The Datum Report

Occupation 811 · Process, plant and machine operatives

Process operatives

Process operatives set, operate and attend machinery to bake, freeze, heat, crush, mix, blend and otherwise process foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco leaves, prepare natural and synthetic fibres for processing, spin and twist fibre into yarn, thread, twine, rope and other similar material, prepare colouring matter required for printing or dyeing fabrics, and produce or otherwise treat chemical, glass, ceramics, rubber, plastic, metal, synthetic and other products.

Within this group

Food, drink and tobacco process operatives · Textile process operatives · Chemical and related process operatives · Plastics process operatives · Metal making and treating process operatives · Process operatives n.e.c.

Classified alongside this

Assemblers and routine operatives · Construction operatives · Metal working machine operatives · Plant and machine operatives · Production, factory and assembly supervisors