Occupations
Where school subjects lead
497 occupations, each reached through a Skills England apprenticeship whose content overlaps with the GCSE and A level curriculum. Open one to see the apprenticeships, the school subjects that build towards it and the schools where pupils take them.
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- 3D animator · Creative digital design professional (integrated degree)
- 3D modeller · VFX artist or technical director
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- Accountant · Assistant accountant
- Accounting assistant · Assistant accountant
- Acoustical engineer · Building services engineer
- Administrative assistant · Administration assistant
- Advanced nurse practitioner · Specialist community public health nurse (NMC 2022)
- Advertising copywriter · Advertising creative
- Aerodynamics engineer · Aerospace engineer
- Aerospace engineer · Aerospace engineer
- Aerospace engineering technician · Space engineering technician
- After-sales service technician · Construction equipment maintenance technician
- Aircraft maintenance engineer · Aircraft certifying technician
- Aircraft maintenance technician · Aircraft maintenance technician
- Analytical chemist · Scientist
- Anatomical pathology technician · Mortuary technician
- Animal care attendant · Keeper and aquarist
- Animal embryo transfer technician · Vet technician (livestock)
- Animal groomer · Dog groomer
- Animal handler · Animal care and welfare assistant
- Animal welfare inspector · Animal care and welfare assistant
- Application engineer · Robotics engineer - degree
- Arboriculturist · Arboriculturist
- Archaeologist · Archaeological technician
- Architect · Architect (integrated degree)
- Archivist · Archivist and records manager
- Art director · Organ builder
- Art therapist · Arts therapist
- Asset manager · Senior housing and property management
- Audiologist · Hearing aid dispenser
- Audiology technician · Hearing aid dispenser
- Automation engineer · DevOps engineer
- Automotive designer · Model maker
- Avionics technician · Aircraft maintenance technician
B
- Bacteriology technician · Laboratory technician
- Bank account manager · Financial services professional
- Bartender · Food and beverage team member
- Battery test technician · Propulsion technician
- Bed and breakfast operator · Horticulture and landscaping technical manager
- Bereavement counsellor · Coaching professional
- Bicycle mechanic · Bicycle mechanic
- Big data archive librarian · Archivist and records manager
- Bioinformatics scientist · Bioinformatics scientist (degree)
- Biology technician · Animal care and welfare assistant
- Biomedical engineer · Biomedical scientist
- Biomedical scientist · Biomedical scientist
- Blacksmith · Blacksmith
- Bookkeeper · Assistant accountant
- Botanist · Horticulture and landscaping technical manager
- Branch manager · Senior investment and commercial banking professional
- Brand manager · Marketing manager
- Broadcast technician · Broadcast and media systems technical operator
- Business analyst · Business analyst
- Business consultant · Junior management consultant
- Business developer · Sales executive
- Business economics researcher · Junior management consultant
- Business intelligence manager · Health and care intelligence specialist
- Business journalist · Journalist
- Business manager · Senior leader
- Butcher · Butcher
C
- Cabinet maker · Furniture manufacturer
- Calculation engineer · Electrical and electronic engineer (degree)
- Call centre analyst · Applications support lead
- Care at home worker · Adult care worker
- Career guidance advisor · Coaching professional
- Category manager · Senior procurement and supply chain professional
- Chef · Chef de partie
- Chemical engineering technician · Process industry manufacturing technician
- Chemical manufacturing quality technician · Science manufacturing technician 2023
- Chemist · Materials science technologist (degree)
- Chief executive officer · Senior leader
- Chief information officer · Senior leader
- Chief marketing officer · Marketing executive
- Chief operating officer · Senior leader
- Child care social worker · Social worker (integrated degree)
- Child care worker · Early years educator
- Child day care worker · Early years practitioner
- Child welfare worker · Revenues and welfare benefits practitioner
- Civil drafter · Interior designer
- Civil engineer · Civil engineer
- Civil engineering technician · Engineering design technician
- Client relations manager · Senior insurance professional
- Clinical coder · Clinical coder
- Clinical informatics manager · Medical statistician
- Clinical psychologist · Clinical associate in psychology (CAP) (integrated degree)
- Clock and watchmaker · Clock maker
- Cloud engineer · Network engineer
- Collection manager · Curator
- Colour sampling technician · Craft technician
- Commercial director · Senior procurement and supply chain professional
- Commercial sales representative · Sales executive
- Commissioning engineer · Refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump engineering technician
- Communication manager · Content creator
- Community development social worker · Public health practitioner - integrated degree
- Community health worker · Senior healthcare support worker
- Community social worker · Senior healthcare support worker
- Complementary therapist · Wellbeing and holistic therapist
- Computer-aided design operator · Engineering design technician
- Computer and accessories specialised seller · IT technical salesperson
- Computer hardware engineer · Embedded electronic systems design and development engineer (degree)
- Computer hardware engineering technician · Aerospace engineering technician
- Computer numerical control machine operator · Scenic construction technician
- Computer vision engineer · Advanced robotics engineer
- Concrete finisher · Construction assembly and installation operative
- Concrete finisher supervisor · Construction assembly and installation operative
- Construction engineer · Civil engineer
- Construction equipment technician · Construction equipment maintenance technician
- Construction manager · Surveying technician
- Consultant social worker · Policy officer
- Consumer electronics repair technician · Propulsion technician
- Contact centre supervisor · Customer service specialist
- Contract manager · Procurement and supply assistant
- Conveyance clerk · Paralegal
- Cook · Senior production chef
- Corporate banking manager · Senior investment and commercial banking professional
- Corporate lawyer · Solicitor
- Corporate risk manager · Senior investment and commercial banking professional
- Corporate social responsibility manager · Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner
- Corrosion technician · Soil scientist
- Court jury coordinator · Solicitor
- Creative director · Creative digital design professional (integrated degree)
- Credit manager · Accounting finance manager
- Crisis helpline operator · Non home office police officer
- Cultural archive manager · Archivist and records manager
- Customer contact centre information clerk · Customer service specialist
- Customer service representative · Customer service specialist
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- Dairy processing operator · Dairy technologist
- Dairy processing technician · Dairy technologist
- Data analyst · Data analyst
- Database administrator · Digital support technician
- Data protection officer · Data protection and information governance practitioner
- Data scientist · Data engineer
- Dental chairside assistant · Dental nurse
- Dental hygienist · Orthodontic therapist
- Dental technician · Clinical dental technician
- Department manager · Operations manager
- Design engineer · Civil engineer
- Diagnostic radiographer · Diagnostic radiographer
- Dietitian · Dietitian
- Digital games developer · Software development technician
- Digital marketing manager · Multi-channel marketer
- Disability support worker · Adult care worker
- Dog trainer · Animal training instructor
- Door supervisor · Professional security operative
- Drafter · Engineering design technician
- Drug and alcohol addiction counsellor · Coaching professional
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- Early years teacher · Early years teacher (with EYTS)
- Ecologist · Ecologist (integrated degree)
- Economic adviser · Senior professional economist
- Economist · Senior professional economist
- Editorial assistant · Publishing professional
- Education inspector · Teacher - Postgraduate
- Education policy officer · Policy officer
- E-learning architect · Digital learning designer
- E-learning developer · Digital learning designer
- Electrical engineer · Electrical and electronic engineer (degree)
- Electrical engineering technician · Building services engineering technician 2022
- Electrical equipment inspector · Engineer surveyor
- Electrician · Engineering maintenance technician - single discipline
- Electromechanical engineer · Electro-mechanical engineer
- Electromechanical engineering technician · Building services engineering technician 2022
- Electronics engineer · Electrical and electronic engineer (degree)
- Electronics engineering technician · Space engineering technician
- Emergency response coordinator · Resilience and emergencies professional
- Emergency response worker · Gas network craftsperson
- Employment and vocational integration consultant · Coaching professional
- Employment support worker · Social worker (integrated degree)
- Enameller · Jewellery, silversmithing, and allied trades professional
- Engineering assistant · Engineering and manufacturing support technician
- Engraving machine operator · Scenic construction technician
- Enterprise architect · Digital and technology solutions specialist (integrated degree)
- Entertainment journalist · Junior journalist
- Environmental engineer · Improvement practitioner
- Environmental expert · Soil scientist
- Environmental mining engineer · Dairy technologist
- Environmental scientist · Geotechnical engineer (integrated degree)
- Environmental technician · Archaeological technician
- Equality and inclusion manager · People professional
- Ergonomist · Human factors specialist
- Exploration geologist · Geoscientist (integrated degree)
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- Factory hand · Production assistant - screen and audio
- Family support worker · Early intervention practitioner
- Financial analyst · Data analyst
- Financial broker · Financial services professional
- Financial controller · Accounting finance manager
- Financial manager · Accounting finance manager
- Financial risk manager · Senior investment and commercial banking professional
- Fish cook · Chef de partie
- Fisheries deckhand · Fisher
- Flight test engineer · Aircraft certifying technician
- Fluid power engineer · Construction equipment maintenance mechanic
- Food regulatory advisor · Food industry technical professional (integrated degree)
- Food technologist · Food industry technologist
- Forester · Professional forester (integrated degree)
- Foster care support worker · Youth support worker
- Furniture designer · Furniture manufacturer
- Furniture upholsterer · Advanced upholsterer
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- General veterinarian · Vet technician (livestock)
- Geneticist · Scientist
- Geographic information systems specialist · Spatial data specialist
- Geological engineer · Geoscientist (integrated degree)
- Geologist · Geoscientist (integrated degree)
- Geology technician · Geospatial survey technician
- Geophysicist · Geoscientist (integrated degree)
- Germination operator · Brewer
- Grill cook · Chef de partie
- Guide dog instructor · Animal training instructor
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- Hairdresser assistant · Hair, wigs, make-up and prosthetics technician
- Hair stylist · Hair, wigs, make-up and prosthetics technician
- Head chef · Senior culinary chef
- Head pastry chef · Senior culinary chef
- Health and safety engineer · Building services engineer
- Health and safety officer · Specialist community public health nurse (NMC 2022)
- Health safety and environmental manager · Improvement technician
- Heating, ventilation, air conditioning engineer · Building services engineering craftsperson
- Housing manager · Senior housing and property management
- Housing support worker · Healthcare support worker
- Human resources officer · People professional
- Hydrographic surveying technician · Geospatial survey technician
- Hydrographic surveyor · Geospatial survey technician
- Hydrologist · Geoscientist (integrated degree)
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- ICT application developer · Software developer
- ICT consultant · Digital and technology solutions professional
- ICT environmental manager · Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation practitioner
- ICT intelligent systems designer · Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialist
- ICT network administrator · Information communications technician
- ICT security administrator · Network engineer
- ICT security engineer · Protective security adviser
- ICT security manager · Protective security adviser
- ICT system administrator · Network engineer
- ICT system architect · Digital and technology solutions specialist (integrated degree)
- ICT system developer · Software developer
- ICT technician · Information communications technician
- Industrial designer · Packaging professional (integrated degree)
- Industrial electrician · Marine electrician
- Industrial engineer · Manufacturing engineer (degree)
- Industrial machinery mechanic · Engineering fitter
- Infantry soldier · HM forces serviceperson (protective services)
- Information manager · Archivist and records manager
- Injection moulding operator · Polymer processing technician
- Installation engineer · Civil engineer
- Instructional designer · Digital learning designer
- Instrumentation engineer · Electro-mechanical engineer
- Instrumentation engineering technician · Engineering technician
- Insurance broker · Insurance professional
- Insurance claims manager · Senior insurance professional
- Insurance clerk · Insurance professional
- Insurance product manager · Financial services professional
- Insurance risk consultant · Insurance professional
- Insurance underwriter · Senior insurance professional
- Intellectual property consultant · Paralegal
- Intelligence officer · Intelligence analyst
- Interior architect · Architect (integrated degree)
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- Jeweller · Jewellery, silversmithing, and allied trades professional
- Journalist · Junior journalist
K
- Knitter · Knitted product manufacturing technician
- Knitting machine operator · Knitted product manufacturing technician
- Knowledge engineer · Data scientist (integrated degree)
L
- Land-based machinery technician · Land-based service engineer
- Land planner · Chartered town planner (degree)
- Landscape architect · Chartered landscape professional
- Land surveyor · Geospatial survey technician
- Language engineer · Data scientist (integrated degree)
- Laser beam welder · Welder
- Lawyer · Costs lawyer
- Lawyer linguist · Costs lawyer
- Lean manager · Cold forming setter technician
- Learning mentor · Specialist teaching assistant
- Learning support teacher · Specialist teaching assistant
- Leather goods quality manager · Water industry network technician
- Legal administrative assistant · Paralegal
- Legal assistant · Paralegal
- Legislative drafter · Digital user experience (UX) professional (integrated degree)
- Leisure attendant · Leisure team member
- Library manager · Library, information and archive services assistant
- Logistics engineer · Supply chain leadership professional (integrated degree)
- Loss adjuster · Insurance professional
M
- Magazine editor · Journalist
- Maintenance and repair engineer · Manufacturing engineer (degree)
- Make-up artist · Hair, wigs, make-up and prosthetics technician
- Management assistant · Administration assistant
- Manufacturing engineer · Manufacturing engineer (degree)
- Manufacturing manager · Manufacturing manager (integrated degree)
- Marine chief engineer · Engineering technician
- Marine electrician · Marine electrician
- Marine electronics technician · Marine electrician
- Marine engineer · Marine engineer
- Marine mechatronics technician · Mechatronics maintenance technician
- Marine upholsterer · Advanced upholsterer
- Marketing assistant · Marketing executive
- Marketing consultant · Marketing executive
- Marketing manager · Marketing executive
- Market research analyst · Market research executive
- Market research interviewer · Market research executive
- Marriage counsellor · Family and systemic psychotherapist
- Massage therapist · Wellbeing and holistic therapist
- Material testing technician · Materials science technologist (degree)
- Maternity support worker · Senior healthcare support worker
- Mattress maker · Furniture manufacturer
- Mechanical engineering technician · Building services engineering technician 2022
- Mechatronics assembler · Mechatronics maintenance technician
- Mechatronics engineer · Mechatronics maintenance technician
- Mechatronics engineering technician · Mechatronics maintenance technician
- Medical administrative assistant · Clinical coder
- Medical device engineer · Healthcare engineering specialist technician
- Medical device engineering technician · Healthcare engineering specialist technician
- Medical laboratory assistant · Laboratory technician
- Medical records clerk · Clinical coder
- Medical records manager · Archivist and records manager
- Mental health social worker · Social worker (integrated degree)
- Mental health support worker · Healthcare support worker
- Merchandiser · Assistant buyer and merchandiser
- Mergers and acquisitions analyst · Senior insurance professional
- Metal furniture machine operator · Bespoke furniture maker
- Metrologist · Robotics engineer - degree
- Metrology technician · Senior metrology technician
- Midwife · Midwife (2019 NMC standards) (Integrated degree)
- Milliner · Craft technician
- Milling machine operator · Scenic construction technician
- Mine manager · Mine management
- Mine production manager · Mine management
- Mineral processing operator · Archaeological technician
- Mine supervisor · Mineral products technician
- Minister of religion · Church minister (integrated degree)
- Mobile application developer · Software developer
- Model maker · Model maker
- Monitoring and evaluation officer · Social researcher
- Motorcycle delivery person · Express delivery manager (degree)
- Musical instrument technician · Organ builder
- Music instructor · Specialist teaching assistant
- Music therapist · Arts therapist
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- Nature conservation officer · Professional forester (integrated degree)
- Nuclear engineer · Nuclear technician
- Nuclear technician · Nuclear technician
- Nurse assistant · Healthcare support worker
- Nurse responsible for general care · Community nurse specialist practitioner (NMC 2022)
O
- Occupational health and safety inspector · Environmental health practitioner (integrated degree)
- Occupational therapist · Occupational therapist
- Oceanographer · Research scientist
- Office clerk · Administration assistant
- Oil refinery control room operator · Mineral products technician
- Online community manager · Multi-channel marketer
- Organ builder · Organ builder
- Orthoptist · Orthoptist
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- Packaging production manager · Packaging professional (integrated degree)
- Packing machinery engineer · Packaging professional (integrated degree)
- Paramedic in emergency responses · Paramedic
- Parliamentary assistant · Regulatory compliance officer
- Pastry chef · Pastry chef
- Performance lighting director · VFX artist or technical director
- Personal trainer · Personal trainer
- Pharmaceutical engineer · Science manufacturing technician 2023
- Pharmacologist · Clinical pharmacology scientist (integrated degree)
- Pharmacy technician · Science manufacturing technician 2023
- Photographer · Photographer
- Physicist · Scientist
- Physics technician · Scientist
- Physiotherapist · Occupational therapist
- Plasterer · Plasterer
- Plastic and rubber products manufacturing supervisor · Pastry chef
- Policy manager · Mine management
- Policy officer · Policy officer
- Political journalist · Junior journalist
- Presenter · Journalist
- Private chef · Commis chef
- Private detective · Public sector compliance investigator and officer
- Process engineer · Manufacturing engineer (degree)
- Process engineering technician · Engineer surveyor
- Procurement department manager · Procurement and supply assistant
- Procurement support officer · Procurement and supply assistant
- Product development manager · Model maker
- Production engineer · Robotics engineer - degree
- Product manager · Digital product manager
- Project manager · Chartered manager (degree)
- Prosthetic-orthotics technician · Prosthetic and orthotic technician
- Prosthetist-orthotist · Prosthetist and orthotist
- Psychotherapist · Arts therapist
- Public procurement specialist · Security first line manager
- Public relations manager · Public relations and communications assistant
- Punch press operator · Wood product manufacturing operative
- Purchaser · Senior procurement and supply chain professional
- Purchasing manager · Senior procurement and supply chain professional
Q
- Quality engineer · Post graduate engineer
- Quality engineering technician · Engineering technician
- Quantity surveyor · Surveying technician
- Quarry engineer · Mineral products technician
- Quarry manager · Mineral products technician
R
- Radiation protection technician · Prosthetic and orthotic technician
- Radiographer · Diagnostic radiographer
- Rail operations manager · Railway operations manager
- Rail project engineer · Nuclear technician
- Real estate agent · Junior estate agent
- Real estate surveyor · Solicitor
- Recreational therapist · Health play specialist
- Recreation policy officer · Policy officer
- Recycling specialist · Water industry treatment process technician
- Regulatory affairs manager · Regulatory compliance officer
- Relationship banking manager · Financial services professional
- Remote sensing technician · Geospatial mapping and science specialist (degree)
- Rental manager · Bid and proposal co-ordinator
- Rental service representative · Retailer
- Research and development manager · Social researcher
- Research engineer · Advanced robotics engineer
- Research manager · Scientist
- Residential childcare worker · Probation service practitioner
- Residential home older adult care worker · Healthcare support worker
- Residential home young people care worker · Healthcare support worker
- Restaurant manager · Horticulture and landscaping technical manager
- Retail department manager · Chartered manager (degree)
- Robotics engineer · Robotics engineer - degree
- Rolling stock electrician · Construction equipment maintenance technician
- Rolling stock engineer · Rail engineering technician
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- Sales account manager · IT technical salesperson
- Sales assistant · Retailer
- Sales engineer · Bus and coach engineering technician
- Sales manager · IT technical salesperson
- Scenic painter · Scenic artist
- Scientific laboratory technician · Laboratory technician
- Secretary · Archaeological technician
- Security consultant · Protective security adviser
- Security guard · Professional security operative
- Security guard supervisor · Professional security operative
- Security manager · Protective security adviser
- Service manager · Leader in adult care
- Sexual violence counsellor · Coaching professional
- Shipwright · Boatbuilder
- Shotfirer · Broadcast and media systems technical operator
- Silversmith · Jewellery, silversmithing, and allied trades professional
- Social care worker · Adult care worker
- Social counsellor · Fundraiser
- Social services manager · Leader in adult care
- Social work assistant · Social worker (integrated degree)
- Social worker · Public health practitioner - integrated degree
- Software analyst · Digital and technology solutions specialist (integrated degree)
- Software developer · Software developer
- Soil scientist · Soil scientist
- Soil surveying technician · Soil scientist
- Special educational needs head teacher · Teacher - Postgraduate
- Special-interest groups' official · Trade union official
- Specialised doctor · Doctor (Degree)
- Specialised seller · Retailer
- Specialist biomedical scientist · Biomedical scientist
- Specialist nurse · Community nurse specialist practitioner (NMC 2022)
- Specialist pharmacist · Clinical pharmacology scientist (integrated degree)
- Sports coach · Sports coach
- Sports journalist · Junior journalist
- Statistical assistant · Medical statistician
- Statistician · Medical statistician
- Stonemason · Stonemason
- Storyboard artist · Storyboard artist
- Substance misuse worker · Social worker (integrated degree)
- Supply chain assistant · Production assistant - screen and audio
- Supply chain manager · Senior procurement and supply chain professional
- Surface engineer · Materials process engineer (degree)
- Surveying technician · Geospatial survey technician
- Sustainability manager · Corporate responsibility and sustainability practitioner
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- Teacher of talented and gifted students · Teacher - Postgraduate
- Technical sales representative · Sales executive
- Telecommunications engineer · Broadcast and media systems engineer (integrated degree)
- Telecommunications engineering technician · Information communications technician
- Telecommunications technician · Information communications technician
- Test engineer · Post graduate engineer
- Thermal engineer · Space systems engineer
- Title closer · Solicitor
- Train driver · Train driver
- Transport engineer · Civil engineer
- Transport equipment painter · Painter and decorator
- Transport planner · Transport planner (integrated degree)
- Travel agent · Travel consultant
- Travel consultant · Travel consultant
- Tree surgeon · Arboriculturist
- Tutor · Learning and skills assessor
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- University teaching assistant · Specialist teaching assistant
- Upholsterer · Advanced upholsterer
- Urban planner · Chartered town planner (degree)
- User interface designer · Digital user experience (UX) professional (integrated degree)
- Utilities inspector · Engineer surveyor
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- Vehicle cleaner · Autocare technician
- Vehicle electronics installer · Autocare technician
- Vehicle technician · Autocare technician
- Veterinary nurse · Veterinary nurse
- Veterinary technician · Vet technician (livestock)
- Vocational teacher · Specialist teaching assistant
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- Waiter/waitress · Food and beverage team member
- Water plant technician · Water treatment technician
- Web developer · Software developer
- Welder · Welder
- Welding coordinator · Welder
- Welding engineer · Materials process engineer (degree)
- Welding inspector · Welder
- Wholesale merchant · Sales executive
Y
- Youth centre manager · Youth support worker
- Youth offending team worker · Youth worker
- Youth worker · Youth support worker
Z
- Zookeeper · Keeper and aquarist
- Zoo registrar · Keeper and aquarist
- Zoo section leader · Process leader
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