Broom making is the hereditary and traditional occupation of the Mang community in Chaugaon.

The occupation of washermen is a hereditary occupation and the washermen are known as madval.

Their hereditary occupation is military service.

However social mobility was present since the colonial rulers didn't impose hereditary occupations as was the case in the Kandy Kingdom.

The social stratification between slaves and free people, and between different hereditary occupations, remained unchanged.

She also suggested that the artisans engaged in the hereditary occupation be kept out of the purview of creamy layer.

Commoners were categorized according to their hereditary occupations: farmer, craftsman, merchant or fisherman.

According to the division of labour laid down from ancient times, Kansakars practiced the hereditary occupation of making utensils of bronze.

Painting was frequently a hereditary occupation in the Joseon period, and Hyewon's father and grandfather had both been court painters.

Doctrinally, caste was defined as a system of segregation of people, each with a traditional hereditary occupation.