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Standard Occupational Classification

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A keyword search of the SOC system will retrieve the titles of those pages whose contents match the entered search. The search can consist of a single keyword, or multiple keywords joined by OR or AND (occupational titles should be plural, e.g. "teachers" instead of "teacher"):

teachers or math This will return documents with either term.

math and teachers This will return only those documents with both terms.

( Note: the search is not case-sensitive.)

Last Modified Date: October 16, 2001