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- Class 0119
Growing of other non-perennial crops
This class includes the growing of non-perennial crops not elsewhere CLASSIFIED.
This class includes:
~ growing of swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, clover, alfalfa, sainfoin, maize and other grasses, forage kale and similar forage products
~ growing of beet seeds (excluding sugar beet seeds) and seeds of forage plants
~ growing of flowers, including production of cut flowers and flower buds
~ growing of flower seeds
- Class 2829
Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery
This class includes the manufacture of special-purpose machinery not elsewhere CLASSIFIED.
This class includes:
~ manufacture of machinery for making paper pulp
~ manufacture of paper and paperboard making machinery
~ manufacture of dryers for wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard
~ manufacture of machinery producing articles of paper or paperboard
~ manufacture of machinery for working soft rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products of these materials:
~ extruders, moulders, pneumatic tyre making or retreading machines and other machines for making a specific rubber or plastic product
~ manufacture of printing and bookbinding machines and machines for activities supporting printing on a variety of materials
~ manufacture of machinery for producing tiles, bricks, shaped ceramic pastes, pipes, graphite electrodes, blackboard chalk, foundry moulds etc.
~ manufacture of semi-conductor manufacturing machinery
~ manufacture of industrial robots performing multiple tasks for special purposes
~ manufacture of diverse special-purpose machinery and equipment:
~ machines to assemble electric or electronic lamps, tubes (valves) or bulbs
~ machines for production or hot-working of glass or glassware, glass fibre or yarn
~ machinery or apparatus for isotopic separation
~ manufacture of tire alignment and balancing equipment; balancing equipment (except wheel balancing)
~ manufacture of central greasing systems
~ manufacture of aircraft launching gear, aircraft carrier catapults and related equipment
~ manufacture of automatic bowling alley equipment (e.g. pin-setters)
~ manufacture of roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements
- Class 6399
Other information service activities n.e.c.
This class includes other information service activities not elsewhere CLASSIFIED, such as:
~ telephone based information services
~ information search services on a contract or fee basis
~ news clipping services, press clipping services, etc.
- Class 7820
Temporary employment agency activities
This class includes:
~ supplying workers to clients' businesses for limited periods of time to temporarily replace or supplement the working force of the client, where the individuals provided are employees of the temporary help service unit
Units CLASSIFIED here do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients' work sites.
- Class 3315
Repair of transport equipment, except motor vehicles
This class includes the repair and maintenance of transport equipment of division 30, except motorcycles and bicycles. However, the factory rebuilding or overhaul of ships, locomotives, railroad cars and aircraft is CLASSIFIED in division 30.
This class includes:
~ repair and routine maintenance of ships
~ repair and maintenance of pleasure boats
~ repair and maintenance of locomotives and railroad cars (except factory rebuilding or factory conversion)
~ repair and maintenance of aircraft (except factory conversion, factory overhaul, factory rebuilding)
~ repair and maintenance of aircraft engines
~ repair of animal drawn buggies and wagons
- Class 3320
Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
This class includes the specialized installation of machinery. However, the installation of equipment that forms an integral part of buildings or similar structures, such as installation of escalators, electrical wiring, burglar alarm systems or air-conditioning systems, is CLASSIFIED as construction.
This class includes:
~ installation of industrial machinery in industrial plant
~ installation of industrial process control equipment
~ installation of other industrial equipment, e.g.:
~ communications equipment
~ mainframe and similar computers
~ irradiation and electromedical equipment etc.
~ dismantling large-scale machinery and equipment
~ activities of millwrights
~ machine rigging
~ installation of bowling alley equipment
- Class 3520
Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains
This class includes the manufacture of gas and the distribution of natural or synthetic gas to the consumer through a system of mains. Gas marketers or brokers, which arrange the sale of natural gas over distribution systems operated by others, are included.
The separate operation of gas pipelines, typically done over long distances, connecting producers with distributors of gas, or between urban centers, is excluded from this class and CLASSIFIED with other pipeline transport activities.
This class includes:
~ production of gas for the purpose of gas supply by carbonation of coal, from by-products of agriculture or from waste
~ manufacture of gaseous fuels with a specified calorific value, by purification, blending and other processes from gases of various types including natural gas
~ transportation, distribution and supply of gaseous fuels of all kinds through a system of mains
~ sale of gas to the user through mains
~ activities of gas brokers or agents that arrange the sale of gas over gas distribution systems operated by others
~ commodity and transport capacity exchanges for gaseous fuels
- Class 4100
Construction of buildings
This class includes the construction of complete residential or non-residential buildings, on own account for sale or on a fee or contract basis. Outsourcing parts or even the whole construction process is possible. If only specialized parts of the construction process are carried out, the activity is CLASSIFIED in division 43.
This class includes:
~ construction of all types of residential buildings:
~ single-family houses
~ multi-family buildings, including high-rise buildings
~ construction of all types of non-residential buildings:
~ buildings for industrial production, e.g. factories, workshops, assembly plants etc.
~ hospitals, schools, office buildings
~ hotels, stores, shopping malls, restaurants
~ airport buildings
~ indoor sports facilities
~ parking garages, including underground parking garages
~ warehouses
~ religious buildings
~ assembly and erection of prefabricated constructions on the site
This class also includes:
~ remodeling or renovating existing residential structures
- Class 6130
Satellite telecommunications activities
This class includes:
~ operating, maintaining or providing access to facilities for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound and video using a satellite telecommunications infrastructure
~ delivery of visual, aural or textual programming received from cable networks, local television stations or radio networks to consumers via direct-to-home satellite systems (The units CLASSIFIED here do not generally originate programming material.)
This class also includes:
~ provision of Internet access by the operator of the satellite infrastructure
- Class 6202
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
This class includes:
~ planning and designing of computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software and communication technologies
The units CLASSIFIED in this class may provide the hardware and software components of the system as part of their integrated services or these components may be provided by third parties or vendors. The units CLASSIFIED in this class often install the system and train and support the users of the system.
This class also includes:
~ provision of on-site management and operation of clients' computer systems and/or data processing facilities, as well as related support services
- Class 6209
Other information technology and computer service activities
This class includes other information technology and computer related activities not elsewhere CLASSIFIED, such as:
~ computer disaster recovery
~ installation (setting-up) of personal computers
~ software installation
- Class 6619
Other activities auxiliary to financial service activities
This class includes activities auxiliary to financial service activities not elsewhere CLASSIFIED, such as:
~ financial transaction processing and settlement activities, including for credit card transactions
~ investment advisory services
~ activities of mortgage advisers and brokers
This class also includes:
~ trustee, fiduciary and custody services on a fee or contract basis
- Class 7830
Other human resources provision
This class includes:
~ provision of human resources for client businesses
This provision of human resources is typically done on a long-term or permanent basis and the units CLASSIFIED here may perform a wide range of human resource and personnel management duties associated with this provision.
The units CLASSIFIED here represent the employer of record for the employees on matters relating to payroll, taxes, and other fiscal and human resource issues, but they are not responsible for direction and supervision of employees.
- Class 8110
Combined facilities support activities
This class includes:
~ provision of a combination of support services within a client's facility, such as general interior cleaning, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry and related services to support operations within facilities
Units CLASSIFIED here provide operating staff to carry out these support activities, but are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the client.
- Class 8299
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
This class includes:
~ providing verbatim reporting and stenotype recording of live legal proceedings and transcribing subsequent recorded materials, such as:
~ court reporting or stenotype recording services
~ public stenography services
~ real-time (i.e. simultaneous) closed captioning of live television performances of meetings, conferences
~ address bar coding services
~ bar code imprinting services
~ fundraising organization services on a contract or fee basis
~ mail presorting services
~ repossession services
~ parking meter coin collection services
~ activities of independent auctioneers
~ administration of loyalty programmes
~ other support activities typically provided to businesses not elsewhere classified
- Class 9810
Undifferentiated goods-producing activities of private households for own use
This class includes:
~ undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing activities of households, i.e., the activities of households that are engaged in a variety of activities that produce goods for their own subsistence. These activities include hunting and gathering, farming, the production of shelter and clothing and other goods produced by the household for its own subsistence.
If households are also engaged in the production of marketed goods, they are CLASSIFIED to the appropriate goods-producing industry of ISIC.
If households are principally engaged in a specific goods-producing subsistence activity, they are CLASSIFIED to the appropriate goods-producing industry of ISIC.
- Class 9820
Undifferentiated service-producing activities of private households for own use
This class includes:
~ undifferentiated subsistence services-producing activities of households, i.e. the activities of households that are engaged in a variety of activities that produce services for their own subsistence. These activities include cooking, teaching, caring for household members and other services produced by the household for its own subsistence.
If households are also engaged in the production of multiple goods for subsistence purposes, they are CLASSIFIED to the undifferentiated goods-producing subsistence activities of households.
- Group 466
Other specialized wholesale
This group includes other specialized wholesale activities not CLASSIFIED in other groups of this division. This includes the wholesale of intermediate products, except agricultural, typically not for household use.
- Group 829
Business support service activities n.e.c.
This group includes the activities of collection agencies, credit bureaus and all support activities typically provided to businesses not elsewhere CLASSIFIED.
- Group 821
Office administrative and support activities
This group includes the provision of a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and physical distribution and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis.
This group includes also support activities for others on a contract or fee basis, that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves.
Units CLASSIFIED in this group do not provide operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a business. Units engaged in one particular aspect of these activities are CLASSIFIED according to that particular activity.
- Division 01
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
This division includes two basic activities, namely the production of crop products and production of animal products, covering also the forms of organic agriculture, the growing of genetically modified crops and the raising of genetically modified animals.
This division also includes service activities incidental to agriculture, as well as hunting, trapping and related activities.
Group 015 (Mixed farming) breaks with the usual principles for identifying main activity. It accepts that many agricultural holdings have reasonably balanced crop and animal production and that it would be arbitrary to classify them in one category or the other.
Agricultural activities exclude any subsequent processing of the agricultural products (classified under divisions 10 and 11 (Manufacture of food products and beverages) and division 12 (Manufacture of tobacco products)), beyond that needed to prepare them for the primary markets. However, the preparation of products for the primary markets is included here.
The division excludes field construction (e.g. agricultural land terracing, drainage, preparing rice paddies etc.) CLASSIFIED in section F (Construction) and buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products CLASSIFIED in section G.
- Division 10
Manufacture of food products
This division includes the processing of the products of agriculture, forestry and fishing into food for humans or animals, and includes the production of various intermediate products that are not directly food products. The activity often generates associated products of greater or lesser value (for example, hides from slaughtering, or oilcake from oil production).
This division is organized by activities dealing with different kinds of products: meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, fats and oils, milk products, grain mill products, animal feeds and other food products. Production can be carried out for own account, as well as for third parties, as in custom slaughtering.
Some activities are considered manufacturing (for example, those performed in bakeries, pastry shops, and prepared meat shops etc. which sell their own production) even though there is retail sale of the products in the producers' own shop. However, where the processing is minimal and does not lead to a real transformation, the unit is CLASSIFIED to Wholesale and retail trade (section G).
Production of animal feeds from slaughter waste or by-products is CLASSIFIED in 1080, while processing food and beverage waste into secondary raw material is CLASSIFIED to 3830, and disposal of food and beverage waste in 3821.
- Division 22
Manufacture of rubber and plastics products
This division includes the manufacture of rubber and plastics products.
This division is characterized by the raw materials used in the manufacturing process. However, this does not imply that the manufacture of all products made of these materials is CLASSIFIED here.
- Division 29
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
This division includes the manufacture of motor vehicles for transporting passengers or freight. The manufacture of various parts and accessories, as well as the manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers, is included here.
The maintenance and repair of vehicles produced in this division are CLASSIFIED in 4520.
- Division 13
Manufacture of textiles
This division includes preparation and spinning of textile fibres as well as textile weaving, finishing of textiles and wearing apparel, manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel (e.g. household linen, blankets, rugs, cordage etc.). Growing of natural fibres is covered under division 01, while manufacture of synthetic fibres is a chemical process CLASSIFIED in class 2030. Manufacture of wearing apparel is covered in division 14.
- Division 19
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
This division includes the transformation of crude petroleum and coal into usable products. The dominant process is petroleum refining, which involves the separation of crude petroleum into component products through such techniques as cracking and distillation. This division also includes the manufacture for own account of characteristic products (e.g. coke, butane, propane, petrol, kerosene, fuel oil etc.) as well as processing services (e.g. custom refining).
This division includes the manufacture of gases such as ethane, propane and butane as products of petroleum refineries.
Not included is the manufacture of such gases in other units (2011), manufacture of industrial gases (2011), extraction of natural gas (methane, ethane, butane or propane) (0600), and manufacture of fuel gas, other than petroleum gases (e.g. coal gas, water gas, producer gas, gasworks gas) (35420).
The manufacture of petrochemicals from refined petroleum is CLASSIFIED in division 20.
- Division 31
Manufacture of furniture
This division includes the manufacture of furniture and related products of any material except stone, concrete and ceramic. The processes used in the manufacture of furniture are standard methods of forming materials and assembling components, including cutting, moulding and laminating. The design of the article, for both aesthetic and functional qualities, is an important aspect of the production process.
Some of the processes used in furniture manufacturing are similar to processes that are used in other segments of manufacturing. For example, cutting and assembly occurs in the production of wood trusses that are CLASSIFIED in division 16 (Manufacture of wood and wood products). However, the multiple processes distinguish wood furniture manufacturing from wood product manufacturing. Similarly, metal furniture manufacturing uses techniques that are also employed in the manufacturing of roll-formed products CLASSIFIED in division 25 (Manufacture of fabricated metal products). The molding process for plastics furniture is similar to the molding of other plastics products. However, the manufacture of plastics furniture tends to be a specialized activity.
- Division 33
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
This division includes the specialized repair of goods produced in the manufacturing sector with the aim to restore machinery, equipment and other products to working order. The provision of general or routine maintenance (i.e. servicing) on such products to ensure they work efficiently and to prevent breakdown and unnecessary repairs is included.
This division does only include specialized repair and maintenance activities. A substantial amount of repair is also done by manufacturers of machinery, equipment and other goods, in which case the classification of units engaged in these repair and manufacturing activities is done according to the value-added principle which would often assign these combined activities to the manufacture of the good. The same principle is applied for combined trade and repair.
The rebuilding or remanufacturing of machinery and equipment is considered a manufacturing activity and included in other divisions of this section.
Repair and maintenance of goods that are utilized as capital goods as well as consumer goods is typically CLASSIFIED as repair and maintenance of household goods (e.g. office and household furniture repair, see 9524).
Also included in this division is the specialized installation of machinery. However, the installation of equipment that forms an integral part of buildings or similar structures, such as installation of electrical wiring, installation of escalators or installation of air-conditioning systems, is CLASSIFIED as construction.
This division excludes the cleaning of industrial machinery (see class 8129) and the repair and maintenance of computers, communications equipment and household goods (see division 95).
- Division 50
Water transport
This division includes the transport of passengers or freight over water, whether scheduled or not. Also included are the operation of towing or pushing boats, excursion, cruise or sightseeing boats, ferries, water taxis etc. Although the location is an indicator for the separation between sea and inland water transport, the deciding factor is the type of vessel used. All transport on sea-going vessels is CLASSIFIED in group 501, while transport using other vessels is CLASSIFIED in group 502.
This division excludes restaurant and bar activities on board ships (see class 5610, 5630), if carried out by separate units.
- Division 43
Specialized construction activities
This division includes specialized construction activities (special trades), i.e. the construction of parts of buildings and civil engineering works without responsibility for the entire project. These activities are usually specialized in one aspect common to different structures, requiring specialized skills or equipment, such as pile driving, foundation work, carcass work, concrete work, brick laying, stone setting, scaffolding, roof covering, etc. The erection of steel structures is included, provided that the parts are not produced by the same unit. Specialized construction activities are mostly carried out under subcontract, but especially in repair construction it is done directly for the owner of the property.
Also included are building finishing and building completion activities.
Included is the installation of all kind of utilities that make the construction function as such. These activities are usually performed at the site of the construction, although parts of the job may be carried out in a special shop. Included are activities such as plumbing, installation of heating and air-conditioning systems, antennas, alarm systems and other electrical work, sprinkler systems, elevators and escalators, etc. Also included are insulation work (water, heat, sound), sheet metal work, commercial refrigerating work, the installation of illumination and signalling systems for roads, railways, airports, harbours, etc. Also included is the repair of the same type as the above-mentioned activities.
Building completion activities encompass activities that contribute to the completion or finishing of a construction such as glazing, plastering, painting, floor and wall tiling or covering with other materials like parquet, carpets, wallpaper, etc., floor sanding, finish carpentry, acoustical work, cleaning of the exterior, etc. Also included is the repair of the same type as the above-mentioned activities.
The renting of construction equipment with operator is CLASSIFIED with the associated construction activity.
- Division 47
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
This division includes the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the general public for personal or household consumption or utilization, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, hawkers and peddlers, consumer cooperatives etc.
Retail trade is CLASSIFIED first by type of sale outlet (retail trade in stores: groups 471 to 477; retail trade not in stores: groups 478 and 479). Retail trade in stores includes the retail sale of used goods (class 4774). For retail sale in stores, there exists a further distinction between specialized retail sale (groups 472 to 477) and non-specialized retail sale (group 471). The above groups are further subdivided by the range of products sold. Sale not via stores is subdivided according to the forms of trade, such as retail sale via stalls and markets (group 478) and other non-store retail sale, e.g. mail order, door-to-door, by vending machines etc. (group 479).
The goods sold in this division are limited to goods usually referred to as consumer goods or retail goods. Therefore goods not usually entering the retail trade, such as cereal grains, ores, industrial machinery etc., are excluded. This division also includes units engaged primarily in selling to the general public, from displayed goods, products such as personal computers, stationery, paint or timber, although these sales may not be for personal or household use. Some processing of goods may be involved, but only incidental to selling, e.g. sorting or repackaging of goods, installation of a domestic appliance etc.
This division also includes the retail sale by commission agents and activities of retail auctioning houses.
This division excludes:
~ sale of farmers' products by farmers, see division 01
~ manufacture and sale of goods, which is generally CLASSIFIED as manufacturing in divisions 10-32
~ sale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and their parts, see division 45
~ trade in cereal grains, ores, crude petroleum, industrial chemicals, iron and steel and industrial machinery and equipment, see division 46
~ sale of food and drinks for consumption on the premises and sale of takeaway food, see division 56
~ renting of personal and household goods to the general public, see group 772
- Division 55
Accommodation
This division includes the provision of short-stay accommodation for visitors and other travellers. Also included is the provision of longer-term accommodation for students, workers and similar individuals. Some units may provide only accommodation while others provide a combination of accommodation, meals and/or recreational facilities.
This division excludes activities related to the provision of long-term primary residences in facilities such as apartments typically leased on a monthly or annual basis CLASSIFIED in Real Estate (section L).
- Division 61
Telecommunications
This division includes the activities of providing telecommunications and related service activities, i.e. transmitting voice, data, text, sound and video. The transmission facilities that carry out these activities may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies. The commonality of activities CLASSIFIED in this division is the transmission of content, without being involved in its creation. The breakdown in this division is based on the type of infrastructure operated.
In the case of transmission of television signals this may include the bundling of complete programming channels (produced in division 60) in to programme packages for distribution.
- Division 77
Rental and leasing activities
This division includes the renting and leasing of tangible and non-financial intangible assets, including a wide array of tangible goods, such as automobiles, computers, consumer goods and industrial machinery and equipment to customers in return for a periodic rental or lease payment. It is subdivided into: (1) the renting of motor vehicles, (2) the renting of recreational and sports equipment and personal and household equipment, (3) the leasing of other machinery and equipment of the kind often used for business operations, including other transport equipment and (4) the leasing of intellectual property products and similar products.
Only the provision of operating leases is included in this division.
This division excludes financial leasing activities (see class 6491), renting of real estate (see section L) and the renting of equipment with operator. The latter is CLASSIFIED according to the activities carried out with this equipment, e.g. construction (section F) or transportation (section H).
- Division 80
Security and investigation activities
This division includes security-related services such as: investigation and detective services; guard and patrol services; picking up and delivering money, receipts, or other valuable items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit; operation of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, where the activity focuses on remote monitoring these systems, but often involves also sale, installation and repair services. If the latter components are provided separate, they are excluded from this division and CLASSIFIED in retail sale, construction etc.
- Division 82
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
This division includes the provision of a range of day-to-day office administrative services, as well as ongoing routine business support functions for others, on a contract or fee basis.
This division also includes all support service activities typically provided to businesses not elsewhere CLASSIFIED.
Units CLASSIFIED in this division do not provide operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a business.
- Division 98
Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of private households for own use
This division includes the undifferentiated subsistence goods-producing and services-producing activities of households.
Households should be CLASSIFIED here only if it is impossible to identify a primary activity for the subsistence activities of the household. If the household engages in market activities, it should be CLASSIFIED according to the primary market activity carried out.
- Section B
Mining and quarrying
This section includes the extraction of minerals occurring naturally as solids (coal and ores), liquids (petroleum) or gases (natural gas). Extraction can be achieved by different methods such as underground or surface mining, well operation, seabed mining etc.
This section also includes supplementary activities aimed at preparing the crude materials for marketing, for example, crushing, grinding, cleaning, drying, sorting, concentrating ores, liquefaction of natural gas and agglomeration of solid fuels. These operations are often carried out by the units that extracted the resource and/or others located nearby.
Mining activities are CLASSIFIED into divisions, groups and classes on the basis of the principal mineral produced. Divisions 05, 06 are concerned with mining and quarrying of fossil fuels (coal, lignite, petroleum, gas); divisions 07, 08 concern metal ores, various minerals and quarry products.
Some of the technical operations of this section, particularly related to the extraction of hydrocarbons, may also be carried out for third parties by specialized units as an industrial service, which is reflected in division 09.
This section excludes the processing of the extracted materials (see section C - Manufacturing), which also covers the bottling of natural spring and mineral waters at springs and wells (see class 1104) or the crushing, grinding or otherwise treating certain earths, rocks and minerals not carried out in conjunction with mining and quarrying (see class 2399). This section also excludes the usage of the extracted materials without a further transformation for construction purposes (see section F - Construction), the collection, purification and distribution of water (see class 3600), separate site preparation activities for mining (see class 4312) and geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying activities (see class 7110).
- Section C
Manufacturing
This section includes the physical or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products, although this cannot be used as the single universal criterion for defining manufacturing (see remark on processing of waste below). The materials, substances, or components transformed are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing activities. Substantial alteration, renovation or reconstruction of goods is generally considered to be manufacturing.
Units engaged in manufacturing are often described as plants, factories or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, units that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public of products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries and custom tailors, are also included in this section. Manufacturing units may process materials or may contract with other units to process their materials for them. Both types of units are included in manufacturing.
The output of a manufacturing process may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished in the sense that it is to become an input for further manufacturing. For example, the output of alumina refining is the input used in the primary production of aluminium; primary aluminium is the input to aluminium wire drawing; and aluminium wire is the input for the manufacture of fabricated wire products.
Manufacture of specialized components and parts of, and accessories and attachments to, machinery and equipment is, as a general rule, CLASSIFIED in the same class as the manufacture of the machinery and equipment for which the parts and accessories are intended. Manufacture of unspecialized components and parts of machinery and equipment, e.g. engines, pistons, electric motors, electrical assemblies, valves, gears, roller bearings, is CLASSIFIED in the appropriate class of manufacturing, without regard to the machinery and equipment in which these items may be included. However, making specialized components and accessories by moulding or extruding plastics materials is included in class 2220.
Assembly of the component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing. This includes the assembly of manufactured products from either self-produced or purchased components.
The recovery of waste, i.e. the processing of waste into secondary raw materials is CLASSIFIED in class 3830 (Materials recovery). While this may involve physical or chemical transformations, this is not considered to be a part of manufacturing. The primary purpose of these activities is considered to be the treatment or processing of waste and they are therefore CLASSIFIED in Section E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities). However, the manufacture of new final products (as opposed to secondary raw materials) is CLASSIFIED in manufacturing, even if these processes use waste as an input. For example, the production of silver from film waste is considered to be a manufacturing process.
Specialized maintenance and repair of industrial, commercial and similar machinery and equipment is, in general, CLASSIFIED in division 33 (Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment). However, the repair of computers and personal and household goods is CLASSIFIED in division 95 (Repair of computers and personal and household goods), while the repair of motor vehicles is CLASSIFIED in division 45 (Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles).
The installation of machinery and equipment, when carried out as a specialized activity, is CLASSIFIED in 3320.
Remark: The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry.
- Section F
Construction
This section includes general construction and specialized construction activities for buildings and civil engineering works. It includes new work, repair, additions and alterations, the erection of prefabricated buildings or structures on the site and also construction of a temporary nature.
General construction is the construction of entire dwellings, office buildings, stores and other public and utility buildings, farm buildings etc., or the construction of civil engineering works such as motorways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbours and other water projects, irrigation systems, sewerage systems, industrial facilities, pipelines and electric lines, sports facilities etc.
This work can be carried out on own account or on a fee or contract basis. Portions of the work and sometimes even the whole practical work can be subcontracted out. A unit that carries the overall responsibility for a construction project is CLASSIFIED here.
Also included is the repair of buildings and engineering works.
This section includes the complete construction of buildings (division 41), the complete construction of civil engineering works (division 42), as well as specialized construction activities, if carried out only as a part of the construction process (division 43).
The renting of construction equipment with operator is CLASSIFIED with the specific construction activity carried out with this equipment.
This section also includes the development of building projects for buildings or civil engineering works by bringing together financial, technical and physical means to realize the construction projects for later sale. If these activities are carried out not for later sale of the construction projects, but for their operation (e.g. renting of space in these buildings, manufacturing activities in these plants), the unit would not be CLASSIFIED here, but according to its operational activity, i.e. real estate, manufacturing etc.
- Section I
Accommodation and food service activities
This section includes the provision of short-stay accommodation for visitors and other travellers and the provision of complete meals and drinks fit for immediate consumption. The amount and type of supplementary services provided within this section can vary widely.
This section excludes the provision of long-term accommodation as primary residences, which is CLASSIFIED in Real estate activities (section L). Also excluded is the preparation of food or drinks that are either not fit for immediate consumption or that are sold through independent distribution channels, i.e. through wholesale or retail trade activities. The preparation of these foods is CLASSIFIED in Manufacturing (section C).
- Section O
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
This section includes activities of a governmental nature, normally carried out by the public administration. This includes the enactment and judicial interpretation of laws and their pursuant regulation, as well as the administration of programmes based on them, legislative activities, taxation, national defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes. This section also includes compulsory social security activities.
The legal or institutional status is not, in itself, the determining factor for an activity to belong in this section, rather than the activity being of a nature specified in the previous paragraph. This means that activities CLASSIFIED elsewhere in ISIC do not fall under this section, even if carried out by public entities. For example, administration of the school system (i.e. regulations, checks, curricula) falls under this section, but teaching itself does not (see section P), and a prison or military hospital is CLASSIFIED to health (see section Q). Similarly, some activities described in this section may be carried out by non-government units.
- Section P
Education
This section includes education at any level or for any profession, oral or written as well as by radio and television or other means of communication. It includes education by the different institutions in the regular school system at its different levels as well as adult education, literacy programmes etc. Also included are military schools and academies, prison schools etc. at their respective levels. The section includes public as well as private education.
For each level of initial education, the classes include special education for physically or mentally handicapped pupils.
The breakdown of the categories in this section is based on the level of education offered as defined by the levels of ISCED 1997. The activities of educational institutions providing education at ISCED levels 0 and 1 are CLASSIFIED in group 851, those at ISCED levels 2 and 3 in group 852 and those at ISCED levels 4, 5 and 6 in group 853.
This section also includes instruction primarily concerned with sport and recreational activities such as bridge or golf and education support activities.