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DEFINITIONS OF OCCUPATION An occupation is what a person does in order to earn a living. Examples are teaching, law, trading, medicine, etc DIVISION OR TYPES OF OCCUPATION There are five main divisions or types of occupation which are Extractive occupation Manufacturing Occupation Constructive occupation Commercial occupation Services occupation These can be shown in diagram as follows TYPES OF OCCUPATION Extractive Manufacturing ConstructiveCommercialService Agriculture Food processing Road building Banking Direct Indirect Oil drilling Household goods Bridge building InsuranceLesson teacher Army Mining Printing House building Warehousing family doctor police Housemaid Transportation Housemaid Street cleaner Fishing Advertising Entertainer Hunting Communication Tourism EXTRACTIVE OCCUPATION Involves the occupation of those who extract or bring out raw materials and natural resources from the soil or sea. They include farming, fishing, hunting, etc. Extractive occupations are also classified under primary industry because they involve early stages of production. EVALUATION List six examples of extractive occupation. What is primary industry? MANUFACTURING OCCUPATION This involves the turning of raw materials produced by the extractive industry into finished products for example raw materials are turned to sweets, shirts, orange juice, etc. Constructive Occupation This involves the occupation of those who assemble different finished materials to build roads, bridges, railways, etc. EVALUATION Explain manufacturing occupations and constructive occupation Which one comes first and why? COMMERCIAL OCCUPATION This involves all the activities concerned with enabling products movefrom the factory to the final consumers. These include transporters, insurers, bankers. Warehouseworkers, etc SERVICES OCCUPATION The occupations under this involves the given of special types of help or work to customers/clients. These do not concern production of goods or visible items. There are two divisions in this occupation – direct services and indirect services. Direct services are those paid for directly by the client to the service provider e.g a family pay, the lesson teacher directly for teaching a child, or pays a family doctor or housemaid. On the other hand, indirect services are rendered to the general public and are paid for by the government on behalf of the people. These include paying the soldier, the police, the street sweeper, etc by the government for the benefit of the people. FACTORS WHICH AFFECT OCCUPATION Skills and Training Education and training are important in the selection of occupation Natural Endowment; The presence of natural resources such as iron ore, crude oil, etc. can influence the occupation of people in a particular environment. Climate: The differences in occupation are to some extent influenced by the soil contion and to weather, eg hot weather or cold region. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIRECT AND INDIRECT SERVICES. DIRECT SERVICES INDIRECT SERVICES Rendered directly to an individual or a family Rendered mainly by civil servants and public servants Services paid for directly by the beneficiary to the services are paid for by the government on behalf Provider the people. ofthe people using the tax money paid in EVALUATION Give five examples of direct services providers Give five examples of indirect services and their providers GENERAL EVALUATION Explain extractive occupation and give six examples Define the manufacturing occupation giving six examples Define the constructive occupation; and give four example Differentiate between direct and indirect services occupations. Differentiate between manufacturing and constructive occupation. WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT – SECTION A. A bridge engineer is involved in ____ occupation. A. Manufacturing B. Constructive C. Extractive Commercial ______is what a person does in order to earn a livingA. Teaching Music C. Occupation D. Labour ______ involves all the activities concerned with enabling products move from the factory to the final consumers. A. Extractive occupation B. direct services occupation C. commercial occupation D. Manufacturing occupation One of the following is NOT a member of the groupA. Teaching B. Fishing C. Hunting D. Farming A banker is involved in ____ occupationA. extractive B. manufacturing C. constructive D. commercial Section B Draw a neat diagram with labels showing the branches of occupation. Give three examples each, of the branches of occupation. See also FACTORS OF PRODUCTION THE CLERICAL STAFF THE OFFICE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO WORK INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STUDIES