£16,640
Average salary at age 20
£34,320
Average Salary
33
Average hours per week
Description
Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of technical support functions to assist production, process and planning engineers with production programmes and schedules and with manufacturing and processing procedures in order to ensure accuracy, cost-effectiveness and efficiency.Main Tasks
- Supports planning and production engineers in assessing existing and alternative production methods;
- Works from, and helps implement, professional engineers’ drawings and specifications for equipment and layout, and helps implement modifications required for existing plant machinery/layout;
- Works with engineers on production control methods to monitor operational efficiency and helps to eliminate potential hazards and bottlenecks in production;
- Liaises with materials buying, storing and controlling departments to ensure a steady flow of supplies;
- Supports professional engineers in reviewing safety, quality, accuracy, reliability and contractual requirements;
- Supports implementation of plans of sequence of operations and completion dates for each phase of production or processing;
- Ensures implementation of inspection, testing and evaluation methods for bought-in materials, components, semi-finished and finished products;
- Ensures accuracy of manufacturing and testing equipment;
- Ensures effective completion and implementation of detailed instructions on processes, work methods and quality and safety standards for workers.
Qualifications
Entrants to training usually possess GCSEs/ S grades. Vocational training consists either of full-time study for a BTEC/SQA National award followed by two years on-the-job training, or an apprenticeship leading to an NVQ/SVQ at Level 3.What Planning, process and production technicians studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (C9) Others in biological sciences | 1 |
| (L7) Human & social geography | 1 |
| (G1) Mathematics | 1 |
| (W2) Design studies | 6 |
| (C1) Biology | 6 |
| (H3) Mechanical engineering | 2 |
| (F1) Chemistry | 8 |
| (C8) Psychology | 1 |
| (C5) Microbiology | 2 |
| (F7) Science of aquatic & terrestrial environments | 3 |
| (W3) Music | 1 |
| (F6) Geology | 1 |
| (F8) Physical geographical sciences | 1 |
| (D4) Agriculture | 1 |
| (W6) Cinematics & photography | 1 |
| (A3) Clinical medicine | 1 |
| (Q3) English studies | 2 |
| (H8) Chemical, process & energy engineering | 4 |
| (F5) Astronomy | 1 |
| (K2) Building | 1 |
| (K1) Architecture | 1 |
| (J5) Materials technology not otherwise specified | 1 |
| (H1) General engineering | 2 |
| (R1) French studies | 1 |
| (N5) Marketing | 4 |
| (W4) Drama | 8 |
| (M1) Law by area | 1 |
| (J9) Others in technology | 1 |
| (I2) Information systems | 1 |
| (N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport | 2 |
| (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 1 |
| (H9) Others in engineering | 1 |
| (H7) Production & manufacturing engineering | 1 |
| (F3) Physics | 1 |
| (L1) Economics | 2 |
| (T7) American studies | 1 |
| (N1) Business studies | 4 |
| (J6) Maritime technology | 1 |
| (D6) Food & beverage studies | 1 |
| (X1) Training teachers | 1 |
| (K4) Planning (urban, rural & regional) | 2 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 3 |
| (C3) Zoology | 1 |
| (P3) Media studies | 6 |
| (N2) Management studies | 4 |
| (V1) History by period | 2 |
| (N3) Finance | 1 |
| (H6) Electronic & electrical engineering | 1 |
| (I1) Computer science | 4 |
UK Prospects
36600
Workforce Size
0.52%
Predicted growth 2024 - 2027
2603
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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