Public Services

Leisure and Sports Managers and Proprietors

£19,386

Entry Level Salary

£25,662

Average Salary

£45,662.40

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Ensures custody of all cash receipts and organises regular stock checks.
Recruits, supervises and trains staff.
Determines financial, staffing, material and other short and long-term needs.
Advises on the facilities available and promotes publicity in relation to shows, games, races, new theme parks, etc.
Keeps abreast of new trends and developments in recreational activities and arranges exhibitions, theatrical productions, concerts, demonstrations, etc.
Ensures that facilities are kept clean and in good condition and that appropriate health and safety requirements are adhered to.
Organises timetable of activities/schedule of programmes.

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Sports Players

£16,002

Entry Level Salary

£12,482.11

Average Salary

£37,533.55

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Discusses performance problems with coaches, physiotherapists, dieticians and doctors.
Maintains clothing and other specialised sporting equipment.
Builds stamina, physical strength and agility through running, fitness exercises and weight training.
Attends training sessions to develop skills and practice individual or team moves and tactics.
Participates in exhibitions, pre-qualifying events, tournaments and competitions.

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Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials

£18,792

Entry Level Salary

£11,353.94

Average Salary

£36,248.99

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Manages the playing areas and competitors, starts race, competition or match and controls its progress according to established rules.
Inspects and maintains specialised clothing and equipment.
Understands health and safety aspects of various activities and ensures any statutory requirements are met.
Provides information and develops facilities to encourage greater participation in sport, and to enhance the standards of participants.
Deals with administrative aspects such as arranging matches, contests or appearances for athlete or team, and organising required transport and accommodation.
Monitors and analyses technique and performance, and determines how future improvements can be made.
Controls team selection and discipline and recruits ancillary staff such as coaches or physiotherapists.
Coaches teams or individuals by demonstrating techniques and directing training and exercise sessions.

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Fitness and Wellbeing Instructors

£22,698

Entry Level Salary

£19,440.99

Average Salary

£58,458.83

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Understands the health and safety aspects of different forms of exercise and ensures that any statutory requirements are met.
Plans and monitors personal fitness schedules.
Ensures that clients do not injure themselves through over exertion or using incorrect training techniques.
Demonstrates and leads fitness activities and supervises exercise classes.
Devises programmes of training appropriate to the needs of clients with varying levels of strength, fitness and ability.
Assesses the fitness levels of clients.

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Physiotherapists

£26,496

Entry Level Salary

£35,368.07

Average Salary

£53,706.65

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Monitors patient’s progress and liaises with others concerned with the treatment and rehabilitation of patient, and refers patients requiring other specific medical attention.
Supervises physiotherapy assistants.
Offers advice and education on how to avoid injury and promote patient’s future health and well-being.
Explains treatment to and instructs patient in posture and other exercises and adapts treatment as necessary.
Plans and undertakes therapy to improve circulation, restore joint mobility, strengthen muscles and reduce pain.
Writes up patients’ case notes and reports, maintains their records and manages caseload.
Examines medical reports and assesses patient to determine the condition of muscles, nerves or joints in need of treatment.

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Restaurant and Catering Establishment Managers and Proprietors

£22,212

Entry Level Salary

£21,181.33

Average Salary

£51,220.29

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements.
Checks that supplies are properly used and accounted for to prevent wastage and loss and to keep within budget limit.
Plans and arranges food preparation in collaboration with other staff and organises the provision of waiting or counter staff.
Verifies that quality of food, beverages and waiting service is as required, that kitchen and dining areas are kept clean and appropriate hygiene standards are maintained in compliance with statutory requirements.
Purchases or directs the purchasing of supplies and arranges for preparation of accounts.
Discusses customer’s requirements for special occasions.
Decides on range and quality of meals and beverages to be provided.
Plans catering services and directs staff.

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Bakers and Flour Confectioners

£22,752

Entry Level Salary

£28,416.80

Average Salary

£43,307.50

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Makes cake decorations, spreads icing, fillings and toppings on products.
Bakes bread, pastry and cakes.
Fills and glazes pastry, mixes ingredients for cakes.
Rolls and cuts pastry, stretches, kneads and moulds dough to form bread, rolls and buns.
Mixes ingredients using hand or machine to obtain the required consistency.
Weighs ingredients according to recipe.

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Chefs

£21,096

Entry Level Salary

£27,235.99

Average Salary

£41,675.77

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
Ensures relevant hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained within the kitchen.
Supervises, organises and instructs kitchen staff and manages the whole kitchen or an area of the kitchen.
Plans menus, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs or oversees their preparation and monitors the quality of finished dishes.
Requisitions or purchases and examines foodstuffs from suppliers to ensure quality.

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Cooks

£22,140

Entry Level Salary

£20,553

Average Salary

£31,322.98

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Plans and co-ordinates kitchen work such as fetching, clearing and cleaning of equipment and utensils.
Cooks and sells a range of meals, such as fish and chips, over the counter.
Plans meals, prepares, seasons and cooks foodstuffs.
Requisitions or purchases foodstuffs and checks quality.

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Catering and Bar Managers

£22,968

Entry Level Salary

£26,044.99

Average Salary

£39,692.85

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Checks that supplies are properly used and accounted for to prevent wastage and loss and to keep within budget limit.
Verifies that quality of food, beverages and waiting service are as required and that kitchen and dining areas are kept clean in compliance with statutory requirements.
Purchases or directs the purchasing of supplies and arranges for preparation of accounts.
Decides on range and quality of meals and beverages to be provided or discusses customer’s requirements for special occasions.
Plans catering or bar services and supervises staff.

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Mechanical Engineers

£26,568

Entry Level Salary

£45,756.27

Average Salary

£71,031.56

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Organises and establishes control systems to monitor operational efficiency and performance of materials and systems.
Ensures that equipment, operation and maintenance comply with design specifications and safety standards.
Designs and develops mechanical equipment, such as steam, internal combustion and other non-electrical motors for railway locomotives, road vehicles and other machinery.
Determines materials, equipment, piping, capacities, layout of plant or system and specification for manufacture.
Undertakes research and advises on energy use, materials handling, thermodynamic processes, fluid mechanics, vehicles and environmental controls.

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Engineering Professionals

£30,960

Entry Level Salary

£45,705

Average Salary

£70,951.96

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Provides technical consultancy services.
Examines and advises on patent applications.
Prepares sketches, drawings and specifications showing materials to be used, construction and finishing methods and other details.
Devises and implements control systems to monitor operational efficiency and performance of system and materials.
Designs new systems and equipment with regard to cost, market requirements and feasibility of manufacture.
Establishes principles and techniques to improve the quality, durability and performance of materials such as textiles, glass, rubber, plastics, ceramics, metals and alloys.
Researches into problem areas to advance basic knowledge, evaluate new theories and techniques and to solve specific problems.

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Hairdressing and Beauty Salon Managers and Proprietors

£13,896

Entry Level Salary

£30,216.66

Average Salary

£53,766.86

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Ensures financial accounts for the business are maintained.
Demonstrates, advises on and sells hair and/or beauty products.
Checks and maintains any equipment, and ensures that all safety requirements are met.
Undertakes and/or directs hair treatments and/or beauty therapy.
Ensures clients’ records are maintained.
Provides clients with information and advice on styles and treatments, and resolves any complaints or problems.
Controls the allocation, training and remuneration of staff.
Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.

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Hairdressers and Barbers

£18,828

Entry Level Salary

£14,786.70

Average Salary

£25,860.32

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Demonstrates, sells and recommends hair care products to clients and advises them on hair care.
Ensures hair products are stored and used appropriately and observes relevant health and safety factors.
Maintains client records and keeps up-to-date with new products, styles and techniques.
Collects payment, arranges appointments and cleans and tidies salon.
Shaves and trims beards and moustaches.
Combs, brushes, blow-dries or sets wet hair in rollers to style or straighten.
Cuts and trims hair using scissors, clippers, razor and comb.
Washes, conditions, bleaches, tints or dyes hair and provides any necessary basic scalp treatments.
Discusses customer requirements, analyses hair condition and other relevant features to define and advise on hair style.

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Beauticians and Related Occupations

£21,906

Entry Level Salary

£11,036.81

Average Salary

£22,030.13

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Applies make-up to hide blemishes or enhance facial features and advises clients on skin care and make-up techniques.
Maintains client records, sells and advises on cosmetic products and services, and ensures appropriate health and safety issues are addressed..
Advises clients on diet and exercise to assist in weight loss and slimming.
Recognises problems and refers clients to medical practitioners if appropriate.
Performs specialist treatments for conditions such as acne, applies skin rejuvenation therapies.
Cleans, shapes and polishes finger and toe nails, applies nail extensions.
Uses waxing, threading, sugaring and other epilation techniques to remove any unwanted body hair.
Massages scalp, face and other parts of the body and carries out spray tanning.
Discusses clients requirements, analyses and advises client on appropriate skin care, and applies treatments to the face or body.

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Graphic and Multimedia Designers

£17,244

Entry Level Salary

£25,945.99

Average Salary

£45,325.85

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Produces or oversees creation of the final product.
Liaises with other parts of the production team to ensure graphic design fits with other elements, processes and timescales.
Prepares specification and instructions for realisation of the project.
Prepares sketches, scale drawings, models, colour schemes and other mock-ups to show clients and discusses any required alterations.
Undertakes research into project, considers previous related projects and compares costs of using different processes.
Liaises with client to clarify aims of project brief, discusses media, software and technology to be used, establishes timetable for project and defines budgetary constraints.

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Artists

£18,342

Entry Level Salary

£36,668.85

Average Salary

£65,448

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Produces works on commission basis for clients.
Markets and sells finished work directly to customers.
Liaises with writers and publishers to produce book illustrations.
Uses artistic skills to restore damaged artworks.
Approaches managers of galleries and exhibitions in order to get finished work displayed.
Builds up composition into finished work by carving, sculpting, etching, painting, engraving, drawing, etc..
Prepares sketches, scale drawings or colour schemes.
Selects appropriate materials, medium and method.
Conceives and develops ideas and ways of working for artistic composition.

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Interior Designers

£20,142

Entry Level Salary

£31,579.67

Average Salary

£56,364.64

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Ensures building and safety regulations are adhered to.
Hires staff and oversees project progress.
Sources fixtures, furniture and other necessary materials.
Establishes estimated costs, specifies materials and provides detailed drawing of the agreed design.
Advises on colours and the materials to be used,.
Prepares designs to meet the client's needs and draws up sketches for consideration by the client.
Liaises with client to determine the purpose, cost, and scope of the project, which may include the entire building or one room such as the kitchen or bathroom.

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Clothing, Fashion and Accessories Designers

£22,410

Entry Level Salary

£33,177.53

Average Salary

£59,216.57

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Observes and manages intellectual property issues.
Oversees production of sample and/or finished product or produces one-off products for fashion shows.
Specifies materials, production method and finish for aesthetic or functional effect.
Submits design to management, sales department or client for approval, communicates design rationale and makes any necessary alterations.
Prepares sketches, designs, patterns or prototypes for textiles, clothing, footwear, jewellery, fashion accessories.
Undertakes research to determine market trends, production requirements, availability of resources and formulates design concepts.
Liaises with client to determine the purpose, cost, technical specification and potential uses/users of clothing or related fashion accessory.

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Stonemasons and Related Trades

£23,328

Entry Level Salary

£34,265.59

Average Salary

£51,646.70

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Levels, aligns and embeds stone in mortar, concrete or steel frame with stone to make and repair structures.
Uses hand and power tools to shape, trim, carve, cut letters in and polish stone.
Marks and cuts stone using hammers, mallet and hand or pneumatic chisels.
Examines drawings, photographs and specifications to determine job requirements.

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Psychotherapists and Cognitive Behaviour Therapists

£27,864

Entry Level Salary

£35,660.03

Average Salary

£54,150

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Helps people come up with new ways to cope with their problems and to change their ways of thinking.
Analyses events, behaviour, and habits to understand their mode of thinking and feelings.
Talks with patients about their emotions, relationships and personal history.
Assesses and provides treatment for people suffering with mental illness, stress, and emotional and relationship problems.

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Clinical Psychologists

£40,914

Entry Level Salary

£42,864.80

Average Salary

£65,090.48

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Writes reports on their work and conducts applied research.
Maintains required contacts with family members, education or other health professionals, as appropriate, and recommends possible solutions to problems presented.
Helps patients to manage their own psychological conditions.
Provides treatment or guidance using a variety of therapy and counselling techniques.
Determines appropriate treatment and may refer patients to other mental health professionals.
Administers tests to assess patients' needs through interviews, psychometric tests and observation of their behaviour.

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Other Psychologists

£16,686

Entry Level Salary

£26,497

Average Salary

£66,329.06

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Applies psychological treatment methods to help athletes achieve optimum mental health and enhance sporting performance.
Applies professional knowledge and techniques within the workplace, addressing issues such as job design, work groups, motivation etc.
Maintains required contacts with family members, education or other health professionals, as appropriate, and recommends possible solutions to problems presented.
Studies psychological factors in the treatment and prevention of mental illness or emotional and personality disorders.
Analyses the effect of hereditary, social and physical factors on thought and behaviour.
Observes and experiments on humans and animals to measure mental and physical characteristics.
Develops treatment and guidance methods and gives treatment or guidance using a variety of therapy and counselling techniques.
Develops and administers tests to measure intelligence, abilities, aptitudes, etc. and assesses results.

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Higher Education Teaching Professionals

£36,198

Entry Level Salary

£45,885.62

Average Salary

£79,270.47

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Undertakes research, writes articles and books and attends conferences and other meetings.
Directs the work of postgraduate students.
Participates in decision making processes regarding curricula, budgetary, departmental and other matters.
Provides pastoral care or guidance to students.
Advises students on academic matters and encourages independent research.
Prepares, administers and marks examinations, essays and other assignments.
Prepares, delivers and directs lectures, seminars and tutorials.

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Further Education Teaching Professionals

£26,550

Entry Level Salary

£35,048.55

Average Salary

£53,395.07

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Liaises with other professional and commercial organisations to review course content.
Assists with the administration of teaching and the arranging of timetables.
Arranges instructional visits and periods of employment experience for students.
Prepares, administers and marks examinations, essays and other assignments.
Prepares, delivers and directs lectures, seminars and tutorials.

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Secondary Education Teaching Professionals

£37,728

Entry Level Salary

£44,406

Average Salary

£60,834.19

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.
Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
Undertakes pastoral duties.
Supervises any practical work and maintains classroom discipline.
Maintains records of students’ progress and development.
Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.
Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress.
Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches one or more subjects.

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Primary Education Teaching Professionals

£34,380

Entry Level Salary

£41,654

Average Salary

£57,384.62

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
Discusses progress with student, parents and/or other education professionals.
Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
Undertakes pastoral duties.
Teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development.
Maintains records of students’ progress and development.
Prepares students for external examinations and administers and invigilates these examinations.
Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises and examinations to record and evaluate students’ progress.
Prepares and delivers courses and lessons in accordance with curriculum requirements and teaches a range of subjects.

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Nursery Education Teaching Professionals

£29,250

Entry Level Salary

£32,110.07

Average Salary

£47,371.01

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Assists with or plans and develops curriculum and rota of teaching duties.
Observes and assesses students and discusses their progress with parents and/or other education professionals.
Supervises teaching assistants and trainees.
Undertakes pastoral duties.
Supervises and cares for children, provides a secure learning environment and ensures their health and safety is maintained during all activities.
Teaches simple songs and rhymes, reads stories and organises various activities to promote language, social and physical development.
Prepares and delivers lessons in accordance with early years foundation stages curriculum and encourages and stimulates children's learning.

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Special and Additional Needs Education Teaching Professionals

£20,610

Entry Level Salary

£41,242.92

Average Salary

£60,844.43

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Discusses student’s progress with parents and other teaching professionals.
Updates and maintains students’ records to monitor development and progress.
Liaises with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists.
Supervises students in classroom and maintains discipline.
Prepares, assigns and corrects exercises to record and evaluate students’ progress.
Encourages the student to develop self-help skills to circumvent the limitations imposed by their disability.
Develops and adapts conventional teaching methods to meet the individual student’s needs.
Gives instruction, using techniques appropriate to the student’s disability.
Assesses student’s abilities, identifies student’s needs and devises curriculum and rota of teaching duties accordingly.
Creates a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment for students.

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Teaching Professionals

£17,298

Entry Level Salary

£20,357.94

Average Salary

£48,428.82

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Provides private academic, vocational and other instruction to individuals or groups.
Manages/owns and teaches in private drama, music and dancing schools, training centres and similar establishments.
Designs and implements methods of assessing the performance of students, co-ordinates and undertakes the evaluation of assessments and awards grades of merit based upon performance.

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Education Managers

£30,204

Entry Level Salary

£44,615

Average Salary

£81,085.13

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Designs and implements methods of assessing the performance of students, co-ordinates and undertakes the evaluation of assessments and awards grades of merit based upon performance.
Assists with recruitment, public relations and marketing activities.
Organises examinations, invigilation and any security procedures required.
Drafts and interprets regulations, deals with queries and complaints procedures and coordinates and maintains quality assurance procedures.
Acts as secretary to statutory and other bodies/committees associated with the educational establishment.
Controls administrative aspects of student admission, registration and graduation.
Leads or contributes to decision making processes regarding curricula, budgetary, disciplinary and other matters.
Provides administrative support to the academic team.
Considers staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term needs.

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Education Advisers and School Inspectors

£27,144

Entry Level Salary

£42,005.07

Average Salary

£76,341.74

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Prepares reports on schools concerning teaching standards, educational standards being achieved, the spiritual, moral and social development of pupils, resource management etc.
Observes teaching, assesses learning level and discusses any apparent faults with teachers, heads of department and head teachers.
Arranges for the provision of school medical and meals services.
Verifies that school buildings are adequately maintained.
Appoints and controls teaching staff.
Plans and advises on the provision of special schools for children with physical or learning disabilities.
Advises on all aspects of education and ensures that all statutory educational requirements are being met.

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Teaching Assistants

£22,194

Entry Level Salary

£20,256

Average Salary

£28,266.69

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Helps with outings and other out-of-classroom activities.
Makes simple teaching aids and constructs thematic displays of educational material or children’s work.
Assists children with washing or dressing for outdoor and similar activities.
Listens to children read, reads to them or tells stories.
Looks after lesson materials such as paper, pencils and crayons.
Assists teacher with preparation or clearing up of classroom.

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Educational Support Assistants

£22,086

Entry Level Salary

£19,673.66

Average Salary

£29,579.93

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Provides feedback to teachers and completes and maintains records.
Attends to child’s physical needs.
Helps and encourages child to communicate.
Implements care programmes, as appropriate.
Identifies signs of distress and offers reassurance.
Helps child understand instruction through a variety of means and encourages self-confidence and independence.
Supports schoolwork under teacher’s supervision.

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Engineering Technicians

£22,104

Entry Level Salary

£42,234

Average Salary

£70,383.94

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Carries out stock takes.
Completes documentation such as project records, safety reports.
Provides health and safety inductions and adheres to health and safety procedures.
Visits and advises clients on the use and servicing of mechanical and chemical engineering products and services.
Inspects completed aircraft maintenance work to certify that it meets standards and the aircraft is ready for operation;.
Diagnoses and detects faults and implements procedures to maintain efficient operation of systems and equipment.
Prepares estimates of materials, equipment and labour required for engineering projects.
Sets up equipment, undertakes tests, takes readings, performs calculations and records and interprets data.
Plans and prepares work and test schedules based on specifications and drawings.

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Science, Engineering and Production Technicians

£20,952

Entry Level Salary

£31,829.35

Average Salary

£50,951.21

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Sets up school laboratories for demonstrations and experiments, operates and maintains equipment and supports the teaching of students.
Otherwise assists technologists as directed.
Performs calculations and records and interprets data.
Undertakes tests and takes measurements and readings.
Sets up apparatus for experimental, demonstration or other purposes.

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Environment Professionals

£20,628

Entry Level Salary

£34,694.17

Average Salary

£60,608.30

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Provides professional guidance to clients, government agencies, regulators and other relevant bodies, having regard for sustainable approaches and solutions.
Implements, reviews and advises on regulatory and legislative standards, guidelines and policies.
Assists organisations to conduct their activities in an environmentally appropriate manner.
Communicates scientific and technical information to relevant audiences in an appropriate form, via reports, workshops, educational events, public hearings.
Carries out or assists in environmental audits and environmental impact assessments.
Carries out environment-related desk-based research and fieldwork to collect, analyse and interpret data to determine their validity, quality and significance.
Implements remediation works.
Advises on and provides solutions for mitigating the effects of such contamination.
Identifies contamination of land, air or water and assesses any adverse impact on the environment.

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Property, Housing and Estate Managers

£22,356

Entry Level Salary

£47,671.57

Average Salary

£71,061.94

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Examines and assesses housing applications, advises on rent levels, investigates complaints and liaises with tenants’ association and social workers to resolve any family problems.
Acts as arbiter in disputes between landlord and tenant and ensures that both fulfil their legal obligations.
Maintains or arranges for the maintenance of estate accounts and records and produces financial forecasts.
Negotiates land or property purchases and sales or leases and tenancy agreements and arranges legal formalities with solicitors, building societies and other parties.
Conducts or arranges for structural surveys of properties and undertakes any necessary valuations of property or agricultural land, and deals with grant and subsidy applications.
Discusses client’s requirements and may advise client on the purchase of property and land for investment and other purposes.
Advises on energy efficiency.
Oversees the support services of a business, such as catering, IT, utilities and physical environment.
Makes sure that the amenities meet health and safety standards and legal requirements.
Manages general upkeep, maintenance and security of the estate’s amenities.
Determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements.

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Quantity Surveyors

£29,394

Entry Level Salary

£43,587.99

Average Salary

£72,700.99

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Measures and values completed contract for authorisation of payment.
Measures and values work in progress and examines any deviations from original contract.
Examines tenders received, advises client on the most acceptable and assists with preparation of a contract document.
Prepares bills of quantities for use by contractors when tendering for work.
Examines plans and specifications and prepares details of the material and labour required for the project.
Liaises with client on project costs, formulates detailed cost plan and advises contractors and engineers to ensure that they remain within cost limit.

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Houseparents and Residential Wardens

£25,740

Entry Level Salary

£25,882.09

Average Salary

£38,861.41

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Keeps records and writes reports.
Maintains contact and discusses problems/progress with other staff and social workers.
Establishes and maintains contact with members of the neighbouring community and/or the residents’ family and friends.
May provide one-to-one counselling or group therapy.
Manage the household (domestic duties).
Ensures that students attend school regularly.
Ensures that all material needs of residents are provided and endeavours to resolve any problems that they may have.
Plans and participates in games and leisure activities to encourage emotional, social, physical and intellectual development.
Creates friendly, secure atmosphere and tries to gain the trust and confidence of those in the home or under supervision.

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Call and Contact Centre Occupations

£21,438

Entry Level Salary

£24,293

Average Salary

£37,424.90

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Arranges for field staff to visit the caller if further assistance is required.
Maintains details of calls received, the action taken as a result of a call and updates customer database as required.
Advises on services available and sells additional products or services.
Informs existing and potential customers on any immediate action to be taken, and refers the matter to a more senior member of staff if necessary.
Interviews caller to establish the nature of any complaint or the requirements of the client.
Answers incoming telephone calls from existing or prospective customers.

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Telephonists

£20,034

Entry Level Salary

£26,702.75

Average Salary

£41,137.28

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Alerts emergency services in cases of fire, crime or accident.
Provides directory information, dialling codes and details of charges.
Gives advice on dialling and other special features available.
Reports any faults on telephone operating system.
Operates switchboard to connect outgoing calls or to relay incoming or internal calls.
Receives callers and directs them to appropriate person or department.

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Communication Operators

£24,588

Entry Level Salary

£34,051.43

Average Salary

£52,458.39

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Receives and handles incoming calls for emergency services, transmitting to the appropriate services.
Performs routine tests and maintenance on equipment and reports faults.
Keeps record of messages sent and received.
Uses a teleprinter or telex keyboard to transmit messages to other teleprinters or telexes.
Tunes transmitter to required channel or wavelength and relays or receives message to/ from person or vehicle.
Receives messages, weather reports and other material to transmit.

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Market Research Interviewers

£21,654

Entry Level Salary

£24,114

Average Salary

£37,149.14

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Collates and reviews information collected and compiles reports to pass back to the organisation/individual commissioning the market research.
Collects questionnaires, diaries, and other research materials left with interviewees and conducts follow-up interviews.
Records progress of interviews by noting answers, completing questionnaires, making audio or visual recordings or inputting responses into a computer.
Approaches members of the public, individuals, households and organisations to arrange and conduct face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, focus groups, panel interviews etc..

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Customer Service Occupations

£22,050

Entry Level Salary

£24,082

Average Salary

£36,657.10

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Informs customers of special promotions and new product launches.
Addresses customer complaints and problems.
Follows up clients to ensure their satisfaction with a product or service and to gain renewal of customer service agreements.
Makes reservations, books tickets, organises insurance policies on behalf of customers.
Discusses pricing processes with clients, agrees payment arrangements and handles customer accounts.
Receives enquiries from potential and existing clients, discusses requirements, and recommends products or services.

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Customer Service Supervisors

£22,284

Entry Level Salary

£33,187.82

Average Salary

£51,581.33

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Discusses customer responses with managers with a view to improving the product or service provided and to resolve operational problems.
Establishes and monitors work schedules to meet the organisation's requirements.
Develops and plans training for their teams.
Liaises with clients and handles more complicated or sensitive complaints and queries.
Directly supervises and coordinates the activities of a help and advisory services to provide support for customers and users.

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Hotel and Accommodation Managers and Proprietors

£23,418

Entry Level Salary

£31,314.48

Average Salary

£55,720.31

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Arranges for payment of bills, keeps accounts and ensures adherence to licensing and other statutory regulations.
Approves and arranges shipboard entertainment and shore trips and liaises with ship’s agent to ensure that ship is adequately provisioned.
Ensures physical comfort of residents or passengers and makes special arrangements for children, the elderly and the infirm if required.
Determines financial, staffing, material and other short- and long-term needs.
Analyses demand and decides on type, standard and cost of services to be offered.

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Travel Agency Managers and Proprietors

£26,100

Entry Level Salary

£32,734.68

Average Salary

£58,247.37

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Determines financial, staffing, material and other short- and long-term needs.
Advises on currency and passport/visa regulations and any necessary health precautions needed.
Makes and confirms travel and accommodation bookings, arranges group holidays, tours and individual itineraries.
Discusses client’s requirements and advises on road, rail, air and sea travel and accommodation.
Co-ordinates the activities of clerical, secretarial and other staff.
Plans work schedules and assigns tasks and responsibilities.

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Care Escorts

£25,344

Entry Level Salary

£14,224.57

Average Salary

£22,596.71

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Supervises and accompanies children who are taking part in a theatrical, television or film production.
Communicates with colleagues and maintains accurate records.
Supervises contact between parents and separated children.
Organises toilet and meal stops, as appropriate.
Supports and secures chair bound clients.
Transports clients safely and securely between approved destinations.

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Travel Agents

£13,590

Entry Level Salary

£21,108.07

Average Salary

£39,306

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Advises on issues of currency, passports, visa requirements, insurance, car hire, vaccinations and other health precautions.
Informs client of any changes in travel arrangements.
Handles cash, debit and credit card payment.
Consults travel time-tables, books travel tickets and accommodation.
Establishes availability with tour operators and makes bookings.
Discusses client requirements and shows brochures containing suitable packages.

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Air Travel Assistants

£14,760

Entry Level Salary

£20,878

Average Salary

£38,877.56

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Directs and instructs passengers in the event of an emergency, ensures safety procedures are followed.
Makes announcements on behalf of the pilot, demonstrates the use of emergency equipment and checks that safety belts are fastened.
Sells duty-free goods during the flight.
Ensures that sufficient stocks of meals and beverages are on board the aircraft prior to take off and serves passengers during the flight.
Welcomes passengers on board the aircraft, guides them to their seats and assists with any hand luggage.
Checks emergency equipment, distributes reading material, blankets and other items, and ensures that the aircraft is ready for the receipt of passengers.
Receives passengers at airport terminal, examines tickets and other documentation, checks in luggage and distributes boarding passes.

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Rail Travel Assistants

£35,334

Entry Level Salary

£47,622

Average Salary

£88,678.39

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Inspects and issues tickets on trains, deals with passenger enquiries, and takes charge of goods being transported on train.
Checks control panel operation before start of journey, operates train door controls and signals to driver to start or stop train.
Attends to the safety, welfare and comfort of passengers on trains and manages train crew.
Assists passengers with special needs to board and leave trains.
Loads and unloads mail, goods and luggage, operates lifts and hoists and drives small trucks.
Helps with passenger enquiries and makes announcements over a public address system at stations.
Examines and collects tickets at the ticket barrier of a railway station.

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Leisure and Travel Service Occupations

£20,862

Entry Level Salary

£20,451.49

Average Salary

£38,083.36

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Serves food and beverages to passengers.
Makes announcements to passengers and deals with enquiries.
Receives passengers on ship, examines tickets and other documentation, directs them to their cabin and assists with any luggage.
Completes way-bill at scheduled points on route and balances cash taken with tickets issued.
Signals to driver when to stop and start bus, collects fares from passengers and issues tickets and changes destination indicators as necessary.
Responds to enquiries and complaints, books excursions and other entertainment and provides other assistance and advice to holidaymakers.
Makes local arrangements at stopover points for food and accommodation.
Receives passengers, checks tickets and guides them to their seats, makes announcements regarding travel arrangements and places of interest, and deals with passengers’ queries.
Observes regulations concerning the carrying capacity of vehicles and controls the boarding of passengers accordingly.

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Food, Drink and Tobacco Process Operatives

£22,338

Entry Level Salary

£27,668.99

Average Salary

£40,290.37

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Processes tobacco leaves by hand or machine to make cigarettes, cigars, pipe and other tobacco products.
Mixes, pulps, grinds, blends and separates foodstuffs and liquids with churning, pressing, sieving, grinding and filtering equipment.
Operates equipment to cool, heat, dry, roast, blanch, pasteurise, smoke, sterilise, freeze, evaporate and concentrate foodstuffs and liquids used in food processing.
Attends equipment to make jam, toffee, cheese, processed cheese, margarine, syrup, ice, pasta, ice-cream, sausages, chocolate, maize starch, edible fats and dextrin.
Operates machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products.
Sets, operates and attends machinery and ovens to mix, bake and otherwise prepare bread and flour confectionery products.

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Marketing, Sales, and Advertising Directors

£45,504

Entry Level Salary

£64,521.80

Average Salary

£128,862.24

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Produces and/or assesses reports and recommendations concerning marketing, advertising and sales strategies.
Stays abreast of changes in market trends and advertising rates.
Controls the recruitment and training of staff.
Examines and analyses sales figures, advises on and monitors marketing campaigns and promotional activities.
Conceives advertising campaigns to impart the desired product image in an effective and economical way.
Defines target group for advertising campaigns and implements strategy through appropriate media planning work.
Discusses employer’s or clients’ requirements, plans and monitors surveys and analyses of customers’ reactions to products.
Liaises with client to discuss product/service to be marketed and develops the most appropriate strategy to deliver the objectives.

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Public Relations and Communications Directors

£36,216

Entry Level Salary

£51,631.78

Average Salary

£118,856.59

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Directs the arranging of conferences, exhibitions, seminars, etc. to promote the image of a product, service or organisation.
Stays abreast of changes in media, readership or viewing figures.
Reviews and revises campaign strategy and takes appropriate corrective measures if necessary.
Liaises with client to discuss their needs and develops the most appropriate strategy to deliver the objectives directs public relations campaigns and communicates messages through a variety of media.
Directs and oversees the work of the communications department of an organisation or work on behalf of clients at a public relations firm.
Develops and reviews the public relations policy and direction of an organisation.

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Human Resource Managers and Directors

£21,384

Entry Level Salary

£39,052.90

Average Salary

£74,186.40

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Stays abreast of relevant legislation, considers its impact on the organisation’s HR strategy and recommends appropriate action.
Considers alternative work procedures to improve productivity.
Examines and reports on company and departmental structures, chains of command, information flows, etc. and evaluates efficiency of existing operations.
Develops and administers salary, health and safety and promotion policies.
Undertakes industrial relations negotiations with employees’ representatives or trades unions.
Provides or arranges for provision of training courses.
Oversees the monitoring of employee performance and career development needs.
Oversees the preparation of job descriptions, drafts advertisements and interviews candidates.
Determines staffing needs.

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Managers and Directors in Retail and Wholesale

£21,330

Entry Level Salary

£30,259

Average Salary

£61,418.89

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Examines quality of merchandise and ensures that effective use is made of advertising and display facilities.
Authorises payment for supplies received and decides on vending price, discount rates and credit terms.
Oversees the maintenance of financial and other records and controls security arrangements for the premises.
Ensures customer complaints and queries regarding sales and service are appropriately handled.
Ensures that adequate reserves of merchandise are held and that stock keeping is carried out efficiently.
Liaises with other staff to provide information about merchandise, special promotions etc. to customers.
Appoints staff, assigns tasks and monitors and reviews staff performance.

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Management Consultants and Business Analysts

£22,842

Entry Level Salary

£49,267

Average Salary

£86,511.78

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Runs workshops, and addresses seminars, conferences and the media to present results of research activity or to express professional views.
Advises governments, commercial enterprises, organisations and other clients in light of research findings.
Determines the appropriate method of data collection and research methodology, analyses and interprets information gained and formulates and implements recommendations and solutions.
Identifies problems concerned with business strategy, policy, organisation, procedures, methods and markets.
Assesses the functions, objectives and requirements of the organisation seeking advice.

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Business and Related Research Professionals

£24,048

Entry Level Salary

£33,678

Average Salary

£58,681.50

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Discusses possible changes that need to be made in terms of design, price, packaging, marketing and promotion etc. in light of market research with appropriate departments.
Manages and directs research, collates and interprets findings and presents results to clients.
Liaises with client to understand their market research needs, establishes an appropriate quantitative and qualitative market research methodology and prepares proposals outlining programmes of work and details of costs.
Deals with copyright issues and negotiates fees.
Liaises with client on the appropriate image/s to be used.
Researches images for clients in a wide range of media using specialist picture libraries and archives, museums, galleries etc., or commissions new images.
Presents findings in the required format, via written reports or presentations.
Provides support to criminal intelligence or to military or other security operations by gathering and verifying intelligence data and sources.
Provides administrative support for programme development such as booking facilities.
Briefs presenters, scriptwriters or journalists as required via verbal or written reports.
Research sources for accurate factual material, finds suitable contributors to programmes or print features and deals with any copyright issues.
Liaises with production team to generate and develop ideas for film, television and radio programmes.

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Business, Research and Administrative Professionals

£20,952

Entry Level Salary

£42,892.37

Average Salary

£75,098.17

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Negotiates and monitors contracted out services provided by the private sector to local government studies and acts upon any legislation that may affect the local authority.
Registers and maintains records of all births, deaths and marriages in local authority area, issues appropriate certificates and reports any suspicious causes of death to the coroner..
Co-ordinates and directs the activities of Revenue and Customs offices, Job Centres, Benefits Agency offices and other local offices of national government.
Advises national and local government on the interpretation and implementation of policy decisions, acts and regulations, and provides technical assistance in the formulation of policy.
Controls and administers budgets.
Prepares and reviews operational and financial reports.
Develops plans, sets objectives and monitors and evaluates performance.
Recruits and manages staff, assigns and delegates tasks and duties, makes changes in procedures to deal with variations in workload.
Analyses internal processes and systems, recommends and implements procedural and policy changes.
Coordinates the organisation’s services and resources, liaising with other senior staff.

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Business and Financial Project Management Professionals

£26,154

Entry Level Salary

£49,772.25

Average Salary

£83,459.73

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Reports regularly on progress to the client or to senior managers.
Ensures that each stage of the project is progressing on time, on budget and to the right quality standards.
Negotiates with contractors and suppliers for materials and services.
Selects and leads a project team.
Draws up a detailed plan for how to achieve each stage of the project.
Agrees timescales, costs and resources needed.
Finds out what the client or company wants to achieve.

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Public Relations Professionals

£22,122

Entry Level Salary

£34,923

Average Salary

£63,390.52

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Develops and implements tools to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of public relations exercises.
Addresses individuals, clients and other target groups through meetings, presentations, the media and other events to enhance the public image of an organisation.
Writes, edits and arranges for the effective distribution of press releases, newsletters, social media and other public relations material.
Discusses issues of business strategy, products, services and target client base with senior colleagues to identify public relations requirements.

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Advertising Accounts Managers and Creative Directors

£27,270

Entry Level Salary

£39,866.65

Average Salary

£73,066.63

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Arranges conferences, exhibitions, seminars, etc. to promote the image of a product, service or organisation.
Stays abreast of changes in media, readership or viewing figures and advertising rates.
Reviews and revises campaign in light of sales figures, surveys, etc..
Conceives advertising campaign to impart the desired product image in an effective and economical way, including planning which media to use, such as print, television, radio or online advertising.
Liaises with client to discuss product/service to be marketed, defines target group and assesses the suitability of various media.

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Biological Scientists

£20,412

Entry Level Salary

£43,176.71

Average Salary

£75,426.72

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Monitors the distribution, presence and behaviour of plants, animals and aquatic life, and performs other scientific tasks related to conservation not performed by Job holders in MINOR GROUP 215: Conservation and Environment Professionals.
Advises farmers, medical staff and others, on the nature of field crops, livestock and produce and on the treatment and prevention of disease.
Observes the structure of communities of organisms in the laboratory and in their natural environment.
Researches the effects of internal and external environmental factors on the life processes and other functions of living organisms.
Studies the physical form, structure, composition and function of living organisms.

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Biochemists and Biomedical Scientists

£28,098

Entry Level Salary

£37,705.89

Average Salary

£65,869.57

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Researches, develops and quality checks new products in the pharmaceuticals, food production and agricultural Industries.
Performs tests to help clinicians diagnose and treat various conditions, evaluates existing treatments and researches new ways to treat diseases.
Researches the effects of internal and external environmental factors on the life processes and other functions of living organisms.
Performs tests to study physiological and pathological characteristics within cells and other organisms.
Identifies and studies the chemical substances, including microbial infections, involved in physiological processes and the progress of disease.
Studies the chemical form, structure, composition and function of living organisms.

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Laboratory Technicians

£20,196

Entry Level Salary

£26,317

Average Salary

£41,749.85

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Keeps up to date with new technical developments.
Disposes of chemical and biological waste safely.
Maintains and rotates stock and supplies.
Records and collates data obtained from experimental work and documents all work carried out.
Operates and services specialised scientific equipment, undertakes prescribed measurements and analyses and ensures that sterile conditions necessary for some equipment are maintained.
Prepares organic and inorganic material for examination and stains and fixes slides for microscope work.
Sets up and assists with the construction and the development of scientific apparatus for experimental, demonstration or other purposes.

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Actuaries, Economists and Statisticians

£22,122

Entry Level Salary

£40,101.17

Average Salary

£70,211.19

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Addresses seminars, conferences and the media to present results of research activity or to express professional views.
Provides economic or statistical advice to governments, commercial enterprises, organisations and other clients in light of research findings.
Designs and manages surveys and uses statistical techniques in order to analyse and interpret the quantitative data collected.
Uses appropriate techniques and theoretical principles to determine an appropriate method of data collection and research methodology, analyse and interpret information gained and formulate recommendations on issues such as future trends, improved efficiency.
Uses a variety of techniques and theoretical principles to establish probability and risk in respect of e.g. life insurance or pensions.
Assesses the objectives and requirements of the organisation seeking advice.

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Programmers and Software Development Professionals

£27,990

Entry Level Salary

£54,279

Average Salary

£98,574.74

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Develops website and website interfaces and establishes methods to ensure appropriate website security and recovery.
Writes operational documentation and provides subsequent support and training for users.
Plans and maintains database structures.
Implements and evaluates the software.
Writes code for specialist programming for computer games, (for example, artificial intelligence, 3D engine development).
Tests and corrects software programs.
Develops user interfaces.
Writes and codes individual programs according to specifications.
Undertakes feasibility study to design software solutions.
Examines existing software and determines requirements for new/modified systems in the light of business needs.

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Web Design Professionals

£19,962

Entry Level Salary

£37,591.54

Average Salary

£65,669.81

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Designs web interfaces for relational database systems.
Designs web pages and applications including graphics, animation and functionality to maximise visual effectiveness and facilitate appropriate access.
Presents design options to the client.
Liaises with internal/external client in order to define the requirements for the website or applications.

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Authors, Writers and Translators

£22,590

Entry Level Salary

£35,211.61

Average Salary

£62,847.06

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Provides communication support for the hard of hearing or the visually impaired.
Converts documents or spoken statements from original or source language into another language.
Writes instruction manuals and user guides, technical reports, catalogues and indexes, prepares sales literature and writes technical articles for trade journals.
Negotiates contracts with freelance agents and with buyer on behalf of writer.
Selects material for publication, checks style, grammar and accuracy of content, arranges for any necessary revisions and checks proof copies before printing.
Generates and develops creative ideas for literary material.
Determines subject matter and researches as necessary by interviewing, attending public events, seeking out records, observing etc..

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Chemical Scientists

£21,726

Entry Level Salary

£53,656.10

Average Salary

£93,733.48

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Develops procedures for quality control of manufactured products.
Tests techniques and processes for reliability under a variety of conditions.
Analyses results and experimental data.
Operates specialised scientific equipment and conducts experiments to identify chemical composition, energy and chemical changes in natural substances and processed materials.
Develops experimental procedures, instruments and recording and testing systems.

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Civil Engineers

£24,552

Entry Level Salary

£39,721.99

Average Salary

£61,664.01

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Organises and establishes control systems to monitor operational efficiency and performance of materials and systems.
Organises and plans projects, arranges work schedules, carries out inspection work and plans maintenance control.
Designs structures such as roads, dams, bridges, railways, hydraulic systems, sewerage systems, industrial and other buildings and plans the layout of tunnels, wells and construction shafts.
Designs foundations and earthworks.
Determines and specifies construction methods, materials, quality and safety standards and ensures that equipment operation and maintenance comply with design specifications.
Undertakes research and advises on soil mechanics, concrete technology, hydraulics, water and waste water treatment processes and other civil engineering matters.

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Electrical Engineers

£32,778

Entry Level Salary

£61,374.60

Average Salary

£95,277.29

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Organises and establishes control systems to monitor the performance and safety of electrical assemblies and systems.
Ensures that manufacture, operation and maintenance comply with design specifications and contractual arrangements.
Determines and specifies manufacturing methods of electrical systems.
Supervises, controls and monitors the operation of electrical generation, transmission and distribution systems.
Conceives and develops engineering designs from product ideas in electrical engineering.

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Electronics Engineers

£27,846

Entry Level Salary

£47,003.42

Average Salary

£72,967.61

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Tests, diagnoses faults and undertakes repair of electronic equipment.
Organises and establishes control systems to monitor performance and evaluate designs.
Determines and specifies appropriate production and/or installation methods and quality and safety standards.
Conceives and develops engineering designs from product ideas in electronics engineering.
Undertakes research and advises on all aspects of telecoms equipment, radar, telemetry and remote-control systems, data processing equipment, microwaves and other electronic equipment.

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Production and Process Engineers

£26,604

Entry Level Salary

£44,220

Average Salary

£68,646.66

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Designs, controls and constructs process plants to manufacture products.
Undertakes research and develops processes to achieve physical and/or chemical change for oil, pharmaceutical, synthetic, plastic, food and other products.
Liaises with materials buying, storing and controlling departments to ensure a steady flow of supplies.
Advises management on and ensures effective implementation of new production methods, techniques and equipment.
Investigates and eliminates potential hazards and bottlenecks in production.
Devises and implements production control methods to monitor operational efficiency.
Recommends optimum equipment and layout and prepares drawings and specifications.
Studies existing and alternative production methods, regarding work flow, plant layout, types of machinery and cost.

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Aerospace Engineers

£35,298

Entry Level Salary

£60,636.24

Average Salary

£94,131.07

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Inspects completed aircraft maintenance work to certify that it meets standards and the aircraft is ready for operation.
Ensures that equipment, operation and maintenance comply with design specifications and safety standards.
Analyses test data; undertakes research and advises on all aspects of aircraft, spacecraft and their systems.
Organises and plans projects, arranges work schedules, carries out inspection work and plans maintenance control.
Conceives and develops engineering designs from product ideas in aerospace engineering.

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Engineering Project Managers and Project Engineers

£29,160

Entry Level Salary

£49,972.21

Average Salary

£77,576.33

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Ensures that equipment, operation and maintenance comply with design specifications and safety standards.
Records, monitors and reports progress.
Identifies defects in work and proposes corrections.
Regularly inspects and monitors progress and quality of work, ensures legal requirements are met.
Plans work schedules for engineering projects based on prior discussion with client and contractors.
Assembles information for invoicing at the end of projects.
Briefs project team, contractors and suppliers.
Draws up budgets and timescales for new engineering projects based on clients’ requirements.

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Quality Control and Planning Engineers

£24,120

Entry Level Salary

£36,813

Average Salary

£63,507.18

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Oversees effective implementation of adopted processes, schedules and procedures.
Prepares plan of sequence of operations and completion dates for each phase of production or processing.
Analyses plans, drawings, specifications and safety, quality, accuracy, reliability and contractual requirements.
Prepares work flow charts for individual departments and compiles detailed instructions on processes, work methods and quality and safety standards for workers.
Ensures accuracy of machines, jigs, fixtures, gauges and other manufacturing and testing equipment.
Devises inspection, testing and evaluation methods for bought-in materials, components, semi-finished and finished products.

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Building and Civil Engineering Technicians

£19,512

Entry Level Salary

£33,407.46

Average Salary

£55,674.31

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Estimates timescales for project delivery.
Estimates project costs.
Creates and designs plans (using computer aided software).
Inspects construction materials and supervises work of contractors to ensure compliance with specifications and arranges remedial work as necessary.
Sets out construction site, supervises excavations and marks out position of building work to be undertaken.
Performs calculations and collects, records and interprets data.
Sets up apparatus and equipment and undertakes field and laboratory tests of soil and work materials.

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Electrical and Electronics Technicians

£20,016

Entry Level Salary

£31,693.28

Average Salary

£52,817.59

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Interprets and reviews technical drawings.
Visits and advises clients on the use and servicing of electrical and electronic systems and equipment.
Diagnoses and detects faults and implements procedures to maintain efficient operation of systems and equipment.
Plans installation methods, checks completed installation for safety and controls or undertakes the initial running of the new electrical or electronic equipment or system.
Sets up equipment, undertakes tests, takes readings, performs calculations and records and interprets data.
Plans and prepares work and test schedules based on specifications and drawings.

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Vehicle Technicians, Mechanics and Electricians

£22,842

Entry Level Salary

£34,414

Average Salary

£49,310.10

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Repairs and services air conditioning, heating and engine-cooling systems.
Installs additional electrical amenities such as radio/CD players, aerials.
Checks condition of electrical/electronic systems and carries out servicing tasks.
Diagnoses faults in electrical/electronic circuitry, removes faulty components and fits replacements.
Carries out routine maintenance checks on oil and air filters, brakes and other vehicle parts/systems.
Reassembles, tests, adjusts and tunes the appropriate parts, systems or entire engine.
Removes, dismantles, repairs and replaces defective parts and prepares new parts using appropriate tools.
Visually checks, test drives or uses test equipment to diagnose engine and mechanical faults.

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Electricians and Electrical Fitters

£21,492

Entry Level Salary

£39,398.99

Average Salary

£52,896.75

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Examines electrical plant or machinery, domestic appliances and other electrical assembly for faults using test equipment and replaces worn parts and faulty wiring.
Installs electrical plant, machinery and other electrical fixtures and appliances such as fuse boxes, generators, light sockets etc..
Assembles parts and sub-assemblies using hand tools and by brazing, riveting or welding.
Cuts, bends and installs electrical conduit.
Selects, cuts and lays wires and connects to sockets, plugs or terminals by crimping, soldering, brazing or bolting.
Examines drawings, specifications and wiring diagrams to determine the method and sequence of operations.

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IT Project Managers

£25,704

Entry Level Salary

£42,521.06

Average Salary

£74,521.89

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Reports on project to senior management and/or client.
Coordinates and oversees implementation of the project.
Monitors progress including project budget, timescale and quality.
Manages third party contributions to the project.
Coordinates and supervises the activities of the project team.
Plans the stages of the project, reviews actions and amends plans as necessary.
Works with client or senior management to establish and clarify the aims, objectives and requirements of the IT project.

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IT Managers

£29,538

Entry Level Salary

£54,628.99

Average Salary

£94,206.53

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Reports on IT activities to senior management.
Plans and monitors work and maintenance schedules to ensure agreed service levels are achieved.
Supervises the technical team and coordinates training.
Takes responsibility for managing the development of an aspect of IT provision such as user support, network operations, service delivery or quality control.
Liaises with users, senior staff and internal/external clients to clarify IT requirements and development needs.
Plans, coordinates and manages the organisation’s IT provision or a specialist area of IT activity.

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IT Business Analysts, Architects and Systems Designers

£26,334

Entry Level Salary

£49,429

Average Salary

£82,893.70

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Works closely with clients to implement new systems.
Researches, analyses, evaluates and monitors network infrastructure and performance.
Examines existing business models and flows of data and designs functional specifications and test plans for new systems in order to meet clients’ needs.
Provides advice and assistance in the procurement, provision, delivery, installation, maintenance and use of IT systems and their environments.
Communicates the impact of emerging technologies to clients and advises upon the potential introduction of such technology.
Undertakes feasibility studies for major IT developments incorporating costs and benefits, and presents proposals to clients.
Liaises with internal/external clients to analyse business procedure, clarify clients’ requirements and to define the scope of existing software, hardware and network provision.

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Information Technology Professionals

£26,424

Entry Level Salary

£45,159

Average Salary

£79,145.11

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Manages and develops the content and operation of websites, monitors traffic, and ensures the functionality of websites and web servers.
Organises training for users and prepares documentation on IT systems.
Meets with clients to determine their requirements and designs, tests and installs new systems to meet client's needs.
Provides support to organisations in the operation of their IT software, hardware and networks.

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IT Operations Technicians

£22,518

Entry Level Salary

£32,460

Average Salary

£51,979.76

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Acts as a liaison between users, outside suppliers, and other technical teams.
Performs server backup and recovery operations and restarts systems following outages.
Identifies problems, agrees remedial action and undertakes emergency maintenance if required.
Analyses systems and makes recommendations to improve performance.
Schedules and performs system maintenance tasks, such as loading user applications, programs and data.
Configures and sets up new server systems.
Administers, monitors and supports internal/external networks, servers, email and security systems.

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IT User Support Technicians

£19,368

Entry Level Salary

£27,666.75

Average Salary

£44,917.96

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Reports on commonly occurring queries to detect underlying problems.
Maintains a log of work in progress, calls received, actions taken and problems detected.
Researches possible solutions in user guides, technical manuals and other documents.
Refers more complex or intractable problems to appropriate IT professionals.
Facilitates user access to systems.
Installs and upgrades hardware, cables, operating systems and/or appropriate software.
Advises users on how to resolve hardware and software problems.
Provides technical support to IT users.

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Computer System and Equipment Installers and Servicers

£22,608

Entry Level Salary

£29,652.88

Average Salary

£44,733.59

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Maintains documentation to track and log work in progress and completed.
Advises on and installs operating soft/firm ware and may carry out upgrades.
Repairs or replaces defective components.
Diagnoses hardware related faults.
Installs, tests and maintains computer-related hardware (processors, memory chips, circuit boards, displays, sensors, data storage devices, printers, etc.) according to given specifications.

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Production Managers and Directors in Construction

£26,892

Entry Level Salary

£57,012.45

Average Salary

£116,885.21

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Receives reports upon work in progress to ensure that materials and construction methods meet with specifications and statutory requirements and that there are no deviations from agreed plans.
Plans, directs and co-ordinates the construction and maintenance of civil and structural engineering works, including demolition, pipelines and pilings.
Receives invitations to tender, arranges for estimates and liaises with client, architects, Chartered architectual technologists and engineers for the preparation of contracts.
Liaises with other managers to plan overall production activity and construction activities, sets quality standards and estimates timescales and costs.

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Construction Project Managers and Related Professionals

£32,472

Entry Level Salary

£55,195

Average Salary

£91,442.98

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Writes reports for funding bids and planning authorities and acts as expert witness.
Examines accident ‘blackspots’ to improve road safety.
Assesses schemes to manage traffic such as congestion charging and parking controls.
Forecasts the impact on traffic and transport of new developments (e.g. shopping centre).
Records, monitors and reports progress.
Identifies defects in work and proposes corrections.
Regularly inspects and monitors progress and quality of work, ensures legal requirements are met.
Hires and may supervise site staff, establishes temporary site offices, takes delivery of materials.
Plans work schedules for construction projects based on prior discussion with architects, Chartered architectural technologists, surveyors etc..
Assembles information for invoicing at the end of projects.
Briefs project team, contractors and suppliers.
Draws up budgets and timescales for new construction projects based on clients’ requirements.

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Inspectors of Standards and Regulations

£21,456

Entry Level Salary

£31,108.61

Average Salary

£63,986.14

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Prepares reports and recommendations on all inspections made and recommends legal action where necessary.
Undertakes other inspections including chemicals, drugs, flight operations, etc..
Visits premises where animals are kept, advises on animal care and investigates complaints.
Checks fishing licences and prevents illegal fishing.
Samples and tests river water, checks and advises on premises discharging effluent to prevent pollution.
Verifies the weight of commercial vehicles, checks driver’s licence and hours worked.
Investigates industrial accidents or any complaints made by the public.
Draws attention to any irregularities or infringements of regulations and advises on ways of rectifying them.
Visits sites during construction and inspects completed installations of electricity, gas or water supply.
Inspects factories and other work sites to ensure adequate cleanliness, temperature, lighting and ventilation, checks for fire hazards and inspects storage and handling arrangements of dangerous materials.
Inspects measuring and similar equipment in factories and visits street traders, shops, garages and other premises to check scales, weights and measuring equipment.
Inspects building structures, facilities and sites to determine suitability for habitation, compliance with regulations and for insurance purposes.
Examines building plans to ensure compliance with local, statutory and other requirements.

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Steel Erectors

£20,898

Entry Level Salary

£35,117.73

Average Salary

£52,931.09

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Checks alignment of metal parts using spirit level and plumb-rule.
Arranges for or undertakes bolting and welding of metal parts.
Directs hoisting and positioning of girders and other metal parts and checks alignment.
Erects ladders, scaffolding or working cage.
Examines drawings and specifications to assess job requirements.

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Bricklayers

£19,314

Entry Level Salary

£32,793.51

Average Salary

£49,427.92

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Uses hand and power tools to shape and trim bricks.
Places, levels and aligns bricks in mortar bed and walls.
Mixes and spreads mortar on foundations and bricks.
Measures construction site and lays out the first lines of bricks to mark position of walls.
Examines drawings, photographs and specifications to determine job requirements.

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Roofers, Roof Tilers and Slaters

£19,188

Entry Level Salary

£32,998.53

Average Salary

£49,736.93

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Seals edges of roof with mortar and ensures that joints are watertight.
Lays, aligns and secures successive overlapping layers of roofing material.
Lays and secures underfelt and covers with hot bitumen or other adhesive compound.
Cuts wooden battens, felt and underfelt to required size.
Measures roof or exterior wall and calculates required amounts of underfelt, tiles, slates or thatching material.

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Plumbers and Heating and Ventilating Installers and Repairers

£21,096

Entry Level Salary

£34,567.57

Average Salary

£53,293.06

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Repairs burst pipes and mechanical and combustion faults and replaces faulty taps, washers, valves, etc.
Attaches fittings and joins piping by welding, soldering, cementing, fusing, screwing or other methods.
Tests completed installation for leaks and makes any necessary adjustments.
Installs fittings such as storage tanks, cookers, baths, toilets, taps and valves, refrigerators, boilers, heat pumps, radiators and fires.
Measures and cuts required lengths of copper, lead, steel, iron, aluminium or plastic using hand or machine tools.
Examines drawings and specifications to determine layout of system.

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Carpenters and Joiners

£21,330

Entry Level Salary

£34,950

Average Salary

£52,678.27

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Maintains and repairs woodwork and fittings.
Checks accuracy of work with square, rule and spirit level.
Aligns and fixes prepared wood pieces by screwing, nailing, gluing and dowelling to form frames, shop fronts, counter units, decking, theatrical sets, furniture, small wooden craft, scale models and wooden templates.
Selects and measures appropriate wood and cuts, shapes and drills to specification using saws, planes, chisels and other power or hand tools.
Examines drawings and specifications to determine job requirements.

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Glaziers, Window Fabricators and Fitters

£21,528

Entry Level Salary

£28,899.28

Average Salary

£43,558.35

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Sets up and operates machinery to manufacture windows and window frames.
Fixes mirror panels to interior and exterior walls and repairs and replaces broken glass.
Applies mastic, putty or adhesive between glass and frame and trims off excess with knife.
Smooths edges of glass and positions and secures in frame or grooved lead strips.
Scores plain, coloured, safety and ornamental glass with hand cutter and breaks off glass by hand or with pliers.
Examines drawings or specifications to determine job requirements.

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Construction and Building Trades

£22,536

Entry Level Salary

£37,952

Average Salary

£57,203.03

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Checks and puts on diving suit and equipment and descends underwater to carry out construction, maintenance and repair tasks on sites such as oil rigs, harbours, bridges etc.
Erects and repairs fencing.
Maintains and repairs steeples, industrial chimneys and other high structures, and installs and replaces lightning conductors.
Installs plumbing fixtures, woodwork structures and fittings, and sets glass in frames.
Pours and levels concrete, prepares surfaces for painting and plastering, and mixes and applies plaster and paint.
Lays bricks, tiles and building blocks to construct, repair and decorate buildings.
Selects, measures and cuts steel bars, rods and wire to required lengths, positions and fixes reinforcements into position and tensions as required using hydraulic jacks.

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Plasterers

£22,590

Entry Level Salary

£33,856

Average Salary

£51,594.34

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Checks surface level using line, spirit level and straight edge.
Covers and seals joints between boards and finishes surface.
Measures, cuts, installs and secures plaster board and/or ornamental plasterwork to walls and ceilings.
Pours liquid plaster into mould to cast ornamental plaster work.
Applies and smooths one or more coats of plaster and produces a finished surface, using hand tools or mechanical spray.
Mixes, or directs the mixing of, plaster to desired consistency.
Selects appropriate plasterboard or dry lining panels, cuts them to required size and fixes them to ceilings and walls.

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Floorers and Wall Tilers

£17,964

Entry Level Salary

£34,099.33

Average Salary

£51,965.16

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Mixes cement screed or other adhesive, cuts and positions floor and wall tiles and checks alignment of tiling with spirit level.
Finishes covering by rolling, smoothing, grouting or polishing.
Examines premises to plan suitable layout and cuts, lays and secures underlay, carpet and linoleum.
Cleans floor surface, fixes wooden laying guides and mixes, pours and levels granite and terrazzo mixtures, bitumen, synthetic resin or other composition mixtures to form flooring.
Examines drawings and specifications to determine job requirements.

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Painters and Decorators

£23,526

Entry Level Salary

£32,519.99

Average Salary

£49,558.36

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Stains, waxes and French polishes wood surfaces by hand.
Mixes adhesive or removes self-adhesive backing and positions covering material on wall, matching up patterns where appropriate and removing wrinkles and air bubbles by hand or brush.
Applies primer, undercoat and finishing coat(s) using brush, roller, or spray equipment.
Prepares surfaces by cleaning, sanding and filling cracks and holes with appropriate filler.
Erects working platform or scaffolding up to five metres in height.

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Construction and Building Trades Supervisors

£23,382

Entry Level Salary

£34,453

Average Salary

£52,504.13

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Reports as required to managerial staff on work-related matters.
Determines or recommends staffing and other needs to meet productivity requirements.
Liaises with managers and contractors to resolve operational problems.
Establishes and monitors work schedules to meet productivity requirements.
Directly supervises and coordinates the activities of construction and building workers and/or subcontractors.

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Scaffolders, Stagers and Riggers

£17,604

Entry Level Salary

£42,178

Average Salary

£64,471.37

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Forms rope slings, ladders, netting and other rigging and measures, cuts and repairs wire or fibre rope.
Erects jib, derrick and similar hoisting equipment and installs ropes, pulleys and other lifting tackle.
Lays and secures wooden planking to form working platforms and fixes guard rails, ladders, cradles and awnings as required.
Examines scaffold tubing and couplings for defects and selects, fits and bolts scaffold tubes until scaffolding reaches required height.
Examines drawings and specifications to determine job requirements.

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Road Construction Operatives

£22,230

Entry Level Salary

£38,705.77

Average Salary

£59,163.89

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Removes damaged paving slabs and kerb stones, lays bedding of sand, concrete or mortar on prepared foundation, lays new slabs or stones and fills joints with mortar.
Spreads aggregate over road surfaces using shovel, lays markings on road surface and repairs crash barriers.
Spreads bitumen, tar or asphalt and compacts surface using roller.
Heats bitumen in bucket, applies it to newly laid asphalt and beats or draws tamper head on asphalt to close joints.
Cuts away broken road surface with pick or pneumatic drill.
Sets up traffic management systems around work site such as cones, lights and barriers.
Inspects road surfaces for hazards or signs of deterioration, clears mud, weeds and debris from road and spreads grit or salt as required.

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Rail Construction and Maintenance Operatives

£24,714

Entry Level Salary

£45,195.14

Average Salary

£69,083.25

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Fastens together sections of rail by bolting fishplates to rails.
Positions lengths of rail, sets of points and crossovers and secures rail with bolts, wooden wedges or clips.
Spreads ballast and lays sleepers or metal plates at specified intervals.
Lubricates points, examines fences, drains, culverts and embankments and carries out any necessary maintenance.
Checks tightness of bolts and wedges, replaces damaged rail chairs and repacks ballast under sleepers if necessary.
Patrols length of track and visually inspects rails, bolts, fishplates and chairs for distortion or fracture.

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Construction Operatives

£20,916

Entry Level Salary

£30,470.76

Average Salary

£46,576.23

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Installs electrical lighting in streets, homes and business/manufacturing settings.
Tests joints with electronic test equipment or by filling piping with water, smoke or compressed air.
Joints pipe by sealing with rubber, cement, lead, etc., connects piping to manholes and attaches pipe junctions as required.
Selects appropriate asbestos, clay, concrete, plastic or metal pipe sections and lowers them into prepared trenches using hoisting equipment.
Cuts, shapes and fits wood, lays bricks and tiles, cleans exterior surfaces of buildings and resurfaces eroded stone or brickwork, and performs other tasks in the construction, alteration, repair and demolition of buildings.
Fills machine with insulating mixture, positions hose, drills access hole and fills cavities or coats surfaces to prevent loss or absorption of heat and provide fire protections.

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Physical Scientists

£23,904

Entry Level Salary

£52,408.51

Average Salary

£91,554.03

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Applies mathematical models and techniques to assist in the solution of scientific problems in industry and commerce and seeks out new applications of mathematical analysis.
Observes, records and collates data on atmospheric conditions from weather stations, satellites, and observation vessels to plot and forecast weather conditions.
Uses surveys, seismology and other methods to determine the earth’s mantle, crust, rock structure and type, and to analyse and predict the occurrence of seismological activity.
Conducts experiments and tests and uses mathematical models and theories to investigate the structure and properties of matter, transformations and propagations of energy, the behaviour of particles and their interaction with various forms of energy.

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Conservation Professionals

£21,870

Entry Level Salary

£34,691.01

Average Salary

£60,602.79

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Carries out research into aspects of the natural world.
Prepares applications for funding to other organisations, and assessing applications for funding from other organisations.
Promotes conservation issues via educational talks, displays, workshops and literature and liaison with the media.
Maintains and develops knowledge in relevant policy areas within a national and European legislative context.
Liaises with other groups in the selection and maintenance of the Protected Site System including Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), Ramsar sites, and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and National Nature Reserves (NNRs).
Provides advice and information to government at national and local levels, clients, landowners, planners and developers to facilitate the protection of the natural environment.
Implements, evaluates and monitors schemes for the management and protection of natural habitats.
Carries out environmental impact assessments and field surveys.
Promotes and implements local and national biodiversity action plans, particularly with regard to threatened species and habitats.

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Research and Development (R&D) Managers

£32,148

Entry Level Salary

£60,883

Average Salary

£105,321.84

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Monitors the standards of scientific and technical research undertaken by the research team.
Plans work schedules, assigns tasks and delegates responsibilities to the research and development team.
Develops research methodology, implements and reports upon research investigations undertaken.
Liaises with production departments to investigate and resolve manufacturing problems.
Establishes product design and performance objectives in consultation with other business functions.

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Counsellors

£21,132

Entry Level Salary

£25,763

Average Salary

£37,026.53

Potential Salary

Daily Tasks

Keeps accurate and confidential records.
Refers to other appropriate sources of help.
Presents different perspectives to the problem areas identified.
Encourages clients to discuss their feelings in relation to their problems, aiming to ensure that an understanding of the issues is achieved.
Meets clients face-to-face, working either one-to-one or with couples or families, or by telephone or internet.

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