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Process Operatives

Overview

£26,478 Entry Level Salary

£33,202 Average Salary

£49,784 Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

  • Performs other processing tasks not elsewhere classified.
  • Operates machines to produce flat and corrugated asbestos cement pipes and sheets.
  • Operates machines to mix, blend, crush, wash and separate seeds and other materials not elsewhere classified.
  • Operates masticating, calendaring, mixing, forming, shaping, moulding, extruding, cutting, trimming and winding machines to make and repair rubber products.
  • Operates kilns, furnaces and ovens to produce cement clinker, linoleum cement and asphalt, to fire abrasive and carbon products, to make and treat glass and ceramic items, and otherwise cook and heat treat materials and products not elsewhere classified.
  • Packs products ready for kiln setting.

Education Requirements

Required Level Percentage achieved
Level 0 22%
Level 1 19%
Level 2 24%
Level 3 14%
Level 4-5 (Higher Education) 8%
Level 6 (Bachelors) 13%

1 Annual Opening

Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs.

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