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Where do you fit in: Class

Chartered Accountant is class: B

Trainee Accountant is class: C1

Chartered Accountant director/partner is class: A

Engineer - professionally qualified directors, senior executive and consultants: A

Engineer - structural engineer project managers: B

Engineer - semi-skilled or unskilled engineers or apprentices: D

Journalist is class: B

Member of Parliament is class: A

IT consultant is class: B

IT manager is class: B

Computer programmer is class: B

Computer engineer is class: C2

Bishop is class: A

Doctor is class: A

Solicitor is class: A

Self-employed farmer with 10+ employees is class: A

Bank branch manager or higher is class: A

Police superintendant is class: A

Police chief constable is class: A

Chairman/Managing Director/Board menber 200+ staff is class: A

Chairman/Managing Director 25-199 staff is class: A

Senior manager 250+ staff is class: A

Field Marshall is class: A

General is class: A

Brigadier is class: A

Lieutenant Colonel is class: A

Headteacher is class: A

Colonel is class: A

Vicar is class: B

Doctor qualified for less than 3 years is class: B

Self-employed farmer with 2 - 9 employees is class: B

Board director small organisation is class: B

Bank Clerks with special responsibility is class: B

Police chief inspector is class: B

Chairman/Managing Director 1-24 staff is class: B

Board director 1-24 staff is class: B

Senior manager 25-199 staff is class: B

Captain is class: B

Major is class: B

Teacher is class: B

Curate is class: C1

Student Doctor is class: C1

Articled clerk is class: C1

Self employed farmers with only 1 employee is class: C1

Foreman with 25+ employees is class: C1

Bank clerk is class: C1

Students on grants is class: C1

Board director 1-24 staff is class: C1

Senior manager 1-24 staff is class: C1

Sergeant is class: C1

Sergeant Major is class: C1

Warrant Officer is class: C1

2nd Lieutenant is class: C1

Lieutenant is class: C1

Foreman with up to 24 employees is class: C2

Police constable is class: C2

Agricultural workers with extra responsibilities eg herdsman is class: C2

Self employed unskilled manual workers with 1-4 employees is class: C2

Bus driver is class: C2

Ambulance driver is class: C2

AA patrolman is class: C2

Skilled bricklayer is class: C2

Carpenter is class: C2

Plumber is class: C2

Painter is class: C2

Lance-Corporal is class: C2

Corporal is class: C2

Bombadier is class: C2

Caretaker is class: D

Parkkeeper is class: D

Postman is class: D

Fisherman is class: D

Forrestry worker is class: D

Bus conductor is class: D

Traffic warden is class: D

Shop assistant is class: D

Supermarket shelf stacker is class: D

Supermarket check-out operator is class: D

Private is class: D

Casual labourers is class: E

Individuals dependent on state benefit is class: E

Individuals on income support for 2 months or more is class: E

Pensioner with state pension is class: E

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