Plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers. SOC code 5314.
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Where this code sits in SOC 2010
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- Major Group
- SKILLED TRADES OCCUPATIONS
- Sub-major Group
- SKILLED CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING TRADES
- Unit Group
- 5314 · Plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers
Other unit groups in Construction and Building Trades
- Steel erectors5311
- Bricklayers and masons5312
- Roofers, roof tilers and slaters5313
- Carpenters and joiners5315
- Glaziers, window fabricators and fitters5316
- Construction and building trades n.e.c.5319
DETE occupation lists
Not named on either DETE list
This unit group is not named on the Critical Skills Occupations List or the Ineligible List of Occupations as published.
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Standard Occupational Classification 2010 · Version: SOC 2010 · Reference: soc-occupation.v2