SOC 2020 code 8143 · Process, plant and machine operatives

Routine inspectors and testers

Whether this occupation can be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa, its going rate, the job titles filed under the code, and the licensed sponsors advertising these jobs.

Skilled Worker rules for SOC 8143

Existing workers only

Since 22 July 2025, Routine inspectors and testers (SOC 8143) can only be sponsored for people who were granted Skilled Worker permission under the rules in place before that date and have held it continuously since.

Going rate: £33,400
New entrant rate: £33,400
Major group: 8

Annual salaries for a 37.5-hour week, from Appendix Skilled Occupations (updated 3 Aug 2026).

The going rate in Appendix Skilled Occupations is £33,400 a year for a 37.5-hour week. It applies to people who can still be sponsored in this occupation.

Sources: Appendix Skilled Occupations, Skilled Worker salary rules, when you can be paid less.

Job titles under SOC 8143

The ONS coding index files 504 job titles under this code; the first 200 alphabetically are below. A note in brackets is the setting the title applies to: the same title can sit under another code elsewhere. The code on a certificate of sponsorship follows the job’s duties, so check them with CASCOT or the employer.

Adjuster (telephone)

Aeronautical inspector

Aid inspector (board of trade)

Air conditioning tester

Air cushion inflator

Area inspector (automatic machines)

Assorter (galvanised sheet)

Balancer (engineering)

Ball bearings viewer

Bar inspector (rolling mill)

Bench tester (motors, motor cycles)

Billet inspector (steelworks)

Book examiner (printing)

Bulb examiner (lamp mfr)

Burr examiner (dental instrument mfr)

Cable inspector (cable mfr)

Carriage and wagon inspector

Carriage inspector (railways)

Cathode ray tube tester

Cell inspector (chemical mfr)

Cell tester (dry battery mfr)

Checker (bank of england)

Checker (ceramics mfr)

Checker (clothing mfr)

Checker (electrical, electronic engineering)

Checker (electrical, electronic equipment)

Checker (food products mfr)

Checker (metal trades)

Checker (plastics goods mfr)

Checker (rubber goods mfr)

Checker (textile materials, products mfr)

Checker (wood products mfr)

Checker's assistant (metal trades)

Chicken inspector (food processing)

Cigarette machine examiner

Clock hand (ball bearing mfr)

Cloth man (clothing mfr)

Cloth tester (textile merchants)

Coach trimming inspector

Coke tester (coal gas, coke ovens)

Component inspector (metal trades)

Component viewer (metal trades)

Components inspector (metal trades)

Concrete pipe tester

Confectionery picker

Crack detector (metal mfr)

Crank shaft balancer

Decorator's examiner (ceramics mfr)

Decorator's looker-over

Detector operator (engineering)

Drawer (textile mfr: lace mfr)

Dye tester (textile bleaching, dyeing)

Electrical inspector

Electrical plant inspector

Electrical test engineer

Electronics inspector (components mfr)

Engineering examiner

Engineering inspector

Examiner (asbestos composition goods mfr)

Examiner (bookbinding)

Examiner (ceramics mfr)

Examiner (chemical mfr)

Examiner (clothing mfr)

Examiner (dyeing and cleaning)

Examiner (electrical goods mfr)

Examiner (electrical, electronic equipment mfr)

Examiner (fancy goods mfr)

Examiner (food products mfr)

Examiner (footwear mfr)

Examiner (glass mfr)

Examiner (laundry, launderette, dry cleaning)

Examiner (leathercloth mfr)

Examiner (match mfr)

Examiner (metal trades)

Examiner (mica, micanite goods mfr)

Examiner (ordnance factory)

Examiner (paper mfr)

Examiner (pencil, crayon mfr)

Examiner (plastics goods mfr)

Examiner (railway maintenance and repair)

Examiner (royal mint)

Examiner (rubber goods mfr)

Examiner (textile mfr)

Examiner (tobacco mfr)

Examiner (wallpaper mfr)

Examiner (wood products mfr)

Factory inspector (clothing mfr)

Factory inspector (metal trades)

Filler-in (furniture mfr)

Final examiner (clothing mfr)

Final passer (tailoring)

Finished glove passer

Finished passer (textile mfr)

Fitting shop inspector

Floor inspector (engineering)

Food inspector (food products mfr)

Furnace inspector (furnace mfr)

Furnace tester (furnace mfr)

Gauger (metal trades)

Gauger operator (cartridges)

Gear tester (engineering)

Glass examiner (glass mfr)

Sponsors advertising routine inspectors and testers jobs

Since October 2025 we read 4 adverts that we placed in this code from the job title, 3 of them still open, from 1 employer on the register of licensed sponsors.

Open adverts checked against the employer, occupation and salary rules for a new visa:

Not for a new visa: 3

Employers with the most adverts

WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD3

Where the jobs were, by city

Latest open adverts

QA/QC Inspector
WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD · UK · £41,700 a year · Not for a new visa
QA/QC Inspector
WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD · Worcester, Worcestershire · £41,700 a year · Not for a new visa
QA/QC Inspector
WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD · Scotland, UK · £41,700 a year · Not for a new visa

From Appendix Skilled Occupations and the Temporary Shortage List (GOV.UK), the ONS SOC 2020 coding index, and job adverts we read and match to the Home Office register. We place an advert in a code from its title, so some adverts may be in the wrong code. Whether a person can be sponsored also depends on their own circumstances. This page is information, not immigration advice. Profile built 7 Oct 2026.

Questions about SOC 8143

Can routine inspectors and testers be sponsored for a Skilled Worker visa?

What is the going rate for SOC 8143?

The going rate in Appendix Skilled Occupations is £33,400 a year for a 37.5-hour week. It applies to people who can still be sponsored in this occupation.

Which job titles come under SOC code 8143?

The ONS coding index files 504 job titles under 8143, including adjuster, aeronautical inspector, aid inspector, air bed inflator, air conditioning tester, air cushion inflator, aircraft inspector, aircraft tester. The employer chooses the code on the certificate of sponsorship from the job's duties, not its title.

Which licensed sponsors advertise routine inspectors and testers jobs?

Since October 2025 we read 4 adverts that we placed in SOC 8143, from 1 employers on the register. The most came from WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS LTD (3).