1. Definition and Importance.

2. Categories of Occupation

3. Occupational Class.

4. A State of Selecting an Occupation

1. Definition and Importance

Occupation means a type of work or activity of a person has done which will gain the reward in a form of money or product.

According to the principle of Sufficiency Economy, occupation is a work of a person has done which will gain the reward in a form of money or product, by using 5 principles :

1. A Middle path in living

2. A balance between a person, society, and environment

3. Moderation and sufficiency in manufacturing, consuming, and service

4. Self-immunity in living and working

5. Being up-to-date in a society’s or community’s situation

Occupation is very important for our lives because it is considered to be our stability and anyone who has an occupation will be worshiped and esteemed. We have to earn a living in order to gain the incomes or products for using in lives, such as for buying the four requisites, as a result, occupation is vital for our lives.

2. Categories of Occupation

Occupation can be divided into 2 categories:

1. Freelance – an occupation which a person, oneself, is an owner ; invests, plans, decides, and sells by his own.

2. Employee – a person is employed by an organization or owner and earns the salaries and welfare as a reward.

3. Occupational Class

In this text, according to the principle of Sufficiency Economy, there are 5 occupation’s

classes:

1. Agriculture

2. Industry (in household)

3. Commerce

4. Creativity

5. Administer and specific career

4. A State of Selecting an Occupation

Selecting an occupation, it is need to be knowledgeable in many fields, also have owned information, knowledge, fund, labor, place, selling strategies and morality in working. Things to be considered in selecting the occupation :

• Select the Occupation by Properly Considering Its Information

To earn a living, learners should consider the related information, an important information, for example, learners need to know themselves well of what they like, does a family’s or community’s environment suit the occupation, also, an important data is an academic knowledge.

• Own the Related Knowledge about This Occupation

To earn a living, learners must be well knowledgeable in this occupation’s field because it will help them improve their occupations easier.

• Fund, Labor, and Place

Fund, labor, and place are important components which help learners earn their living more confidently.

• Working Methods and Occupational Management

Appropriate and efficient steps, processes, and management would result in success, lower incomes, and in gaining lots of products as learners have aimed.

• Selling Strategies and Marketing Strategies

Selling strategies and marketing strategies which could satisfy the customers’ needs will leads to a high circulation as aiming.

• Liquidity in Working would keep the production runs fluently

• Make the Incomes-Expenses Memo for checking an operating result

• Service Mind and Human Relations : Have a good service-mind when contacting with customers, especially speak wisely in order to satisfy and be sincere in serving them, so that the they will be happy in consuming our products.

• Morality : A producer and a seller should be honest to their customers, for example, use only a quality raw material, and do not add the poisonous chemical substances which could threaten the customers’ health, environment, and lifestyle, into the product.