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Difficulty: MediumCommercial vs Direct Service Occupations

A hotel proprietor employs a domestic steward to attend exclusively to his family's household chores and a warehouse supervisor to manage the hotel's central food and supply store. How are the services rendered by the domestic steward and the warehouse supervisor classified respectively?

  1. Direct service occupation and commercial occupationAnswer
  2. B
    Commercial occupation and direct service occupation
  3. C
    Direct production occupation and trade occupation
  4. D
    Trade occupation and commercial auxiliary occupation

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Direct service occupation and commercial occupation
Direct services consist of non-commercial personal services provided directly to consumers for personal satisfaction (such as household stewards, private drivers, and domestic cooks). Commercial occupations consist of trade (buying and selling) and auxiliaries to trade (warehousing, transport, banking, insurance, advertising). Therefore, the domestic steward rendered a direct service while the warehouse supervisor rendered a commercial service.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the nature of the domestic steward's role
The steward works directly for a private household providing personal domestic satisfaction paid for by the employer.
Personal/household services that satisfy personal wants directly fall under direct service occupations.
2
Analyze the nature of the warehouse supervisor's role
The supervisor manages inventory storage for the business enterprise (warehousing).
Warehousing facilitates the distribution of goods and is a key auxiliary to trade, making it a commercial occupation.
3
Combine the respective classifications
The domestic steward is engaged in a direct service occupation, and the warehouse supervisor is engaged in a commercial occupation.
Matching the ordered pair yields 'Direct service occupation and commercial occupation'.

Key Concept

Classification of Tertiary Occupations into Commercial and Direct Services
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Commercial vs Direct Service Occupations

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