Sectors

LMI informs you about which occupational sectors are important in and around where you live.

The above icons represent major occupational sectors for the Humber. Click on the icons to find out more. Just a note to bear in mind when looking at the sectors, many of them relate to each other, such as, Retail and Business, Manufacturing and Engineering, Environmental and Renewable Energy.

Business & Administration

All companies and organisations have a need for business and administration staff to manage and organise the work so that goods and services are produced and delivered effectively and efficiently.

 

Retail

Retail is about selling products and services to customers. This can be in a traditional way over the shop counter, via a Call Centre or the internet.
Jobs in this sector range from shop floor to managing departments and companies
For more information click on the link  Skillsmart Retail 

Engineering

Engineering is about applying scientific knowledge to practical problems. It is an important process in the chemical, food, manufacturing, motor vehicle and aerospace industries. You are likely to be working with equipment and technology.
For more information click on the link  Semta

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is about making products, for example chemicals, food, metals and furniture. In manufacturing you are likely to be working with equipment and technology.
For more information click on the link  Improve

Public Sector

Public sector organisations provide services that are for everyone: for example education (schools) and the health service (hospitals), security and safety (the Police and Armed Forces). These services are paid for via taxation.
For more information click on the link   www.government-skills.gov.uk

Construction and the Built Environment

Activities in this sector are very broad and include constructing new homes, offices, schools, shopping centres, hospitals and bridges. Work can also involve repairing and maintaining old buildings. Jobs in this sector range from working on a building site to professional roles, such as architects and planning. There are new employment opportunities within the environmental fields and new practices in this area.
For more information click on the link  Construction Skills

Creative & Media

The Creative & Media sector is large and complex covering 20 disciplines that broadly fit into three groups:
1. Performing Arts: dance / drama / music
2. Media: film and TV / visual art / radio / web and interactive media / computer games / animation / photography / print media / creative writing / advertising
3. Design: 2D and 3D visual art / graphic design / product design / fashion / textiles / craft

The range of occupations within the sector can be researched at www.connexions-direct.com/jobs4u. Select “job families”, then choose from:

• Computers and IT
• Design, Arts and Crafts
• Marketing and Advertising
• Media, Print and Publishing or Performing Arts
For more information click on the link  SkillSet

Leisure & Tourism

Businesses and organisations in this sector offer a range of activities and services for people to enjoy in their time off, whether it's visiting the gym, a museum, library or stately home, taking a weekend break or a holiday abroad.
For more information click on the link  SkillsActive

Food & Drink

Taking ingredients and turning them into the food and drink products that people and companies want to buy, whether it is for further preparation in a factory or immediate consumption at home, in a cafe, bar or restaurant.
For more information click on the link   Food and Drink Sector Skills Council

Agriculture & Horticulture

The land based production of foodstuff, flowers, timber and livestock. This includes the maintenance of parks, gardens and sporting facilities.
For more information click on the link  Lantra

Ports

Activities concentrate on the importing (bringing in to the country) and exporting (taking out of the country to other destinations) of goods and products. Other port activities can include passenger movement and port side industry.

Logistics

Logistics is about the transport, storage and distribution of goods by road, rail, air, water and pipeline. Transportation includes the movement of people by air, sea or road.
For more information click on the link  Skills for logistics

Environmental Technologies/ Renewable energy

The environmental technologies and low carbon sector includes renewable energy generation and product manufacture, monitor and analysis services and product manufacture - such as industrial cleaning, waste water management, waste water management product manufacture, contaminated land remediation and bio-remediation, clean/resource-efficient technologies, process and products. This is a relatively new employment sector, but we are expecting to see significant growth as local authorities and companies work towards the government's targets of reducing carbon emissions and finding alternative sources of energy.
Business types coming into the area include onshore wind turbines, offshore wind turbines, bio-fuel and bio-mass.

Chemicals and Petro-Chemicals

The chemical industry takes raw materials and using chemical processes produces products that support our daily lives; for example plastic drink bottles are made from polymers which are a chemical product. Petrol is another product of a chemical process. By using science and new technologies bioscience allows business to continually research and develop new and innovative ways of improving medicines, veterinary products, plants, food and the environment. Particular areas of development are likely to be health related pharmaceuticals and their supply chain network of companies.
For further information click here 

Health & Social Care

This sector provides a range of health and social care services to meet the needs of all people in society. There is a broad range of opportunities within childcare, nursing and caring for the elderly and disabled. Also caring for people in their own homes within the community.
For more information click here