Examples of changes made during re-evaluation step
| ISCO job code or title | Matrix exposure group | Possible change required | ||
| Examples showing lack of specificity of the ISCO job codes: | ||||
| 2230 Nurses and midwives | HMW, latex | Class as not likely exposed for public health or self employed; class as exposed for surgeons, anaesthesiologists | ||
| 2221 Physicians | ||||
| 3133 Medical technologists | LMW, highly reactive chemicals | Class as exposed for radiology and histology technicians | ||
| 3221 Medical assistants | ||||
| 3211 Life sciences technicians | HMW, derived from animals | Class as exposed if job title suggests laboratory animal exposure | ||
| 3220 Health science technicians | ||||
| 3470 Intermediate artistic occupations | LMW, highly reactive chemicals, metal sensitisers | Class as exposed if job title suggests pigments, theatrical smokes, metal fumes | ||
| 7311 Precision instrument technicians | LMW, highly reactive chemicals, metal sensitisers | Class as exposed for dental prosthesis lab technicians, artisans | ||
| 7213 Sheet metal workers | LMW, isocyanates | Class as exposed for motor vehicle body shop workers | ||
| 7231 Vehicle mechanics | ||||
| Examples showing the need for information on industry before coding exposure: | ||||
| 1311 Managers, agricultural industries | Mixed, jobs in agriculture; | Class as exposed if evidence of job as owner, or operator | ||
| HMW, derived from animal; bioaerosols | ||||
| 1318 Managers, personal care | LMW, industrial cleaning agents | Class as exposed if evidence of job as owner, or operator | ||
| 8284 Assembly worker: metal, plastic, rubber products | LMW, highly reactive chemicals, metal sensitisers | Class as exposed depending on industry | ||
HMW=high molecular weight; LMW=low molecular weight.