£11,440
Average salary at age 20
£61,360
Average Salary
37
Average hours per week
Description
Production managers and directors in manufacturing plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the activities and resources necessary for production in manufacturing industries including the maintenance of engineering items, equipment and machinery.Main Tasks
- Liaises with other managers to plan overall production activity and daily manufacturing activity, sets quality standards and estimates timescales and costs;
- Manages production to ensure that orders are completed to an agreed date and conform to customer and other requirements;
- Monitors production and production costs and undertakes or arranges for the preparation of reports and records;
- Oversees supervision of the production line and its staff, ensures targets are met.
Qualifications
There are no pre-set entry standards. Entry is possible with either a degree or equivalent qualification, and/or relevant experience. On-the-job training is provided and professional qualifications are available, as are S/NVQs in Management at levels 3 to 5.What Production managers and directors in manufacturing studied in higher education
| Occupation | Percentage Value |
|---|---|
| (L4) Social policy | 1 |
| (L7) Human & social geography | 1 |
| (G1) Mathematics | 2 |
| (W2) Design studies | 5 |
| (L3) Sociology | 1 |
| (C1) Biology | 2 |
| (H3) Mechanical engineering | 6 |
| (F1) Chemistry | 1 |
| (C8) Psychology | 2 |
| (G2) Operational research | 1 |
| (J4) Polymers & textiles | 1 |
| (H4) Aerospace engineering | 2 |
| (C5) Microbiology | 1 |
| (W3) Music | 2 |
| (D4) Agriculture | 2 |
| (W6) Cinematics & photography | 2 |
| (H8) Chemical, process & energy engineering | 2 |
| (L2) Politics | 2 |
| (K2) Building | 2 |
| (J5) Materials technology not otherwise specified | 1 |
| (J2) Metallurgy | 1 |
| (H1) General engineering | 2 |
| (H2) Civil engineering | 1 |
| (R4) Spanish studies | 1 |
| (N5) Marketing | 3 |
| (W4) Drama | 2 |
| (M2) Law by topic | 1 |
| (N8) Hospitality, leisure, sport, tourism & transport | 3 |
| (B8) Medical technology | 1 |
| (B9) Others in subjects allied to medicine | 1 |
| (B1) Anatomy, physiology & pathology | 1 |
| (H7) Production & manufacturing engineering | 2 |
| (N6) Human resource management | 1 |
| (L1) Economics | 3 |
| (B4) Nutrition | 1 |
| (N1) Business studies | 14 |
| (D6) Food & beverage studies | 2 |
| (X1) Training teachers | 1 |
| (N4) Accounting | 2 |
| (C6) Sport & exercise science | 1 |
| (C3) Zoology | 1 |
| (P3) Media studies | 1 |
| (N2) Management studies | 10 |
| (V1) History by period | 1 |
| (N3) Finance | 1 |
| (H6) Electronic & electrical engineering | 1 |
| (I1) Computer science | 1 |
UK Prospects
251800
Workforce Size
3.42%
Predicted growth 2024 - 2027
38910
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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