Manufacturing Industries

Related Career Sectors
Food and Drink
Furniture
Manufacturing industries make lots of things we use every day.

Making things is what manufacturing is all about

  • you process raw materials
  • you assemble items to make the finished product
  • and production controllers make sure everything is up to standard.
The food and drink sector employs about 49,000 in Scotland, making products such as:
  • bread, biscuits, cakes and tinned, dried or frozen fruit and vegetables
  • meat products, like sausages and pies, as well as sweets and savoury snacks
  • beers, lagers and (especially in Scotland) whisky.
Scotland will need about 16,000 new workers in this sector between now and 2017.

Furniture manufacturing is a small sector, but job prospects are likely to be steady.

If you are going to work in food manufacturing, you must be practical, responsible, reliable and methodical. You must be health, safety and hygiene conscious.