Sectors of Industry and Economy
Sectors of Industry and Economy
Primary:
The primary sector is all of the manual labouring jobs which convert natural resources into raw materials. Examples include agriculture, fishing, forestry and mining. Industries which process or ‘purify’ these materials are also often considered to be of the primary sector of the industry. Britain used to have very large primary economy with all of our coal mines etc, however, that sector is now led by countries such as Japan and Africa.
Secondary :
This sector refers to the manufacturing and sometimes processing of raw materials into products and goods. This includes food processors, car manufacturers, paper mills and energy companies. The secondary sector used to be heavily laden with tools, but now that our world has progresses with technology (and keeps on doing so), the majority of secondary sector work can be, and is carried out by CAM - Computer Aided Manufacture.
Tertiary:
The tertiary sector is the services, such as bus companies and taxis. Other examples include education, the police, banking, delivery services and insurance. This sector of industry is based mostly around paperwork and had little to no CAM.
Quaternary:
This sector focuses on the intellectual side of industry - research, development and information. Although once part of the tertiary sector, it has now formed into this branch of it’s own. This sector is seen as the playmaker, it allows others to progress and improve, without it the industry would simply stop progressing due to a lack of information and availability of research. Some believe that health and education should fall into this category, although looking at the actual definition, this seems highly illogical!
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