The Truth About UFO Codes

Did I say UFO Codes ? I meant OFO Codes. The Organising Framework for Occupations is a coded occupational classification system. It is a key tool to which enables the Department of Higher Education and Training to identify report and monitor skills demand and supply in the South African Labour Market.
Let’s explore a few strange concepts:
The OFO code is constructed from the bottom up by:
- Analysing jobs and identifying similarities in terms of tasks and skills
- Categorising similar jobs and occupations
- Classifying these occupations into occupational groups at increasing levels of generality
The OFO adds value to skills development planning and implementation purposes in that it:
- Captures jobs in the form of occupations
- Groups occupations into successively broader categories and hierarchical levels based on similarity, tasks, skills and knowledge.
- Ease of generating legislated reports such as Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) Annual Training Report (ATR) and PIVOTAL plans and reports
You will notice that there are 8 occupational groups:
- Managers
- Professionals
- Technicians & Trade Workers
- Community & Personal Service Workers
- Clerical & Administrative Workers
- Sales Workers
- Machinery Operators & Drivers
- Elemantary Workers
Here are some examples of OFO codes as it relates to the food safety industry:
- 121908 – Quality Manager
- 226301 – Food Safety Manager
- 332205 – Sales Rep
- 422601 – Receptionist
- 524401 – Telesales Clerk
- 732101 – Driver
- 832904 – General worker
All SETAs require that each occupation is linked to an OFO Code. Keep close watch on your local SETA's website to see what is out there.
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