National Occupational Classification for Statistics (NOC-S) 2001

• B - Business, Finance and Administrative Occupations
• B5 - Clerical Occupations
• B55 - Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks

B554 - Survey Interviewers and Statistical Clerks

Survey interviewers contact individuals to gather information for market research, public opinion polls or election and census enumeration. Statistical clerks code and compile interview and other data into reports, lists, directories and other documents. Workers in this unit group are employed by market research and polling firms, government departments and agencies, utility companies and other establishments. This unit group also includes clerks who observe and record information on traffic flow and who take utility meter readings.

• Example Titles

  • census clerk
  • census enumerator
  • census taker
  • census worker
  • chart clerk
  • coding clerk
  • election enumerator
  • enumerator
  • interview clerk
  • interviewer - survey or poll
  • poll clerk
  • public interviewer
  • public opinion collector
  • statistical assistant
  • statistical clerk
  • survey compiler
  • survey interviewer
  • survey taker
  • survey team notekeeper
  • technical assistant - statistics
  • telephone survey clerk
  • traffic checker
  • traffic counter
  • vehicle counter

• Exclusion

  • Supervisors of statistical clerks are classified in unit group B412 - Supervisors, Finance and Insurance Clerks
  • Telemarketers, telephone solicitors or other telephone or direct sales occupations are classified in unit group G973 - Other Elemental Sales Occupations