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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.
SIC 7
Industry sections
Section A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
3 divisions
Open industry → Section B Mining and quarrying5 divisions
Open industry → Section C Manufacturing24 divisions
Open industry → Section D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply1 division
Open industry → Section E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities4 divisions
Open industry → Section F Construction3 divisions
Open industry → Section G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles3 divisions
Open industry → Section H Transportation and storage5 divisions
Open industry → Section I Accommodation and food service activities2 divisions
Open industry → Section J Information and communication6 divisions
Open industry → Section K Financial and insurance activities3 divisions
Open industry → Section L Real estate activities1 division
Open industry → Section M Professional, scientific and technical activities7 divisions
Open industry → Section N Administrative and support service activities6 divisions
Open industry → Section O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security1 division
Open industry → Section P Education1 division
Open industry → Section Q Human health and social work activities3 divisions
Open industry → Section R Arts, entertainment and recreation4 divisions
Open industry → Section S Other service activities3 divisions
Open industry → Section T Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use2 divisions
Open industry → Section U Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies1 division
Open industry →Government linkage
Official OFO → SETA SIC activity 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
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.