SME
Human Geography · Problem type
Economic sectors of jobs
Use this for “Is a truck driver, a steel worker or a software designer in the primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary sector?”
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Which economic sector is each job in?
Tap a card, then tap its group.
Follow the goods: from nature, through the factory, to the customer, and the knowledge behind them.
Assumptions
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The sector follows what the work does with goods: takes them from nature, makes them, or serves people.
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Quaternary work is a slice of services that makes knowledge and information rather than serving customers directly.
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As a country develops, jobs shift from primary toward tertiary and quaternary work.
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