatisation on radio, television or films. He/she chooses a subject to write on and uses writing techniques to develop the plot and storyline such as creating suspense and complications of incidents and the final outcome. He/she edits finished material to ensure conformity with production requirements, company policy, national laws and local regulations. He/she may direct and coordinate work of writers preparing programmes, continuity and scripts for motion picture plays and television and radio broadcasts.

Level

unit

Mapped ISCO

1

Source

SingStat

In this unit group: sibling units

Official data

Official nameSingapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSOC 2024)
Issuing authorityDepartment of Statistics Singapore (SingStat / DOS)
Tax authorityInland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) (IRAS)
PurposeClassifies occupations in Singapore for labour statistics, workforce planning, and international reporting.
Active versionSSOC 2024 (21 Mar 2024)
Hierarchy levelUnit (final leaf, 5-digit)
Sourcehttps://www.singstat.gov.sg/standards/standards-and-classifications/ssic
Prior versionsSSIC 2020, SSIC 2015

Definition & tasks

Script writer/editor plans, writes and edits original stories for dramatisation on radio, television or films. He/she chooses a subject to write on and uses writing techniques to develop the plot and storyline such as creating suspense and complications of incidents and the final outcome. He/she edits finished material to ensure conformity with production requirements, company policy, national laws and local regulations. He/she may direct and coordinate work of writers preparing programmes, continuity and scripts for motion picture plays and television and radio broadcasts.

Tasks

No tasks listed.

Examples

Under this unit

•Ÿ  TV script writer

Elsewhere

No exclusion examples found.

Hierarchy context

2→26→264→2641→26412 Script writer/editor

Correspondence tables

SSOC 2020

  • 26412 — Script writer/editor

ISCO-08

  • 2641 — Authors and related writers

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.

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