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Manufacturing involves transforming goods, materials, or substance into new products.

The items output by our manufacturing industry are numerous and varied, with raw materials processed into products that often fall within the categories of food and drink, chemicals, rubber, plastics and non-metallic materials, metals, electronics, machinery, and transport.

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  • In the East of England there are 234,000 people employed in Manufacturing
  • £191 billion of outputs accounts for the UK's manufacturing sector
  • The UK's manufacturing sector average wages is 13% higher than the rest of the economy

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Maths • Design and Technology • Science• ICT • English • Physics

Job Ideas for this Industry

• Agricultural Engineer • Quality Control Technician • Motor Mechanic • Production manager • Manufacturing Systems Engineer • CAD Technician • Production worker Manufacturing supervisorAerospace Engineer (For more, check out the Job Areas below)

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Did You Know?
The UK manufacturing sector has 2.7 million employees.

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Level 2 Welding Apprentices
Estee presenting our Level 2 Welding Apprenticess with their certificates - Sam, Bobby and Joe have successfully passed their apprenticeship all with a Merit! We're very proud of them all. hashtag#NationalApprenticeshipWeek2025 hashtag#NAW2025
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Apprentice Machinist / Fitter
Closing Date:
28th February 2025
Salary:
£13.31
Location:
Ipswich, VAC1000302010
SULZER SERVICES (UK) LIMITED (Ipswich)
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Completed General Welding Apprenticeships
We're pleased to announce that three of our Level 2 apprentices have successfully completed their General Welding Apprenticeships and have been offered permanent positions within our company. This is just the beginning of their engineering careers!
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Multi Skilled Engineering Apprenticeship - Mizkan Euro Ltd
Closing Date:
31st March 2025
Salary:
£ 17035.2 per year
Location:
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Employer Description Mizkan is a producer of bottled food productions, such as Branston, Lloyd Grossman, Sharwoods, etc.; The company takes the raw materials of each product, turning this into sellable produce, packaging and distributing across the world. Main...
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Apprentice Production Technician - Merit Plastic Mouldings Ltd
Closing Date:
30th April 2025
Salary:
£ 14918.8 per year
Location:
Diss, Norfolk
Employer Description We are technical experts in the design and manufacture of plastic injection mouldings. Working in partnership with you, we support your new product developments and existing moulding requirements from design to delivery. We manufacture a w...
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Apprentice Production Technician
Closing Date:
30th April 2025
Salary:
£14,918
Location:
Diss, VAC1000299677
MERIT PLASTIC MOULDINGS LTD (Diss)
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