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Code summary
Code 821
Official title Office administrative and support activities
Version PSIC 2019
Source layer PSA / BSP
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PSIC 2019 Navigation-first hub Group 821 - Office administrative and support activities
PSIC Group 821 covers Office administrative and support activities. Direct children below it include Photocopying, document preparation and other specialized office support activities and Combined Office Administrative...
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Group 821 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under N Administrative and Support Service Activities > 82 Office Administrative, Office Support and other Business Support Activities. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as Photocopying, document preparation and other specialized office support activities and Combined Office Administrative Service Activities. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.
Administrative context
Where this code is used
This group is used when reviewers compare a short list of classes such as Photocopying, document preparation and other specialized office support activities and Combined Office Administrative Service Activities and need to decide which family is the closest fit. It is common in internal classification review and administrative lookup work.
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How to choose it
Use this group when the activity sits between similar classes such as Photocopying, document preparation and other specialized office support activities and Combined Office Administrative Service Activities. The safest choice is the one whose wording matches the actual production, service or operating model most closely.
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Source-backed description
This group includes the provision of a range of day-to-day office administrative services, such as financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and physical distribution and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis. This group includes also support activities for others on a contract or fee basis, that are ongoing routine business support functions that businesses and organizations traditionally do for themselves. Units classified in this group do not provide operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a business. Units engaged in one particular aspect of these activities are classified according to that particular activity. 8211 82110 Combined office administrative service activities This class includes the provision of a combination of day-to-day office administrative services, such as reception, financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and physical distribution (mail services) and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis. This class excludes: Provision of operating staff to carry out the complete operations of a business, see class according to the business/activity performed; Provision of only one particular aspect of these activities, see class according to that particular activity.
FAQ
What does PSIC Group 821 cover?
PSIC Group 821 clusters a smaller family of classes under Office administrative and support activities and is useful when the business sits between closely related options.
How do I compare Group 821 with sibling groups?
Look at the parent class and the nearby sibling groups. On this page, the most relevant nearby options are 822 Call centers and other related activities and 823 Organization of conventions and trade.
Why is Group 821 useful for classification?
It sits at the point where a broad sector is already narrowed enough to compare a small family of similar classes before the final code choice.