1. CASCOT for EurOccupations Demonstration of the software English, Dutch, French Manual coding Linking to EurOccupations database Automated coding Specific issues

3. CASCOT for EurOccupations Select the language EurOccupations (English)

6. Manual coding (English) Enter manually the occupational text ‘Hairdresser’

8. Manual coding (English) After pressing ‘Enter’ CASCOT shows the best matching ISCO’08 code within the ISCO group, the best matching EurOccupations title

10. Manual coding (English) It is possible to add more information about the occupation to the output

13. Manual coding (English) Select additional output items: Score Key occupation information Link to EurOccupations documents

16. Linking to EurOccupations database Link to the related EurOccupations document is now available through browser software

20. Linking to EurOccupations database Further information is available for this occupation - the data analysis tables can be accessed

23. Manual coding (English) Enter another occupational text ‘Financial manager’

26. Linking to EurOccupations database ‘Financial manager’ is not a key occupation but some information is available, e.g. the occupational titles in all EurOccupations languages

29. Manual coding (English) People do not always give their job title Enter another occupational text ‘I am transporting oranges from Spain to the UK’

31. Manual coding (English) The resulting ISCO code is not correct The relevant code can be found manually from the ISCO structure

34. Manual coding (Dutch) Change to the Dutch classification Enter the occupational text ‘Hovenier’

38. Manual coding (Dutch) Enter the text ‘schoonheid’

40. Linking to EurOccupations database Again, links to the EurOccupations (English language) documents work

43. Manual coding (French) Change to the French version and input ‘cuisine’

46. Manual coding (French) Enter the text ‘Secrétaire’

49. Manual coding (French) CASCOT does not find the occupation and has changed ‘é’ into ‘e’ Try again, leave ‘é’ completely out

52. Manual coding (French) Correct match this time The special characters need adjusting

53. Automated coding An experienced person can code manually about 100 occupations/hour What if they are given 40,000 occupational texts to go through? Use the automated coding An example of coding 20 rows with EurOccupations English classification

55. Automated coding Open the English input file The fields in the file should be separated, e.g. by comma or Tab

59. Automated coding Open the English output file It will be Tab-separated text file which can be later imported e.g. to Excel

62. Automated coding Select the level of automation fully manual semi-automatic, the certainty level can be selected (score 0-100) fully automatic

65. Automated coding Click ‘Accept’ CASCOT will go through the file assigning ISCO codes to all rows

69. Automated coding An input file of 20 Dutch job titles from Wageindicator data

72. Further development Special characters: à â ä ą æ ć ç é è ê ë ę í î ï ł ń ñ ó ô ö œ ś ß ú û ù ü ÿ ź ż Synonyms from EurOccupations database Extension to ISCO’08 descriptions Language-specific adjustments –Downgraded words: deputy, junior, staff, … –Equivalent word ends: man, person, woman –Abbreviations: asst – assistant –Replacement words: secetary – secretary –Word alternatives: IT - computing

73. Further information about CASCOT http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ier/ publications/software/cascot