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Planning, Process and Production Technicians

Job holders in this unit group perform a variety of technical support functions to assist production, process and planning engineers with production programmes and schedules and with manufacturing and processing procedures in order to ensure accuracy, cost-effectiveness and efficiency.

Average Salary

£31,820

New workers start around £19,513. Normal pay is £31,820 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £45,550.

Jobs

22,705

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Ensures effective completion and implementation of detailed instructions on processes, work methods and quality and safety standards for workers.

  • Ensures accuracy of manufacturing and testing equipment.

  • Ensures implementation of inspection, testing and evaluation methods for bought-in materials, components, semi-finished and finished products.

  • Supports implementation of plans of sequence of operations and completion dates for each phase of production or processing.

  • Supports professional engineers in reviewing safety, quality, accuracy, reliability and contractual requirements.

  • Liaises with materials buying, storing and controlling departments to ensure a steady flow of supplies.

  • Works with engineers on production control methods to monitor operational efficiency and helps to eliminate potential hazards and bottlenecks in production.

  • Works from, and helps implement, professional engineers.

  • Supports planning and production engineers in assessing existing and alternative production methods.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Production Planning

  • Material Requirements Planning

  • Production Line

  • Supply Chain

  • Machinery

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Communications

  • Planning

  • Detail Oriented

  • Operations

  • Management

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.