£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 |
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(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