The Datum Report

Occupation 522 · Skilled trades occupations

Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades

Metal machining, fitting and instrument making trades workers mark out metal for machine tool working, set up and operate lathes, boring, drilling, grinding, milling machines and presses, assemble and repair machine tools, install and repair plant and industrial machinery, fit and assemble parts and sub-assemblies in the manufacture of metal products, make, calibrate, test and repair precision and optical instruments, and install and repair air-conditioning and refrigeration systems.

Within this group

Metal machining setters and setter-operators · Tool makers, tool fitters and markers-out · Metal working production and maintenance fitters and technicians · Precision instrument makers and repairers · Air-conditioning and refrigeration installers and repairers

Classified alongside this

Electrical and electronic trades · Metal forming, welding and related trades · Skilled metal, electrical and electronic trades supervisors · Vehicle trades