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Official South African industry classification

Industries

PathLens uses Statistics South Africa's Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC), Seventh Edition, as the industry master.

21SectionsSIC top-level industries
88Divisions2-digit SIC divisions
0Modern SIC 7 linksExplicit OFO↔SIC 7 evidence only
11DHET / SETA activity linksOfficial legacy SIC/activity links preserved separately

SIC 7

Industry sections

7th edition
Section A Agriculture, forestry and fishing

3 divisions

Open industry →
Section B Mining and quarrying

5 divisions

Open industry →
Section C Manufacturing

24 divisions

Open industry →
Section D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

1 division

Open industry →
Section E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

4 divisions

Open industry →
Section F Construction

3 divisions

Open industry →
Section G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

3 divisions

Open industry →
Section H Transportation and storage

5 divisions

Open industry →
Section I Accommodation and food service activities

2 divisions

Open industry →
Section J Information and communication

6 divisions

Open industry →
Section K Financial and insurance activities

3 divisions

Open industry →
Section L Real estate activities

1 division

Open industry →
Section M Professional, scientific and technical activities

7 divisions

Open industry →
Section N Administrative and support service activities

6 divisions

Open industry →
Section O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

1 division

Open industry →
Section P Education

1 division

Open industry →
Section Q Human health and social work activities

3 divisions

Open industry →
Section R Arts, entertainment and recreation

4 divisions

Open industry →
Section S Other service activities

3 divisions

Open industry →
Section T Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use

2 divisions

Open industry →
Section U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies

1 division

Open industry →

Government linkage

Official OFO → SETA SIC activity links

11 links

The DHET OFO 2021 workbook contains a small, explicit SIC Link sheet. These codes are the legacy SETA/skills-development SIC activity codes used in the sector system; they are not silently converted to modern Stats SA SIC 7.

OFOSETA SIC activityCodeSource
111201 ESTABLISHMENT 12101 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
682303 MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN DOORS 3010C DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
111301 MAINTENANCE 12103 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
122301 GENERAL RESEARCH, E.G. CSIR 87110 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
641501 MANUFACTURE OF BUILDERS' CARPENTRY AND JOINERY 32220 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
411102 RE-ESTABLISHMENT 12102 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
411102 MAINTENANCE 12103 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
711401 BRICK-MAKING 34231 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
682203 MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN DOORS 3010C DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
718101 BRICK-MAKING 34231 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link
242202 GENERAL RESEARCH, E.G. CSIR 87110 DHET OFO 2021 · SIC Link

How links work

Industry is not occupation

SIC classifies the main economic activity of an establishment. OFO classifies the work a person does. The same occupation can therefore appear in several industries.

PathLens only creates an occupation-industry link when an official government or SETA source explicitly provides both codes. It does not infer industry from an occupation title.