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Roustabouts work on oil and gas rigs, looking after equipment, unloading supplies and helping the drilling team with tasks.

Sewing machinists make clothes, accessories and soft furniture.

Sign makers design, make and install signs for buildings, roads, vehicles and exhibition displays.

Technical brewers are in charge of beer making processes, quality control and packaging.

Technical textiles designers research, create and test textiles for use in healthcare, manufacturing and construction materials.

Textile designers create fabric designs and patterns for woven, knitted and printed materials for clothes and interior furnishings.

Textile dyeing technicians create dyes to colour fibres and fabrics.

Textile operatives spin natural and synthetic material into yarns and fabrics for use in clothing, furnishings and industrial products.

Textiles production managers look after all stages of textiles manufacturing.

Toolmakers make the precision tools that are used in manufacturing to create products and parts.

Vehicle body repairers mend damaged vehicle parts and bodywork using metalworking and finishing techniques.

Welders cut, join and shape metals, alloys and other materials in the manufacturing, construction and engineering industries.