Click on the job profiles below to see major roles in the metals industry, including information on what the work is like, typical hours and environment, salaries, skills and personal qualities required, entry routes and training:
Managers and senior officials Manufacturing Production Manager
Professional occupations Design Engineer Materials Engineer /Scientist Mechanical Engineer Metallurgist Production Engineer
Associate professional and technical occupations Materials technician Engineering Maintenance Technician Laboratory Technician
Administrative and secretarial occupations Stock Controller/Stores Assistant
Skilled trades occupations Foundry Moulder/Coremaker Foundry Patternmaker Engineering Craft/CNC Machinist Engineering Maintenance Fitter Plater Sheet Metal Worker Welder Toolmaker
Process, plant and machine operatives Assembler (Light Industry) Engineering Operative Heat Treatment Operator Metals Industry Production Operative
Elementary occupations Foundry Process Operator