Other skilled trades n.e.c.

Average National Salaries (2020)

What does this career do?

Workers in this unit group engrave jewellery and stoneware, make artificial hairpieces, charge fireworks and munitions with explosive material, make lampshades, wickerwork, toys, dolls, models, candles, artificial flowers, other fancy goods, make patterns for moulds for metal castings, make and tune musical instruments, craft precious metals and stones, and perform other hand craft occupations not elsewhere classified in MINOR GROUP 544: Other Skilled Trades.

Typical tasks

• uses hand or machine tools to engrave letters, patterns and other designs on jewellery and stoneware
• constructs and covers wire frames for lampshades
• makes wigs, beards and other artificial hairpieces from human hair or synthetic materials
• interweaves canes of willow, withy, bamboo, rattan or similar material to make baskets and other pieces of wickerwork
• charges fireworks, cartridges and other munitions with explosive material
• makes childrens toys, dolls, models, candles, artificial flowers and other fancy goods
• makes, maintains and adapts surgical and orthopaedic appliances
• makes patterns for moulds, fits metal castings, pours plaster, fills plaster mould with resin and smoothes surface
• makes musical instruments, makes and assembles parts for musical instruments, and tunes to improve pitch, tone and volume
• makes and repairs jewellery and decorative precious metal ware, sets, cuts and polishes gemstones and makes master patterns for articles of jewellery.

Current entry requirements

There are no formal academic entry requirements. Training is typically via apprenticeship or through specialised courses. NVQs/SVQs are available in some areas.

Percentage in work

• Employed

• Unemployed

Due to insufficient sample sizes, some data was excised.

Predicted employment status in 2022

• Full-time

• Part-time

• Self Employed

Predicted employment levels in the East Midlands

Career related courses available at West Notts

There are no current courses offered by West Notts that are related to this career.

About the statistics

Data is powered by LMI for All and is sourced from labour market statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Institute for Employment Research, the Department for Works and Pensions, and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.