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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.
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.
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.
Manufacturing is about making products, for example chemicals, food, metals and furniture. In manufacturing you are likely to be working with equipment and technology.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The land based production of foodstuff, flowers, timber and livestock. This includes the maintenance of parks, gardens and sporting facilities.
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 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.
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.
Most businesses or organisations use IT today to carry out their work but some use technology in very creative, new and innovative ways to improve their product or service. This is a broad occupational area that covers art, design, printing, the film, TV and newspaper industries.
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.
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.
The UK food & drink manufacturing industry is worth £60 billion.
Over 40,000 tonness of fish passes through Grimsby every year.
Around 20,000 people in the Humber area work in engineering & manufacturing.
The Humber is the UK;s biggest busiest trading estuary.
100 big chemical and refining companies operate in the Humber area.
Around 1,000,000 North sea ferry passengers pass through Hull each year.
Logistics is the UK's 5th largest industry employing nearl;y 2 million people.
Machinery has taken over many land based farming jobs.
