Job types within Manufacturing & Crafts
Manufacturing & Crafts
Manufacturing jobs support almost a seventh of all jobs in the UK, or approximately 3.8 million people. Companies with manufacturing jobs contribute almost £150 billion to the economy; almost two-thirds of manufactured goods are exported. The single largest manufacturing jobs sector is the £64 billion food and drink industry. The industry offers manufacturing jobs for 550,000 people, approximately 13% of the manufacturing jobs in the UK. Manufacturing jobs in the chemical industries employ more than 400,000 people, and produce products worth £42 billion annually, exporting £23 billion.
Manufacturing jobs employers range from large international companies employing thousands of staff to small specialist companies with a complement of skilled craftsmen.
Manufacturing jobs in Britain's traditional manufacturing industries face increasing competition from overseas manufacturers - often able to supply at lower production costs.
Manufacturing jobs will rely on raising investment, applying scientific and innovative approaches, and best management practice to create more manufacturing jobs and new products. Innovative response from industry is creating manufacturing jobs in interesting and high-technology areas. Some of these manufacturing jobs are based, for example, in automotive, aerospace, biotechnology, electronics, polymers, ship-building and repair, pharmaceuticals and print. Manufacturing jobs offer opportunities for many disciplines including engineers, brewers, ceramics, craftsmen, technicians, designers, surveyors, physicists and industrial chemists.
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