Weighers, Graders and Sorters
Wages
New workers start around £16,047. Normal pay is £25,386 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £38,733.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 26,064 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Operates machines to measure lengths of rolls of material and irregularly shaped materials such as leather or sheepskin.
Records and calculates gross and net weight, checks delivery notes and prepares documents and labels for identification purposes.
Uses balances, springs, weighing platforms, automatic scales and weighbridges to check the weight of goods, products and loaded vehicles.
Ascertains material(s) required from order card, recipe, or specification and weighs and measures prescribed quantities accordingly.
Assesses product quality visually and by touch, and grades according to weight, thickness, colour and other quality criteria.
Examines hide, skins, leather, fabric, wool, rags, scrap metal, tobacco pipe bowls, fish, fibres, ceramics, produce and other goods.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.