The role covers a wide range of common and job specific skills sets that can be transferred across the manufacturing engineering industry sectors during the course of their careers. Dependent on the sector that they are employed in there may be subtle differences in terms of composition and application of the job role specific skills and knowledge they will require, however the core skills and knowledge will be the same regardless of the sector/area they work in. Occupational roles for this standard are split into the following areas: • Maintenance Role • Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Fabrication Role • Materials Processing/Finishing role • Technical Support Role Further details can be found on each role at: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/engineering-operative/